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- 1. Nickname given to northern businessmen who tried making money in south after the Civil War
- 3. Cash payments made to the Dakota to buy food and supplies given by the US government
- 7. The Bureau of _____ was created to help the US assimilate all Native Americans into American culture (2 words)
- 10. The _____ Dakota DID NOT try to assimilate to American culture
- 12. To accuse a gov’t official of doing something wrong or improper
- 14. When cattle all rush somewhere at once it is called a _____
- 15. The _____ was the name given to the journey ranchers took to bring cattle to a railhead (2 words)
- 17. The _____ Proclamation aid that if slave states didn’t rejoin north by Jan. 1863 then ALL slaves in south would be set free
- 19. An _____ camp is a place where civilians, prisoners of war, political prisoners are held
- 21. Name given to thousands of Black Americans who took lands in Kansas after the Civil War
- 26. Fort _____ was attacked by South Carolina to start the Civil War
- 31. Name of the type of cattle found in Texas in the 1860’s
- 32. The _____ Dance was said to get rid of the Americans and bring back the buffalo herds
- 33. Last name of the assassin who killed Abraham Lincoln
- 34. A railroad that stretches across an entire continent
- 35. Racist laws passed in south intended to limit freedoms of all former slaves (2 words)
- 36. The 14th Amendment gave _____ to all Black Americans born on US soil and eventually for ALL racial identities in 1868
- 38. _____ wire fences were used to keep cattle on the ranches of their owners
- 40. People living in the city live in an _____ area
- 41. People living out in the country live in _____ areas
- 42. A portion of something that is assigned or given
- 44. The _____ Dakota tried to assimilate to American culture in an effort to keep their lands
- 45. All slaves were freed fully after the Civil War ended and were then called _____
- 46. The 13th Amendment abolished _____ in the United States
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- 2. A decision not punish someone for a crime they have committed
- 4. Type of Civil War warship covered in metal plating
- 5. A _____ crop is a crop grown to make money
- 6. Main cash crop of Minnesota in the late 1800s
- 8. System where landowners let freedmen use their land, gave them seed and tools
- 9. The "_____" Class in Minnesota cities had the lowest paying jobs with the most dangerous working conditions
- 11. The US bought this future US state from Russia in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars
- 13. Nickname given to the original wheat farmers of Minnesota who broke up the tough soil
- 16. The 15th Amendment gave all Black American MEN the right to _____ in 1870
- 18. This Minnesota city was the site of the execution of 38 Dakota prisoners of the US/Dakota War
- 20. Belief in working for the ____ meant working as a group to improve the lives of others (2 words)
- 22. a city with access to a railroad was called a _____
- 23. A ____ of wheat is equal 1.25 cubic feet of farmland
- 24. Civil War battle fought in Pennsylvania in July 1863
- 25. When a company controls all or most of an industry
- 27. Relatively flat land reaching over 3,000 miles across US stretching to Canada (2 words)
- 28. Massacre that "ended" the Indian Wars Period
- 29. When workers refuse to work until their demands are met
- 30. The _____ Act was a 1862 law giving 160 acres of FREE land to anyone who would farm it for at least 5 years
- 37. Massacre in Colorado of 123 Native American mostly women and children (2 words)
- 39. The right to vote
- 42. Bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War
- 43. Farming tool used to break up tough soil for farming, usually pulled by teams of oxen or horses (2 words)