Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889

1. fe railway Name of railway running through the unassigned lands
3. People on ___ hoped to get there quickest
6. appropriations act The act that officially opened up the land
9. city Starting point for many settlers waiting to enter
10. Name of people who entered the are early to get better homesteads
11. million Size of land open for settlement, in acres
12. Name of river at the southern border
14. hundred thousand An estimated number of people that lined up to take land
16. crowd Name of the group with 10 thousand farmers, cowboys, and old soldiers

2. americans The people previously living on Oklahoma land
4. vs townsend Name of the supreme court case involving a Santa Fe Worker in 1892
5. harrison Person that decided to open up the lands
7. allotment act The law that confined natives further and freed up land
8. What the additional land rushes did to natives
11. Method of transportation for a third of settlers
13. twenty second The date in 1889 when settlers were allowed to enter the land
14. hundred sixty Acres of land a settler could claim
15. niners Name of African Americans entering after the initial rush
17. thousand Estimation of homesteads claimed