American Pageant 13th Edition Ch 26 Flashcards

3728925680	Colonel Chivington	Command murdered 400 in Sand Creek Massacre located in Colorado	0
3728931697	Bozeman Trail	1866 Sioux War party attacked the soldiers on this trail searching gold in Montana	1
3728940388	Captain Fetterman	Lead Bozeman Trail party and was attacked by Sioux, all 81 killed (rare Indian victory)	2
3728950430	Colonel Custer	Led scientific expedition to South Dakota for gold (Sioux Reservation), slaughtered in the Battle of Little Bighorn	3
3728964410	Nez Perce	Moved to Kansas in 1887, 40% died/ Involved in Battle of Bearpaw Mountain in Montana	4
3728967938	Bison	Hunchback cows. Hunted for hides & tongues. Hunted for sport til nearly extinct	5
3728980529	Helen Hunt Jackson	Author of Children's literature. Century of Dishonor & Ramona: government mistreatment of Indians	6
3728987172	Dawes Severalty Act	1887 Legally dissolved tribes and tribal ownership. "Americanized" Indians. Some restored in Indian Reorganization Act of 1934	7
3728999670	Dingley Tariff Bill	Passed in 1897. Proposed higher tariffs to cover national deficit	8
3729009309	Carlisle Indian School	Located in Penn 1879. Native American children were "Americanized"	9
3729011774	59ers	Rushed to Rockies to search for gold/ Nevada to search for Silver (Comstock Lode)	10
3729021791	Homestead Act of 1862	Adult citizens could claim 160 acres of land if they paid $30 & improved the land they lived on in 5 years	11
3729028955	Oklahoma	Relocated Indian Tribes. Oklahoma Organic Act- relocate Cherokee. State in 1902. "Sooners" settlers that came before 1890	12
3729035834	Gold Standard of 1900	Established gold as only backing for paper money. Ended bi-metalism (NO SILVER)	13
3729039930	1887 Droughts	Earth dry. Agriculture rough. 6 year drought in Kansas and Montana. Dry Farming & Wheat imported to deal with conditions	14
3729045397	Grange	Association ran by Oliver Kelley est in 1867 that wanted to enhance the isolated lives of farmers	15
3729052496	Populists	Political Party created from Farmer's Alliance. Attacked Wall Street & wanted nationalized RR, Telephone & Telegraph, graduated income tax, sub treasury with loans for farmers, coinage of silver	16
3729062194	Jacob Coxey	Went to Washington and led a march demanded that government use inflationary public works program to combat unemployment	17
3729068428	Eugene Debs	Labor leader. Organized American Railway Union. Imprisoned multiple times. Ran for President as a 3rd party candidate	18
3729074683	William McKinley	23rd President. Liked protective tariff and gold standard. Conservative and pro business.	19
3729078299	William Jennings Bryan	Lawyer. Democratic Populist Party. Pro inflation and Silver. Cross of Gold Speech. Ran for President multiple times- lost	20