oklahoma land rush

• when was the Oklahoma land rush?

  1893
• what did the Dawes act do?

  moved indigenous off their land and gave each family 160 acres of land leaving more land to be settled
• what happened to leftover land?

  put up for sale
• what did some indigenous do with their land?

  sell it as they didnt want to take up the farming lifestyle
• what did the government do in 1889?

  opened up a part of former indigenous territory for settlement
• what happened on 22nd April 1889?

  160 acre plots of land were opened up for claims
• how large was Oklahomas population by the end of the year?

  60,000
• how many acres were opened up?

  8 million
• what was the 1893 land rush?

  the largest
• when was the last land rush?

  1895
• what time were the claims opened up?

  12 noon
• when was the permanent Indian frontier removed?

  1890