| A | B |
| 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act | railroads build cross country to civilize Great Palins |
| 1862 Homestead Act | gave 160 acres of land to people |
| 1867 Medicine Lodge Treaties | established reservations for Indians to live on |
| 1867 Medicine Lodge Treaties | opened up Indian territories to settlers |
| 1830 Indian Removal Act | Indians East Of Mississippi R. forced to move to Kansas, Nebraska & OK |
| 1830 Indian Removal Act | Forts built to keep whites out - Indians in |
| 1830 Indian Removal Act | Forts Leavenworth, Scott & Smith built to keep Indians "in" |
| 1862 Homestead Act | people given 160 acres had to live on it for 5 years |
| 1887 Dawes Act | Broke up reservations, Indians got 160 acres of land |
| forced assimilation | to force one culture to move into another |
| 1887 Dawes Act | forced Indians into white man's culture |
| 1887 Dawes Act | Indians sold land cheaply -lost 2/3 of their land |
| Purpose of Homestead Act | to bring people to Great Plains |