Question

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs.

Distinguish and match the meanings of boomers, sooners, and homesteaders.
sooner
homesteader
boomer
A person who attempted to enter and claim the Unassigned Lands before the Dawes Act
A person who settled on land illegally just before a land run
A person who claimed a portion of land and then lived on it for five years to gain
ownership​

Answer 1

Sooner: A person who attempted to enter and claim the Unassigned Lands before the Dawes Act

homesteader: A person who claimed a portion of land and then lived on it for five years to gain ownership​

Boomer: A person who settled on land illegally just before a land run

Step-by-step explanation:

These terms are derived from the 19th century US history and are related with the,

• The Homestead Acts
• Indian Appropriations Act of 1889
• Land Rush of 1889

This was the time when many of the unassigned lands in the west were settled by the Europeans. Specially after the purchase of Louisiana.