Indian Wars
Published on Nov 06, 2015
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Indian Wars
1840s-1880s
Transcontinental Railroad
Connected East to West, but Indians forced to move
Homestead Act
-US government gave Western land away for free
-Indians forced to move
Indian Wars
Wars between US and Indian tribes to force them to move
Assimilation
Changing people's culture to be like yours
Assimilation = Similar
Dawes Act
Indians given small amount of land to farm
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Indian Reservation
Small land where Indians were forced to move to
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Issues with Dawes Act
Destroyed Indian tribe culture
-Only individuals were sold land, not the entire tribe
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Infertile lands
Land given to Indians has poor soil
Indians forced to farm but were more used to hunting
Extreme poverty
Indians were given no money to assimilate
