What is to absorb a group into the culture of another population?
Assimilation, in anthropology and sociology, the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society. As such, assimilation is the most extreme form of acculturation.
What is a plot of land assigned to an individual or family for cultivation?
allotment. a plot of land assigned to an individual or family for cultivation.
What was the name given to Great Plains farmers?
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| Term Frontier | Definition An area that is undeveloped. |
|---|---|
| Term Sodbusters | Definition Nickname given to Great Plains farmers because of the toughness of the soil. |
| Term Dry farming | Definition Farming using hardy crops that need less water than others. |
| Term Annie Bidwell | Definition A Great Plains pioneer-reformer. |
What was the name for the vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government?
Ch-13 vocab
| A | B |
|---|---|
| open range | vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government |
| long drive | driving cattle long distances to a railroad depot for fast transport and great profit |
| Chisholm Trail | trail to Abilene, Kansas which was the major route north |
| maverick | a stray calf with no identitfying symbols |
Which piece of legislation set aside 140 million federal acres that states could sell to raise money for public universities?
The Homestead Act of 1862.
What brought the first wave of settlers?
Terms in this set (52) What brought the first wave of settlers to the West? Found silver ore in Six-Mile Canyon, Nevada.
What was the name of the mining that dug deep beneath the surface to extract valuable ore?
Most of the world’s coal reserves are buried deep underground. Underground mining, sometimes called deep mining, is a process that retrieves coal from deep below the Earth’s surface—sometimes as far as 300 meters (1,000 feet).
