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Provided 160 acres of land to anyone willing to develop the land for a minimum of five years
Homestead Act
Used for fencing due to the lack of wood
Barbed wire
Provided the opportunity for single women, Black Americans, and immigrants to own land
Homestead Act
Native Americans lost an important resource as American settlers used it for skulls and hide
Extermination of the buffalo
A recipient’s portion or share of something that is given out
Allotment
LSU is an example of one of these
Land Grant College/Morrill Act
Made as a result of hard, dry sod
Steel plow
Black Americans who left the South for better opportunities in the West
Exodusters
Native American were sent to American children to learn English and American traditions
Assimilation
Forever
In perpetuity
The federal government gave states money to establish colleges for agricultural and mechanical sciences
Morrill Act of 1862
A power source to pump water from wells
Windmills
In 1849, thousands of people traveled to California in hopes of getting rich
Gold Rush
Ended in the massacre of 290 Lakota tribe members
Battle of Wounded Knee
A new provision or rule that is added to existing legislation
Rider
Created jobs and towns in the West
Transcontinental Railroad
A replacement for bricks when building houses
Sod
The idea that it was the God-given right for Americans to settle all land between the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
Manifest Destiny
Resulted in a total defeat of Lt. Colonel Custer’s 7th
Battle of Little Bighorn
Legislation that provides money for something
Appropriations
The federal government gave companies land to build a transcontinental railroad
The Pacific Railway Act
Agriculture practice to limit run-off and help soil hold moisture
Dry farming
The idea that you had an opportunity to succeed with your own strength
American Dream
Divided reservations into plots of land to encourage capitalism for Native Americans
Dawes Act
To abolish or break; to treat as nonexistent
Abrogation