American Indigenous Tribes and Settlers

Post Civil War period African Americans moving west to escape prejudice in the south

• Homesteader

• Exoduster

• Assimilator

• Miner

The process of becoming similar to others by taking in and using their customs and cultures

• Assimilation

• Reservations

• Acculturation

• Homesteading

An area of land set aside by the federal government for the use of an American Indigenous tribe

• Assimilation

• Homestead

• Reservation

• Ranch

A settlers land + home

• Reservation

• Homestead

Up to how many acres could a person receive as "free" under the Homestead Act?

• 5 acres

• 60 acres

• 160 acres

How many years did a person have to live on this land under the Homestead Act in order to officially own it?

• 1 year

• 5 years

• 50 years

If you did not improve or "prove up" Homestead Act land .. you could have still owned it no matter what

• True

• False

This divided up what was reservation lands into 40-160 acre plots...

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

What impact did most groups of settlers (railroad miners, homesteaders, miners, ranchers and cowboys) have on the west?

• ALL made a fortune from farming

• Negatively impacted the lives of Native Americans

• Found & mined for riches/minerals

• Killed bison & other wildlife

Why did settlers participate in the Homestead Act?

• Gold/mineral rushes

• Cattle Boom [Beef in high de -ma..a.....and] ... ;)

• Land rushes [Tom Cruise video]

• ALL OF THE ABOVE