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West Migration/Wars
migration west and wars with sioux indians
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sooners | In 1889, people who illegally claimed land by sneaking past government officials before the land races began |
| Boomers | Settlers who ran in land races to claim land upon the 1889 opening of Indian Territory for settlement |
| Dawes Act | Divided reservation land into individual plots for Sioux |
| Assimilation | The process by which one society becomes a part of another, more dominant society by adopting its culture |
| Massacre at Wounded Knee | 1890 shooting of a group of unarmed Sioux by army troops. Someone fired a shot and soldiers opened fire, killing 200 Sioux including women and children |
| Ghost Dance | A ritual in which people joined hands and whirled in a circle |
| Battle of Little Big Horn | 1876 Sioux victory over army troops led by George Custer |
| Reservation | Federal land set aside for the Native Americans |
| Nomads | People who travel from place to place, ususally following available food sources, instead of living in one location |
| Great Plains | Vast grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains |
| Indian Police Officers | shot and killed Sitting Bull |
| Sitting Bull or Red Cloud | Sioux Chief who defeated Custer |
| Black Hills | Where gold was found in Sioux territory |
| Boozeman Trail | The name of the trail that government wanted to build through Sioux hunting grounds |
| Europeans, Mexicans, Chinese, Exodusters | The four major social groups that western settlers came from |
| Homestead Act | Promised 160 acres of land-21 years or head of family, small fee, had to be a citizen or immigrant who was filing for citizenship, had to live there for 6 out of 12 mmonths, and farm for 5 consecutive years |
| Morill Land Grant Act | The U.S. government gave land to state government to set up agricultural and technical colleges in the hopes to educate its residents who in turn would modernize the state |
| Pacific Railway Act | The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railways recieved huge land grants to build the transcontinental railroad |
| Pull Factors | adventure, new beginning, lure of success, cheap land |
| Push Factors | Expensive eastern land, overcrowded east coast, mistreatment of minority |
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