dates Flashcards
when was the indian removal act and what did it do?
1830, forced them out of the east, west of the mississippi river
when was the economic crash in the east? how high did it make unemployment?
1837
25%
when and what was the indian trade and intercourse act?
1834
set out a frontier between the usa and indian territory
stopped whites settling on indian land, and stopped sale of alcohol or guns by white traders
guarded
when did the usa win the mexico america war and gain california?
1848
in what year did california’s population reach 300,000?
1855
what year was the first treaty of fort laramie?
1851
what did the first treaty of fort laramie involve?
- made to resolve problems between indians and settlers
- gvt promised to protect indians from whites
- tribes would receive payment of $50,000 a year if they kept terms
- tribes would allow railroad building + workers on their land
- end to fighting between tribes
what was the main problem during the signing of the first treaty of fort laramie?
- the tribes couldn’t send just one chief as their society didn’t work that way
- some tribes didn’t attend
- many didn’t understand what they were signing to
- separating each tribe with boundaries was not understood as society didn’t work like that
when was the san francisco crime wave?
1851
what caused the san francisco crime wave?
poverty and anger because there was no gold left
huge increase in chinese migrants
racial tensions and unemployment
when was the chinese famine?
how many chinese migrants moved to the usa ?
1852
increased from 2000 in 1851 to 20,000 in 1852
when was the american civil war? who won?
1861-1865
the union defeated the confederacy
when was the homestead act passed?
1861
what were the main points of the homestead act?
160 acre plots of land
cost $10 to apply for a plot
anyone could apply as long as they were head of a family or single and over 12
after 5 years if they had planted 5acres of crops and built a house they could ‘prove up’ and buy it for $30
by which year was 6 million acres of land sold?
1876
how much land was actually proved up?
only 13 million acres by 1884
when was the pacific railroad act passed?
1862
why was the pacific railroad act passed at this time?
the southern states left the union in 1861 so the northern states selected a northern route that went from california to nebraska
what did the pacific railroad act do to native americans?
extinguished any rights they had along the route
increased settlement on their lands
how much land did the railroad companies sell?
200 million acres by 1880
what are 5 consequences of the pacific railroad act?
increased immigration from europe
connected eastern and western territories
reduced number of buffalo
enabled growth of the cattle industry (abilene)
allowed settlers to buy products from industrial cities
what were the names of the companies who built the railroad?
union pacific
central pacific
when was the self governing windmill invented?
what did it do?
1854
pumped water out of the ground
when was barbed wire invented?
1874 but not widely used until after 1880
when was the timber culture act ?
1873
when was the goodnight loving trail established?
1866
when was abilene set up? how many used it?
successful by 1867
35,000 cows
how was abilene reached?
the chisholm trail
when did john illif realise cattle could be ranched on the plains?
1870
when was the beef bonanza?
1870
when was the great die up?
1886-87
