Step Two: Explain Why It Matters

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CHAPTER 17 STUDY GUIDE

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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)
ComancherĂ­a (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)