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Go West Vocab Review
American History The West
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Homestead Act | Gave American citizens 160 acres in the Great Plains for $10, must live on for 3-5 years to own...this led to the development of western land |
| Morrill Land Grant Act | gave land to states to set up Agricultural and Engineering Colleges |
| Dawes Act | Gave land to Native Americans in the Great Plains for farming, 160 acres, an attempt to change their way of life |
| Exodusters | Freedmen (African American) who migrated to Kansas and took advantage of the Homestead Act |
| Assimilation | The attempt to change a group's culture and traditions |
| Reservations | Areas in the west where Native American tribes would be moved and forced to live, chosen mostly by the US Government |
| Mining, Farming, Ranching, Building the Transcontinental Railroad | types of economic opportunities available in the late 1800s for individuals moving west |
| Barbed wire | New way to fence in animals for protection in the west, also led to the end of open range cattle farming |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Built to connect the country together, made exchange of goods faster, developed towns and led to railroad monopolies and corruption |