Study Guide! for 5-1•Great Plains-many people went for the Gold Rush and all went through the plains•Treaty of Fort Laramie-forced Sioux to live along the Missouri River•Sitting Bull-visionare•George A. Custer-Colonel who attacked indians in search of gold•assimilation-bringing something together-make indians white-act like white men•Dawes Act-"Americanize" the Natives•Battle of Wounded Knee-war at the creek-wounded knee-indians were pretty much torn apart•longhorn-cattle•Chisholm Trail-•long drive-Buffalo and Horse-main sourse of everything-travel, food, weapons, toolsFamily Life-family groupsBeliefs-Sun godWhy do you think the assimilation policy of the Dawes Act failed?Wasn't fair enoughWhat economic opportunities drew large numbers of people to the Great Plains beginning in the mid-1800s?Identify the reasons for the rise and the decline of the cattle industry.-overgrazing-bad weather-invention of barbed wire
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