11th Unit 1 Vocabulary

The vast grassland that extends through the central portion of North America, from Texas to Canada

• Great Plains

• Great Migration

• Great Awakening

• Chisolm Trail

Key Native American leader in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• George Custer

• Sitting Bull

• Crazy Horse

• Geronimo

Key American leader in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• Crazy Horse

• Sitting Bull

• William Jennings

• George Custer

a minority group's adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture

• populism

• grange

• assimilation

• dawes act

law enacted in 1887 that was intended to "Americanize" Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Act

• Homeowner Act

Massacre that was part of the Native American wars of the Great Plains

• Battle of Little Bighorn
• Trail of Tears
• Alamo Massacre
• Battle of Wounded Knee

Law enacted in 1862 that provided 160 acres in the West to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of household and would cultivate the land for 5 years

• Dawes Act Act

• Homestead Act
• Morrill Act

• Settlers' Act

African Americans who migrated from the South to Kansas in the post-Reconstruction years

• Trailblazers
• Pioneers
• Wanderers
• Exodusters

a home built of blocks of turf

• sod hut
• prairie hut

• soddy

• turf house

law enacted in 1862 to help create agricultural colleges by giving federal land to states

• Dawes Act

• Smith-Lever Act
• Morrill Land-Grant Act
• Morrill Tariff Act