WorksheetsUnit 1 Vocabulary Quiz 2025
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to live on and “improve” their plot by cultivating the land.
Morrill Land Grant Act 1862
Homestead Act 1862
Is a species of bison that is endemic (native) to North America.
Bison
Asian Buffalo
Buffalo
a horrific event in American history that occurred on November 29, 1864, in the Colorado Territory. It involved an unprovoked attack by US volunteer soldiers on a peaceful village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people, resulting in the deaths of approximately 230 individuals, predominantly women, children, and the elderly.
African Americans who migrated from the South to Kansas in the late 19th century, particularly in 1879
A geographical area that separates unsettled areas from the rest of the country. It is often defined as a line or area of open land with sparse settlement, sometimes defined as land with less than two people per square mile.
The process of incorporating individuals or groups with different ethnic backgrounds into a society's dominant culture. This process involves adopting the habits, attitudes, and way of life of the dominant culture.
A law passed by Congress in 1887 that allowed the federal government to divide tribal lands into individual plots and distribute them to Native Americans. The law was named after its author, Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts.
The first continuous railroad line to connect the east and west coasts of the United States.
An area of high ground in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, 32 mi west of Brigham City and 66 mi northwest of Salt Lake City. Rising to an elevation of 4,902 feet above sea level, it lies to the north of the Promontory Mountains and the Great Salt Lake.
Promontory Point, Utah
Political and spiritual leader of the Sioux warriors who destroyed General George Armstrong Custer's force in the famous battle of Little Big Horn
