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Key Content Terms Chapter 12 – Change and Conflict in the American West

Key Content Terms Chapter 12 – Change and Conflict in the American West. History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals. Chapter 12 - Focus Question. What opportunities and conflicts emerged as Americans moved westward?. Chisholm Trail. The cattle-drive trail from

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Key Content Terms Chapter 12 – Change and Conflict in the American West

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  1. Key Content TermsChapter 12 – Change and Conflict in the American West History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals

  2. Chapter 12 - Focus Question • What opportunities and conflicts emerged as Americans moved westward?

  3. Chisholm Trail • The cattle-drive trail from San Antonio, Texas, to Abilene, Kansas.

  4. Transcontinental Railroad • A railroad that spans the continent. • RR Companies given land to sell to pay for construction.

  5. Dawes Act (1887) • Federal Law distributing land to individual Indians rather than tribes. • Encouraged Indians to become assimilated.

  6. Homestead Act (1892) • Federal law that grants tracks of land to western settlers. • Settlers agreed to work and live on the land for five years.

  7. Exoduster • African Americans who migrated to the Great Plains following the civil war.

  8. Populist Party • Political Party founded in 1892. • Called for policies to help working people. • Example: Government ownership of railroads.

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