Jodi7

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 .** An area that is about 3,000 square miles and is owned by much of the Creek and Seminole tribes and still remains unoccupied. It is located in Oklahoma. 1879 was the time period. The government came to own the land because people were stealing it so much so they thought it was better to just take it over for themselves. (Guessed on the last question beacuse I could not find it in the article).
 * Lesson 7 Jodi Pappan (: **
 * LEVEL 1: **

2. **Name the transportation system** which also brought thousands of settlers and immigrants to the Unassigned Lands. Railroads were the transportation system. People on feet and horses and even people in wagons.

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. 160 acers.

4. **Recall** of what the movie //Far and Away// is a **good example**.

The author says it is one of the best modern portrayals about the Land Run.

**LEVEL 2**: 1. **Analyze** the **impact on Oklahoma** of the Boomers' efforts to open the Unassigned Lands. I guessed it impacted Oklahoma by making lots of land marks and there are musemus now.

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 name sooner wasnt always good at first because they were called that by sneaking onto the land the night before the land run. Then in 1908 the Universitiy of Oklahoma adopted the Sooners and nicknamed the football team that. Later on Oklahoma became known as the Sooner State.

**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. People were coming into their land before the land run was even statred planting crops, building small towns, and even trying to claim land before they were alowed to. Thus causeing the Natives to have no choice and have to move out or even fight for their own land. Which is all around a sad deal.