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Match each definition with the correct term below.
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Indian Wars

Conflicts between European settlers or the United States government and Indigenous peoples of North America, primarily during the 18th and 19th centuries, over land, resources, and sovereignty.

Wounded Knee Massacre

A tragic event in 1890, where the U.S. Army killed over 150 Lakota Sioux, including women and children, at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota.

Indian Allotment Act

Refers to any of several U.S. laws that allowed the government to distribute tribal land to individual Native Americans, effectively reducing communal tribal land holdings and promoting assimilation into white society.

Lynched

The act of killing someone, typically by hanging, without legal trial, often used historically as a means of terrorizing and controlling marginalized communities.

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