Five Tribes
The route the Five Tribes were forced to follow from their homes in the Southeast to Indian Territory
Trail of Tears
War fought between the states of the North and South from 1861-1865
Civil War
Herding of large numbers of cattle over trails to railroad shipping stations
cattle drives
The 2 million acres of land in Indian Territory on which no one lived.
Unassigned Lands
Land settled by a homesteader under the Homestead Act
claim
What were the Five Tribes that were relocated to Indian Territory?
Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole
A name for the North during the Civil War
Union
How many miles per day would cowboys and cattle travel on cattle drives?
15
A race for land in 1889 during which hopeful settlers tried to stake a claim in the Unassigned Lands
Land Run
The leader of the Boomers
David Payne
What area of the country were the Five Tribes originally from?
Southeast (Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida)
A name for the South during the Civil War
Confederacy
The most famous path used by cowboys during cattle drives across our state
Chisholm Trail
A person who entered the Unassigned Lands ahead of the Land Run and thus was able to claim the best land
Sooner
A written plan for a government
constitution
The land that is now our state and was originally set aside for the relocation of the Five Tribes
Indian Territory
How were the Five Tribes punished after the Civil War?
They were forced to give up much of their land
This was a technique used by cattlemen and cowboys to show ownership of individual cattle.
branding
Farmers who pushed his or her way onto the Indians' land in Indian Territory
Boomers
He was a Cherokee who invented an alphabet with which to write the Cherokee language
Sequoyah
Why did some members of the Five Tribes agree to join the Union?
They would join the Union if soldiers would return to Indian Territory to protect them.
What did Cherokee chief John Ross want during the Civil War?
He did not want his people to take sides, but fight together if they had to fight
Why did Texas ranchers want to get their cattle to the East?
People in the East were willing to pay high prices for cattle
On what date did the Land Run opening the Unassigned Lands occur?
April 22, 1889
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