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- 3. This was a policy which allowed settlers to get 160 acres of land for a low price on the ground that they improve the land in some way and they live on it for 5 or more years.
- 6. Towns left by miners after all the precious metals have been excavated.
- 7. These wars were a consequence of exploring and inhabiting the West.
- 10. This was started after the Fort Laramie and Fort Atkinson treaties.
- 13. This animal was hunted down from 15 million to 1000.
- 14. This natural event caused 2/3 of settlers to give back their land to the federal government.
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- 1. Cowboys in Texas moved thousands of these across the Great Plains region.
- 2. The amount of money extracted off of gold and silver in Comstock Lode.
- 4. A name for the miners based on the year the mining rush began.
- 5. The Dawes Severalty Act tried to do this with the Indians in White society.
- 8. This president was fed up with Indian clashes so he made the "Peace Policy".
- 9. This party admitted ND, SD, MT, WY, ID, and WA to help them have a majority in Congress
- 11. These people often bought the best land therefore everyday settlers were left with dry and infertile land.
- 12. This battle was the last significant battle with the Indians.
- 15. This is the percentage of land Indians were pushed into.