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transcontinental railroad

• the railroad was completed in 1869 when the union pacific and the central pacific railroads linked in utah

• this act provided new settlers 160 acres of land for free as long as they cultivated it it for 5 years

• this act took native american reservation land for free as long as they cultivated it for 5 years

• the process by which people from one culture merge into or are forced into another culture

homestead act of 1862

• the railroad was completed in 1869 when the union pacific and the central pacific railroads linked in utah

• this act provided new settlers 160 acres of land for free as long as they cultivated it it for 5 years

• this act took native american reservation land for free as long as they cultivated it for 5 years

• the process by which people from one culture merge into or are forced into another culture

dawes act

• the railroad was completed in 1869 when the union pacific and the central pacific railroads linked in utah

• this act provided new settlers 160 acres of land for free as long as they cultivated it it for 5 years

• this act took native american reservation land for free as long as they cultivated it for 5 years

• the process by which people from one culture merge into or are forced into another culture

cultural assimilation

• the railroad was completed in 1869 when the union pacific and the central pacific railroads linked in utah

• this act provided new settlers 160 acres of land for free as long as they cultivated it it for 5 years

• this act took native american reservation land for free as long as they cultivated it for 5 years

• the process by which people from one culture merge into or are forced into another culture

klondike gold rush

• 1898 gold discovery in alaska/canada

• this law was created in 1830, and required native americans east of the mississippi river to move to the west

• the process where immigrants learn to speak, dress, and act like other americans, adopting the culture of "mainstream" america

• a house surrounded by land owned by the family

indian removal act

• 1898 gold discovery in alaska/canada

• this law was created in 1830, and required native americans east of the mississippi river to move to the west

• the process where immigrants learn to speak, dress, and act like other americans, adopting the culture of "mainstream" america

• a house surrounded by land owned by the family

americanization movement

• 1898 gold discovery in alaska/canada

• this law was created in 1830, and required native americans east of the mississippi river to move to the west

• the process where immigrants learn to speak, dress, and act like other americans, adopting the culture of "mainstream" america

• a house surrounded by land owned by the family

homesteader/homesteading

• 1898 gold discovery in alaska/canada

• this law was created in 1830, and required native americans east of the mississippi river to move to the west

• the process where immigrants learn to speak, dress, and act like other americans, adopting the culture of "mainstream" america

• a house surrounded by land owned by the family

frontier

• the line separating areas of settlement from unsettled wilderness territory

• the agrarian based political movement aimed at improving conditions for the country's farmers and agrarian workers

• wars between the great plains native american tribes and the united states government. the indian wars ended with the massacre at wounded knee

• areas of land given to native american tribes by the us government. often undesirable land and smaller than the area the tribes had previously occupied

populism

• the line separating areas of settlement from unsettled wilderness territory

• the agrarian based political movement aimed at improving conditions for the country's farmers and agrarian workers

• wars between the great plains native american tribes and the united states government. the indian wars ended with the massacre at wounded knee

• areas of land given to native american tribes by the us government. often undesirable land and smaller than the area the tribes had previously occupied