American West - Key Dates Flashcards
When was the idea of manifest destiny first introduced by a New York paper?
1845
When was the Indian removal act?
1830
When did Jed Smith find the South pass route through the Rocky Mountains?
1823
When did the Mountain Men begin moving West after fur became fashionable?
1820
When did the Mountain men end?
1840
When did the settlers begin moving west in search of a new life?
1840
When was the California gold rush?
1849
When were the mormons in Kirkland (New York)? (1)
1831 - 1837
When were the Mormons in Missouri? (2)
1837 - 1838
When were the Mormons in Nauvoo (Illinois)? (3)
1839 - 1845
When was Mormon leader Joseph smith killed by a mob?
1845
When did Brigham Young and the first set of Mormons reach Salt Lake City?
1847
When was the Mormon war?
1857
When was the timber culture act (160 acres extra for 40 acres planted)?
1873
When was the homestead act (160 acres free)?
1862
When was the dessert land act (cheap 640 acres in areas of low rainfall)?
1877
When was the American civil war between the north and South?
1861 - 1865
When was the transcontinental railroad connecting the East and West built?
1860’s
When did Joseph McCoy create the cow town of Abeline?
1867
When was the goodnight loving trail (sold cattle in Mexico)?
1866
When did John Illif introduce first cattle ranch on the plains?
1859
When did the open range end (disease, bad weather, starvation and replaced by smaller ranches)?
1887
When were the first cowboys ?
1870’s
when did fence and barbed wire cutting begin?
1880’s
When was the Johnson county war lead by cattle barons to remove homesteaders and small ranchers?
1892
When was the Lincoln county war in which Billy the kId became known as an outlaw after his rancher boss was killed?
1878
When was little crows war?
1861 - 1862
When was Red Clouds War (dispute over gold found in Rocky Mountains)?
1865- 1868
When was the great Sioux war?
1876 - 1877
When was the battle of Little Big Horn (Custer lead arm attacking Indians who wouldn’t return to reservations)?
1876
When was hunting for hides introduced?
1871
When was the Ghost dance introduced on the Indian reservation?
1889
When did the Plains Indians end after one final conflict with the seventh cavalry?
1890
