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The frontier in North America began moving west soon after the firstEuropean settlers arrrived in the 1600s. As the settlers moved onto thefrontier, American Indians were displaced or pushed west. In 1889, thegovernment opened the Indian Territory (later the state of Oklahoma) to whitesettlers, although much of this land had been promised to Indians. Thiscreated the last wild land rush in the country. In 1890 the Bureau of the

Census officially declared there was no frontier left in thecountry.

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UNITED STATES: The Changing Frontier LEGEND

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Across4 The area

along the Atlantic Ocean formed the 13 original _______.

5 Most of Arkansas was a frontier area in the _______ 1800s.

7 The area around this port city was settled by the early 1800s(2 words).

8 This city near the Great Lakes was on the frontier in the middle 1800s.

9 This state was settled in the early 1800s,except for its western tip.

14 Only the very western part of this statewas still frontier in the early 1800s.

17 This southwestern state was still frontierin the late 1800s.

20 The word _______ means the edge of asettled area.

22 Most of this state was reserved for NativeAmericans and was closed to whitesettlers.

23 The southern part of this state was settledbefore the northern part.

24 Most of the land east of the _______ Riverwas settled by the middle 1800s.

Down1 These mountains formed a border

between the frontier of the early 1800sand the original 13 colonies.

2 This southeastern state was not one of theoriginal 13 colonies.

3 Most of Illinois was settled _______ Iowa.5 This midwestern state had frontier areas

from the early 1800s to the late 1800s.6 The western part of New York was on the

frontier in the _______ 1800s.10 Settlers could travel up the Mississippi

River to settle this midwestern state by thelate 1800s.

11 This map shows that many people moved_______ in the 1800s.

12 The land along this Great Lake was stillfrontier in the early 1800s.

13 As the frontier moved west, the size of theUnited States became_______.

15 Minnesota was part of the frontier in the_______ 1800s.

16 Most of West Virginia was settled _____Virginia.

18 This map shows that the frontier movedfrom _______ to west.

19 Almost all of this state was part of thefrontier in the late 1800s.

21 Settlers traveling from the northeast to themidwest could travel along this river.

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