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Historical Dates Flashcards

1
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First use of “western” as a noun

A

1910

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2
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the western as a fully-fledged genre

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1920s

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3
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The Virginian

A

Owen Wister

1902

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4
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Fenimore Cooper

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James Fenimore Cooper
Leatherstocking Tales (5)
1823-1841

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5
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First talking film

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The Jazz Singer

1927

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6
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Turner

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Frederick Jackson Turner
“The Significance of the Frontier in American History”
1893, Chicago
American Historical Association

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7
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Relocation of the film industry in Hollywood

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end of 1910s / early 1920s

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8
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Captivity narrative

A

Mary Rowlandson
The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
1682

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9
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Painter

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Frederic Remington

1861 - 1909

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10
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Theodore Roosevelt

A

1858 - 1919

Pdt from 1901 to 1909

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11
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Meeting at Promontory Point

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May 10th 1869

Central Pacific and Union Pacific

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12
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Civil War

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1861 - 1865

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13
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Mexican-American War

A

1846-1848

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14
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California Gold Rush

A

1848-49
Sierra Nevada

(general craze went on more or less until 1955)

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15
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First Homestead Act

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1862

an area of public land in the West, usually 160 acres would be granted to any US citizen willing to settle and farm the land for a min of 5 years

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16
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Cheyenne Exodus

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The Great Northern Cheyenne Exodus
1878-1879
300 ppl
2500 km

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17
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Chinese Exclusion Act

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1882

immigrant was banned and it was impossible for Chinese people to be naturalized

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18
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Immigration Act

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1924
quotas
ban on Asian immigration

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19
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Louisiana Purchase

20
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Indian Bureau

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Bureau of Indian Affairs (office in the war dptmt)

1824

21
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big ranchers vs. settlers real-life battle

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Johnson County War

1889-1893

22
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Indian Removal Act

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Indian Removal Act
1830
Pdt Andrew Jackson

resettlement west of the Mississippi

23
Q

stats of relocation

A

100 000 people between 1820 and 1850

30 000 dead

24
Q

Cheyenne massacre

A

Sand Creek Massacre / Chivington Massacre
1864
at least 200 dead among which women and children

25
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Little Big Man massacre

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Washita Massacre
November 1868
Custer
over 100 casualities among which women and children

26
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Pony Express

27
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Battle of Little Big Horn

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1876

one of the greatest Indian victories

28
Q

last Indian chief to surrender

A

Geronimo (Apache)

1886

29
Q

final blow massacre

A

Wounded Knee Massacre
1890
Sioux religious gathering
over 200 killed

30
Q

book about the Native American side

A

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Dee Brown
1970

31
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Acts about the northern territory

A

Northwest Ordinance Acts
1784, 87, 89
sovereignty of the American government and mandated westwards expansion

32
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Wyatt Earp

A

1848-1929

Tombstone Arizona

33
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Ok Corral

A

Oct 26 1881

34
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Indian Act

A

Indian Civil Rights Act

1968

35
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end of Indian boarding schools

A

Indian Self Determination & Education Assistance Act

1975

36
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Vietnam War

A

1955 - 1975

37
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birth of studio system and major studios

38
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end of studio system

A

1948
United States vs. Paramount
due to anti-trust laws

39
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production code

A

Motion Picture Production Code
Hays Code
1922 & 1927
ends in 1968

40
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Old West

41
Q

race riots

A

1919 “Red Summer”

African-American workers rioting because were paid less

42
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factory workers riots

43
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women’s vote

A

19th Amendment

1920

44
Q

Indian right to vote

A

Indian Citizenship Act

1924

45
Q

Massacre de My Lai

A

March 1968

46
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act enforcing the split of collective indian lands into individual plots

A

Dawes Severalty Act

February 1887

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