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Settlers Move West

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  • Why did settlers go to the Klondike in 1896?
    Gold
  • What law encouraged western settlement because it gave away free land?
    Homestead Act
  • What law tried to make Native Americans private farmers?
    Dawes Act
  • What invention helped farmers but hurt cattle drives?
    Barb wire
  • What type of house did homesteaders on the Great Plains live in?
    Soddie
  • After winning the Plains Wars, where did the US place Native Americans?
    Reservations
  • What were black homesteaders called?
    Exodusters
  • Which region had a larger population?
    East
  • What word is where the US tried to americanize Native Americans
    assimilation
  • What industry boomed in Texas after the Civil War?
    Cattle