Settlement
Native American Policies
Amendments
Alaska
Manifest Destiny
100
Federal law that granted 160 acres of free land to settlers moving west
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
100
Federal law that divided up Native American land into individual plots
What is the Dawes Act of 1887?
100
established the federal income tax
What is the 16th Amendment?
100
United States purchased land from Russia for 7.2 million dollars
What is the Purchase of Alaska?
100
belief that Americans were destined to expand westward across the North American continent
What is manifest destiny?
200
must be 21 years of age, head of household and agree to farm the land for 5 years
What is the requirements to apply for land under the Homestead Act of 1862?
200
forced Native Americans to assimilate to white agricultural practices
What is the Dawes Act of 1887?
200
established the direct election of senators
What is the 17th Amendment?
200
Gold is discovered on the Klondike River in Alaska, over 100,000 miners rush to strike rich
What is the Klondike Gold Rush?
200
What is American Progress by John Gast, 1872?
300
led to the mass settlement of the Great Plains
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
300
loss of Native American land and culture
What is the result of the Dawes Act of 1887?
300
Amendment(s) advocated for by the Populist Party
What are the 16th and 17th Amendments?
300
Miners faced harsh snow, cold climate and mountainous terrain
What is the conditions miners faced in the Klondike Gold Rush?
300
led to settlement of the Great Plains and conflict with Native Americans
What is Manifest Destiny?