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The West Grows

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Land set aside for Indian useReservation
People who moved W. after Homestead ActHomesteaders
before the phone messages were sent by wireTelegraph
Houses built of dirt and grassSoddies
Center for cattle ranchingTexas
" I will fight no more forever"Nez Perce Leader, Chief Joseph
Central Pacific R.R. workersChinese immigrants
Native American reason for warDefend a way of life
U.S. helps railroadsLand and $ to R.R. companies
Plains tribes depend onbuffalo
U.S. Army ambushed and defeatedBattle of Little Big Horn (Custer's last stand)
Union Pacific and Central Pacific join upPromontory Point, Utah
Travel coast to coast1 week
early white settlers of Rockeys and CAminers of gold, silver, and other metals
Tribes forced to go to reservationsU.S. Government
Free land to non indians just for working it for 5 yearsHomestead Act
U.S. Govt. says get rid of the buffalo!Impossible for Indians to live on the plains.
plain source of fire fuelbuffalo chips
Increase in cattle ranchingFarmers fence land (barbed wire)


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