Land Run

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Across
  1. 5. a person who crossed the starting line of a land run before the appointed time.
  2. 6. The signal was given at _________ on April 22, 1889 for the run for the Unassigned Lands to begin.
  3. 7. Congress passed the ________________ authored by Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts.
  4. 8. one who settles on unoccupied land in order to gain title to it
  5. 10. First Capital of Oklahoma.
Down
  1. 1. those who took part in the land “booms” of the late 1800s when western land was opened to settlement.
  2. 2. seeking political election in an area where one has no local connections
  3. 3. Who was the first territorial Governor of Oklahoma?
  4. 4. Nearly ______________ African-Americans made the 1889 Land Run.
  5. 9. The __________ Act specified that Oklahoma Territory included all land west of the Five Tribes including No Man’s Land (modern day panhandle).