Boomer movement

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The Boomer movement was a late 19th-century American settlers’ campaign that pushed for the opening of the Unassigned Lands in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) to non-Native homesteaders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf land-opening campaign ⓘ
settler movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
alternateName Boomer campaign for the Unassigned Lands ⓘ
linked to: Oklahoma land runs
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1890s ⓘ
goal creation of new territories for white settlers ⓘ
homesteading rights in the Unassigned Lands ⓘ
opening the Unassigned Lands to non-Native settlement ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to the establishment of Oklahoma Territory ⓘ
increased pressure on the U.S. government to open Indian Territory lands ⓘ
hasPart organized Boomer expeditions into the Unassigned Lands ⓘ
historicalContext U.S. Indian policy in the late 19th century ⓘ
post–Civil War westward expansion in the United States ⓘ
influenced Oklahoma land runs ⓘ
opening of the Unassigned Lands in 1889 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Indian Territory ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
movementArea central Indian Territory ⓘ
opposedBy U.S. federal authorities ⓘ
some Native American tribal governments ⓘ
opposedConcept exclusive Native control of the Unassigned Lands ⓘ
participant American settlers ⓘ
homesteaders ⓘ
land speculators ⓘ
relatedTo Indian Territory land policy ⓘ
Oklahoma land run of 1889 ⓘ
linked to: Oklahoma land runs

Unassigned Lands ⓘ
result growth of non-Native population in present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
legal opening of the Unassigned Lands to non-Native settlement ⓘ
startTime 1870s ⓘ
supportedBy would-be homesteaders from the United States ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
usedMethod organized land incursions ⓘ
political lobbying ⓘ
public agitation ⓘ

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Unassigned Lands → relatedTo → Boomer movement ⓘ