The Homestead Act Of 1862 Exam 2024.

The Homestead Act Of 1862 Exam 2024. Assimilation - ANSWER Traditional assimilation is a cycle in which a group or one beings language or tradition resemble characteristics of another group Dawes Act (Dawes Severalty Act Of 1887) - ANSWER This Act was given to Congress in 1887, Therefore this gave the President access to survey Indian land and divide it into allotments Exoduster (Exodus of 1879) - ANSWER "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 George Custer - ANSWER 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 Ghost Dance - ANSWER This was considered a new spiritual group formed into many American Indian Belief Systems Grange - ANSWER A "Grange" was otherwise known as a farmers group established in the U.S. during 1867 Morrill Land Grant Act - ANSWER This act supplied each state with 30,000 acres of unionized territory for each member in their Enacting Delegation Populism - ANSWER This term is a belief in the control of citizens Sand Creek Massacre (Chivington Massacre) - ANSWER This event was a nightmare out of the American Indian Wars in which this event took place on November 29th 1864