Dawes Act

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Dawes Act
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A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families with 160 acres of reservation land for farming or 320 acres for grazing.
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Assimilation
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The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group
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Reservation
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the action of reserving something.
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Transcontinental Railroad
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A train route across the United States, finished in 1869.
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Subsidy
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a parliamentary grant to the sovereign for state needs.
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Homesteader
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the owner or holder of....