Western times Flashcards
Americanization
Forcing someone to blend in to American society
Geronimo
Apache, lead the military
Cheif Joseph
Lead tribe to Canada but did not make it
Joseph Glidden
Made barbed wire
John Deere
Created steel plow
Dawes act
1887 granted 160 acres to NA families
ownershp and citizenship after 25 years
Chisholm Trail
used to drive livestock to towns before railroads were created
Homestead Act
Allowed adult mlaes to purchase 160 acres for $10 they worked to own the land for 5 years
Pacific Railway act
sets aside land for railroads
Morril Act
Sets aside land for colleges to be build
Oklahoma land rush
Opened upland for people to claim in the panhandle
What role did Chicago play during this time?
They were the “Meat market” central where you took animals to be sold