Allyson_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.** It was Located in Oklahoma, the Time Period was around 1870's, and they got the land by the Creek and Seminole Tribes. 2. ** Name ** the transportation system which also brought thousands of settlers and immigrants to the** Unassigned Lands. ** The Transportation System is called Transcontinental Railroad.. 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. 50,000 people made claim on the land for the 1889 Land Run and The size was 160 acres.
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4. ** Recall ** of what the movie //Far and Away// is a good example. The movie __Far and Away__ was the best modern portrayals of the 1889 Land Run. **LEVEL 2**: 1. ** Analyze ** the impact on Oklahoma of the Boomers' efforts to open the Unassigned Lands. Oklahoma changed because more people came to Oklahoma.

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. THe postive is that more people came to Oklahoma and the negative is that people tried to start a fight for Ok. **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. The Native Am. was a cast of the negative because they try to still Ok.