1. Unit 2: GILDED AGE & PROGRESSIVE ERA
Social Issues & Reform

2. MANIFEST DESTINY

3. HOMESTEAD ACT 1862
People were granted plots of land, and had to agree to work and live on the land for 5 years.
This new law helped encourage settlers to move west.

4. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

5. CHISHOLM TRAIL The ERA of the long drive began in 1867
The trail went from San Antonio, TX to Abilene, Kansas
The cattle were put on rail cars and shipped to cities like Chicago

6. DAWES ACT
1887 law passes to try and assimilate Indians into white society.
A tribe could no longer own reservation land as a group

8. Assimilation Activity
Each group must come up with their own society and culture. Complete the form based on items you all agree with. If you need to use a vote, flip a coin, or rock paper scissor, do so. Draw a unique flag that represents your society.

9. African American Reformers
W. E. B. Du Bois Booker T. Washington