Exoduster and Oklahoma

How are you feeling today?

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Why did White settlers want the middle section of Indian Territory?

What year did the government open the middle section for white settlers?

• 1887

• 1888

• 1889

• 1890

How would Plains Indians feel and why?

Why did Black Americans decide to move west to Kansas?

What problems do you think the Black Americans could have faced when they moved to Kansas? (Think about problems anyone would face in the west)

True or False... tick the statements that are true

• Southern Whites welcomed the Black Americans

• Exodusters had no money for farming and the farm land was rubbish

• They Kansas governor helped the migrants and gave them money to get them started

• Due to the governors help, migration continued into the 1890s

Give two ways the Exoduster movement and the Mormon migration was similar