The Homestead Act Of 1862

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Exoduster (Exodus of 1879)

"Exoduster" was well known as the label for Migrated African Americans (Most of these people came from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas) This was also known as the first known Migration of their race

Grange

A "Grange" was otherwise known as a farmers group established in the U.S. during 1867

Fredrick Soddy (FRS)

Frederick was an English Radiochemist who demonstrated with Ernest Rutherford that Radioactivity is caused by transfiguration of elements, this is now known to incriminate nuclear reactions

George Custer

Otherwise known as George Armstrong Custer this man was a U.S. Officer in the Army and Cavalry commander during both American Indian wars and the Civil War

Dawes Act (Dawes Severalty Act Of 1887)

This Act was given to Congress in 1887, Therefore this gave the President access to survey Indian land and divide it into allotments

Morrill Land Grant Act

This act supplied each state with 30,000 acres of unionized territory for each member in their Enacting Delegation

The Homestead Act Of 1862

This act was endorsed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20th 1862; this act reassured western migration by accommodating settlers with 160 acres of public land; In return homesteaders paid a small fee and were required to complete five years of residence

Sand Creek Massacre (Chivington Massacre)

This event was a nightmare out of the American Indian Wars in which this event took place on November 29th 1864

Sitting Bull

This historical figure was religious and an ideal leader who guided his people through years of withstanding U.S. Government Policies

Populism

This term is a belief in the control of citizens

The Wounded Knee Massacre

This traumatizing event took place on December 29th 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek on the "Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation" in South Dakota

Ghost Dance

This was considered a new spiritual group formed into many American Indian Belief Systems

Assimilation

Traditional assimilation is a cycle in which a group or one beings language or tradition resemble characteristics of another group


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