Layne_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. Civil War in 1870 the goverment came to own land. 2. Name the transportation system which also brought thousands of settlers and immigrants to the Unassigned Lands. By foot, Hoarse, Railroad and wagons for transportation. 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 stakes were laid out. 4. Recall of what the movie //Far and Away// is a good example. Land Run was what the movie far and away was about. **LEVEL 2**: 1. Analyze the impact on Oklahoma of the Boomers' efforts to open the Unassigned Lands. To who ever gets it there stake in the ground. 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. Sooner was an oklahoman land runner and it changed to just 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. we took there land and moved them out and indians hated it.
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