Tensions in the West

reservation

• an area of land set aside by the federal government for the use of an American Indian tribe
• journey across the plains to bring cattle to railroad shipping centers
• a railroad that crosses a continent
• a farmer who is given a plot of public land, or homestead, of 160 acres in return for improving it for five years

homesteader

• a farmer who is given a plot of public land, or homestead, of 160 acres in return for improving it for five years
• African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi to Kansas and further west after the Civil War
• the process of becoming similar to others by taking in and using their customs and culture
• a railroad that crosses a continent

transcontinental railroad

• a railroad that crosses a continent
• well organized and socially developed
• journey across the plains to bring cattle to railroad shipping centers
• passed by Congress in 1871, this law divided up reservation lands into 40 -160 acre plots for Native families with the rest of the lands being sold to the highest bidder

subsidy

• money or other things of value, such as land, that a government contributes to an enterprise considered to benefit the public
• an area of land set aside by the federal government for the use of an American Indian tribe
• African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi to Kansas and further west after the Civil War
• a contract between different nations put down in writing

Dawes Act

• passed by Congress in 1871, this law divided up reservation lands into 40 -160 acre plots for Native families with the rest of the lands being sold to the highest bidder
• the process of becoming similar to others by taking in and using their customs and culture
• a contract between different nations put down in writing
• an area of land set aside by the federal government for the use of an American Indian tribe

exoduster

• African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi to Kansas and further west after the Civil War
• journey across the plains to bring cattle to railroad shipping centers
• the process of becoming similar to others by taking in and using their customs and culture
• passed by Congress in 1871, this law divided up reservation lands into 40 -160 acre plots for Native families with the rest of the lands being sold to the highest bidder

assimilation

• the process of becoming similar to others by taking in and using their customs and culture
• money or other things of value, such as land, that a government contributes to an enterprise considered to benefit the public
• passed by Congress in 1871, this law divided up reservation lands into 40 -160 acre plots for Native families with the rest of the lands being sold to the highest bidder
• a contract between different nations put down in writing

civilized

• well organized and socially developed
• the process of becoming similar to others by taking in and using their customs and culture
• journey across the plains to bring cattle to railroad shipping centers
• money or other things of value, such as land, that a government contributes to an enterprise considered to benefit the public

treaty

• a contract between different nations put down in writing
• African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi to Kansas and further west after the Civil War
• a farmer who is given a plot of public land, or homestead, of 160 acres in return for improving it for five years
• well organized and socially developed

long drive

• journey across the plains to bring cattle to railroad shipping centers
• a railroad that crosses a continent
• African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi to Kansas and further west after the Civil War
• an area of land set aside by the federal government for the use of an American Indian tribe