Chapter 15 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 8. 1887 law that divided reservation land into private family allotments
  2. 9. land given by the federal government for building schools, roads, or railroads
  3. 10. Property was not fenced in and cattle grazed freely
  4. 11. Nez Perce's Indian leader
  5. 13. African Americans who migrated from the South to the West after the Civil War
  6. 14. 1857: law that banned discrimination in public facilities and transportation
Down
  1. 1. 1890 confrontation between U.S. cavalry and Sioux that marked the end of Indian resistance
  2. 2. network of farmers' organizations that worked for political and economic reforms
  3. 3. gave 160 acres of land to anyone willing to live on the land and cultivate it for five years
  4. 4. self-appointed law enforcers
  5. 5. a rail link between the East and the West
  6. 6. Colorado militia killed Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians
  7. 7. 1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated US Army troops
  8. 12. adopt the culture and civilization of another group
  9. 15. specific area set aside by the government for Indian use
  10. 16. Sioux Indian chief
  11. 17. Crop grown for sale