Anastassiya_7

1. Clarify what the Unassigned Lands were. Include in your response where it was located, the time period, and how the government came to own the land.
 * LEVEL 1: **

**//Unassigned Lands were given by the Creek and Seminole tribes. After the Civil War, by 1870th, Oklahoma had been divided between American and Indian tribes.//**
2. Name the transportation system which also brought thousands of settlers and immigrants to the Unassigned Lands.

**//The first Transcontinental Railroad is the transportation system which brought thousands of settlers and immigrants to the Unassigned Lands.//**
3. Identify how many people made claim on land for the 1889 Land Run and the size of the portion of land to which they could stake claim.

**//160 acres of free land which 50,000 people can stake claim.//**
4. Recall of what the movie //Far and Away// is a good example.

**//T//** **//he best modern portrayals of the 1889 land run is an example of movie Far and Away.//**
**LEVEL 2**: 1. Analyze the impact on Oklahoma of the Boomers' efforts to open the Unassigned Lands.

**//There were future towns with planting crops and building houses.//**
2. Compare and contrast the positive and negative connotations of the term "Sooner." Consider how the term came about and how the meaning evolved or changed over the years.

**//Sooners (staking a claim too soon), sneaked into claims at night before the run, they beat legitimate settlers. Now it's a football team.//**
**LEVEL 3**: 1. Defend or refute the claim that the Land Run of 1889 was harmful to Native Americans and cast a negative light on Oklahoma.