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How did the the Homestead Act impact the growth of towns and businesses?

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How did the the Homestead Act impact the growth of towns and businesses?

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- Traveling salesmen could sell necessities and other goods to homesteads that were located far from towns.
- Each township was required to have a school.

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-migrated to western frontier in the late 1800s

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-migrated to western frontier in the late 1800s

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-Lots of ads for immigrants and colored people to go to the west

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How did the Dawes Act impact the reservation system and the land of the Natives? How would this impact Native American culture and identity?

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How did the Dawes Act impact the reservation system and the land of the Natives? How would this impact Native American culture and identity?

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It encouraged individual farming by giving Natives units of land (40 to 160 acres) in a manner similar to the Homestead Act. This led to a large loss of Native American land; before it, they had 150 million acres, but lost 2/3 of it. It took away their land and their communities. Henry Dawes even said he wanted Natives to become "civilized."

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their land was broken up into small parts, taking away the land that rightfully belonged to native americans

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-Exodusters were allowed a life away from segregation, have their children go to school with whites, have a church community, and prospered on the land.

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The Dowd Act abandoned the reservation system by redistributing Indian reservation land. Excess land was to be sold to white people in exchange for indian education. This was supposed to encourage indians to become farmers (americanize) because it offered permanent settlement on the land and us citizenship in exchange if the natives successfully inhabited and irrigated the land for 25 consecutive years. However, most of the land was farmable and most natives failed to achieve homestead and simply resulted in losing land.
Additionally, this act broke indians away from their tribes and treated them rather as individuals. This destroyed tribal relations.

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Handbills calling all "colored people" to go west

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How would a policy that promoted Natives owning land and move off the reservation system impact Native American culture and identity? How is individual ownership different than a reservation system?

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How would a policy that promoted Natives owning land and move off the reservation system impact Native American culture and identity? How is individual ownership different than a reservation system?

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Black woman who's family worked to get a farm in kansas. Has a good opinion of the Homestead act b/c she was sucessful and she was being treated better than in the south

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Native Americans lost 2/3 of their lands in 20 years.

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How did Dawes's goal of assimilating Natives into "white" culture and the Carlisle school change the Native American way of life?

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How did Dawes's goal of assimilating Natives into "white" culture and the Carlisle school change the Native American way of life?

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treated terribly in south so went to the west - in texas she described the terror her family endured

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African American account for being treated better than before in the west than in the south because actually getting paid to work for white people

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Native Americans lost 100 millions acres of land in 20 years. The land was sold to pay for their education, which was really their forced assimilation into American society. They were required to abandon their own culture in exchange for  American clothes, farming, living in houses, riding in wagons, sending children to school, drinking whiskey, and owning property.

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- The weather conditions were frigid with blizzards- there was a constant need for heat and one could not see outside of their houses.

Animals froze to death and provisions were sparse, making the results of blizzard terrible losses.

- There were poisonous snakes about, and bites could be fatal.
- Certain houses, such as ones build using tarpaper, were difficult to heart in the winter.

- There were long periods of drought in certain areas, meaning all vegetation was doomed and crops could not be supported.
- Homesteading could cost from $1000 to $2500
- Only 40% lasted 5 years

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- Sod houses had a sod and grass roof with glass windows. These houses were warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and safe in a prairie fire.
- It allowed women to have independence and raise their families.
- Traveling salesmen brought goods, new, and gossip to those situated far from town.
- Each town, usually section 16, had a school.

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Native Americans were forced to go to white schools and learn the way of the white people.
They were taught to abandon their traditions and assimilate into the white population because being Native American was looked down on

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black man describes how he sold large amount of crops, had lots of animals and his children are going to the same school as the whites. Happy with this equal treatment unlike in the south.

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The West had harsh climate conditions with blizzards destroying necessary infrastructure.

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African American family account of being treated terrible in Texas, now have a lot of land and wealth

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African Americans were being intimidated into voting for candidates that white people found favorable

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The weather was incredibly cold and windy. Fires had to be kept in order to preserve general health. In the winter is was close to impossible to keep warm.

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African Americans had access to a school, since a school was always set aside to be part of a township

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Blizzard in the west - it was terrifying. Houses destroyed

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Exodusters migrated from the deep south (specifically Tennessee) to as far as Colorado

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Shows difference between treatment in south and west

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Freedmen migrated to the West in order to live a life of freedom, away from the South.

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Rattlesnakes lied all around the land, and posed a consistent threat to the people. The pain of a bite was incredible and the poison could kill.

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migration to west

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Nicodemus - town named after slave
its a black town
thats it
nothing more
nothing less

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Native American Carlisle Schools, colorized

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Nicodemus, Kansas was established by former slaves and was more tolerant than other midwestern communities

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1) b/c they want to escape prejudice
2) Little prejudice - very sucessful
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How would a policy that promoted Natives owning land and move off the reservation system impact Native American culture and identity?...

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How would a policy that promoted Natives owning land and move off the reservation system impact Native American culture and identity?...

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Because this would force Native Americans to adapt to the American popular country. In a reservation system, everything is community owned, while in the independent system everything is owned by one person.

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How did Dawes Goal of assimilating Natives into "White" culture and the Carlisle school change the Native American way of life. 

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How did Dawes Goal of assimilating Natives into "White" culture and the Carlisle school change the Native American way of life. 

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It altered their culture and methods, by changing them from a traditional, and it created a segregation between Natives and Whites. These natives were forced to leave their homelands, and Dawes goal culturally and religiously killed natives (But not physically).

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School's were far and scarce. In order to educate your children they would have to travel a long way. This could be dangerous come winter.

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White people were more likely to succeed because they generally had more money, and homesteading generaggly was quite expensive ($1000+)