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What was the Homestead Act?

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If you paid $10 and lived on 160 acres of land for 5 years, the land was yours

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What was a Sod Home?

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A house made out of cut up squares of dirt and grass

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What was the weather like in the Great Plains?

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Prone to blizzards and tornadoes, little rainfall

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What was the Dawes General Allotment Act?

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Law that took almost 70% of land from Native Americans and forced them onto smaller reservations

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Why was the buffalo important to Native American tribes?

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It was their main natural resource.

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What were the reasons that the United States wanted Native American land?

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Natural resources like gold and more farmland

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What was the Timber Culture Act?

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A law that gave people 160 acres of land if they planted trees on 1/4 of it.

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What was the Ghost Dance?

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A religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead.

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What were railroads essential to in westward expansion?

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Made it easier to travel to and live in the west

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What is the Great Plains?

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A flat treeless area that is in between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River.