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Westward Expansion Vocabulary
Frontier-land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a
country’s settled or inhabited regions
Great Plains-Flatlands that rise gradually from
east to west, which have lands that are eroded by wind and
water, has very low rainfall and is frequented by dust storms
Klondike Gold Rush-an attempt by an estimated 100,000
people to travel to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-
western Canada between 1897 and 1899 in the hope of
successfully prospecting for gold.
Homestead Act-In 1862 congress passed the homestead act
offering 160 acres of free land to any citizen or intended
citizen who was head of the household
Indian Wars-fighting between the American government and
Native American tribes over the forcible removal from their
homelands onto reservations.
Reservations- The system that allotted land with designated
boundaries to Native American tribes in the west, beginning
in the 1850s and ending with the Dawes Severalty Act of
1887.
Dawes Act- An act that broke up Indian reservations and
distributed land to individual households, the goal was to
assimilate Native Americans.
American Indian Citizenship Act- Granted full citizenship to
all Indians who previously had not received it

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Westward expansion vocabulary

  • 2. Frontier-land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country’s settled or inhabited regions Great Plains-Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west, which have lands that are eroded by wind and water, has very low rainfall and is frequented by dust storms Klondike Gold Rush-an attempt by an estimated 100,000 people to travel to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north- western Canada between 1897 and 1899 in the hope of successfully prospecting for gold. Homestead Act-In 1862 congress passed the homestead act offering 160 acres of free land to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household
  • 3. Indian Wars-fighting between the American government and Native American tribes over the forcible removal from their homelands onto reservations. Reservations- The system that allotted land with designated boundaries to Native American tribes in the west, beginning in the 1850s and ending with the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887. Dawes Act- An act that broke up Indian reservations and distributed land to individual households, the goal was to assimilate Native Americans. American Indian Citizenship Act- Granted full citizenship to all Indians who previously had not received it