Consolidation: forging the nation KEY PEOPLE 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe American West 1840-1895GCSEAQA Created by: miagracelongCreated on: 21-07-19 14:20 Andrew Johnson President of USA 1865-1869. (Followed by Ulysses S. Grant til 1877) 1 of 7 Buffalo Hunters Employed to shoot buffalo for their hides/exterminate the Indians. 2 of 7 George Armstrong Custer Led the 7th Cavalry. Reported gold in Black Hills 1874. Killed at Battle of the Little Bighorn. Glory hunter. 3 of 7 Sitting Bull/Crazy Horse Indian Chiefs - won Battle of the LB. Sitting Bull killed during arrest in 1890. 4 of 7 Reno + Benteen ignored Custer's orders to support him at the Battle of the LB. 5 of 7 Wovoka Medicine Man - vision of ghost dance 6 of 7 Home-steaders Settlers/farmers encouraged by US government acts and land grants in the 1860s to farm on the Great Plains. 7 of 7
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