Step Two: Explain Why It Matters
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CHAPTER 17 STUDY GUIDE
EXPLAIN WHY IT MATTERS
Put your reading into practice. Identify each term below, and then explain why it matters in U.S. history.
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| TERM | WHO OR WHAT & WHEN | WHY IT MATTERS |
| reservations (p. 490) | ||
| Comanchería (p. 492) | ||
| Black Hills (p. 492) | ||
| Battle of the Little Big Horn (p. 493) | ||
| Carlisle Indian School (p. 495) | ||
| Dawes Allotment Act (p. 496) | ||
| Ghost Dance (p. 498) | ||
| Wounded Knee (p. 499) | ||
| Comstock Lode (p. 500) | ||
| Chinese Exclusion Act (p. 505) | ||
| Homestead Act of 1862 (p. 506) | ||
| first transcontinental railroad (p. 506) |