American West Dates Flashcards

1
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US won California from Mexico

A

1834

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2
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Completion of the transcontinental railroad

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1869

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3
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Homestead Act

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1862

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4
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Civil War

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1862-1865

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5
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Timber Culture Act

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1873

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6
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California gold rush

A

1849

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7
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Cattle drives

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1870s

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8
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Ranching on the open range

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1880s

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9
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Fort Laramie Treaty 1

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1851

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10
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Dawes Act

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1889

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11
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Permanent Indian frontier

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1834

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12
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Destruction of the buffalo herds

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1870s

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13
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Good discovered in Rocky Mountains

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1862

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14
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Sand Creek Massacre

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1864

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15
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Ghost Dance

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1889

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16
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Wounded Knee Massacre

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1889

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17
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Custer finds good in Black Hills

18
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Economics depression and crops failing in eastern states

A

1830s and 1840s

19
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Belief in manifest destiny

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1860s-1880s

20
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Fort Laramie Treaty 2

21
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Battle of the Little Bighorn

22
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Little Crows War

23
Q

Reservation educating policy

A

1880s-1890s

24
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Government moving Indians to reservations on Great Plains

25
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Bureau of Indian affairs set up

26
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Permanent Indian frontier. The ‘piff line’

27
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Completion of removal of eastern Indians onto reservations

28
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Mormons began their move to Salt Lake City

29
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Mormons in Kirtland

30
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Mormons in Missouri

31
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Mormons in Nauvoo

32
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American-Mexican War: California and New Mexico become part of US

33
Q

Gold discovered in California

34
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Settlers began moving into Kansas and Nebraska

35
Q

Cheyenne and Arapaho began serious attacks on minors and travellers.

36
Q

Cheyenne wars began

37
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Red Clouds War began

38
Q

Last free Sioux under Crazy Horse surrendered

39
Q

All Indian nations on reservations

40
Q

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A

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