The Homestead Act Of 1862
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
