History GCSE
Oklahoma Land Rush
What Oklahoma Land Rush means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Oklahoma Land Rush
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The 1893 rush in which thousands raced to claim 160-acre plots when the Cherokee Strip, previously Indian Territory, was opened to white settlement.
Topics that use Oklahoma Land Rush
- Option P3: Key topic 3: Later developments in the West, c1876–c1895 - 1 Changes in farming, the cattle industry and settlement (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Agricultural Development
- closure of the 'Indian Frontier'
- Environmental Adaptation
- Exoduster movement
- Settlement
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- Open range
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