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Western Expansion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiney | Belief that God wanted Americans to expand west of the Mississippi River all the way to the Pacific Ocean. |
| Dawes Act | Forced assimilation of Native Americans and forced them into reservations |
| Homestead Act | Government gave people 160 acres of land to settle the Great Plains, build a home and farm the land |
| Sod Home | Home built of soil, grass because settlers of the Great Plains had to adapt to the environment. There was a lack of timber (lumber, wood) |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Railroad that connected East Coast of America to the West Coast. It made for transportation faster, caused Native American conflicts, time zone created |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Nativists in California disliked Chinese immigrants and supported new legislation that did not allow new Chinese immigrants into the U.S. for 10 years |
| Impact of Barbwire | Settlers of the Great Plains used it to fence their property. It lead to the end of the cattle drive |
| California Gold Rush of 1849 | American miners moved to Califoria to mine gold along with Chinese immigrants who immigrated to California |
| Klondike Gold Rush | Miners move to Alaska in search of gold |
| New Technology in Farming Equipment | New equipment like the steel plow made farming possible in the Great Plain. |
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