1.Exploration
Sentence:Exploration and settlement of the western United States by Americans and Europeans wreaked havoc on the Indian peoples living there.
Meaning:The investigation of unknown regions.
2.century
Sentence:In the 19th century the American drive for expansion clashed violently with the Native American resolve to preserve their lands, sovereignty, and ways of life.
Meaning:A period of 100 years.
3.Sovereignty
Sentence: In the 19th century the American drive for expansion clashed violently with the Native American resolve to preserve their lands, sovereignty, and ways of life.
Meaning:The quality or state of being sovereign.
4.Frontier
Sentence:From the 1860s through the 1870s the American frontier was filled with Indian wars and skirmishes.
Meaning:The part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
5.Establish
Sentence: The United States government set out to establish a series of Indian treaties that would force the Indians to give up their lands and move further west onto reservations.
Meaning:To found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis.
6.Reservation
Sentence:This treaty was to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory.
Meaning:The act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
7.Sacred
Sentence:The Black Hills of Dakota are sacred to the Sioux Indians.
Meaning:Devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
8.Recognized
Sentence:The United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation.
Meaning:To identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.
9.Accompanied
Sentence:Custer led an expedition into the Black Hills accompanied by miners who were seeking gold.
Meaning:To go along or in company with; join in action.
10.Wandering
Sentence:Soon, the Army was ordered to move against wandering bands of Sioux hunting on the range in accordance with their treaty rights.
Meaning:Moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming.
