​Replacing a person's native culture with that of the dominant American Culture. To become "American". This can be by choice or forced.

​Americanization

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Adapting to the dominant culture by taking on aspects of that dominant culture. Example: An immigrant learns their new country's language and adopts the cultural norms of the country.

​Assimilation

Trail that extends from S. Texas all the way to Kansas. Cowboys drove Cattle to the railyards to distribute across the country. Slowed down by Barbed Wire.

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​Chisholm Trail

A Federal Act (Law) that broke up Indian Reservations into individual lots.

​Native Americans did not believe in land ownership so this was crazy to them.

​Dawes Act

​Any undiscovered and unsettled area.

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Frontier

Great Plains

The vast flatlands of the middle of North America, east of the Rocky Mountains.

Very little to no trees an subject to wild storms and tornadoes.​

A Federal Act (Law) that granted 160 Acres of land to men over 21. You had to build a dwelling and work the land. Other restrictions applied.

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​Homestead Act 1862

A primitive home on the Great Plains, made of sod, grass, mud, and any leftover wood.

No trees=No wood.

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Transcontinental Railroad

Railroad that connected the east coast and

west coast. ​

​Any city-like development with high population density

​Urban

​The less-developed countryside. Low population density.

​Rural