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HISTORY DATES AND PEOPLE Flashcards

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Jim Bridger the 5 things he did

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1824 first white man to see salt lake city
brought Rocky Mountain Fur company when the fur trade collapsed in 1840s
Built Fort Bridger
in 1850 shorted route by 61 miles - union pacific route
amry guide during expedition against the Sioux and Chyenne who were blocking the Bozeman trail

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famous mountain men

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Jim Bridger - 3 indian wives
Jim Blackwith - Indian Chief
Jeremiah Johnson - killed every Indian he saw

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1837 depression

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wages fell by 40%

20,000 unemployed in Philadelphia

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first migrants arrived

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in Oregon in 1843 and in California the next year

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5
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how many men digging for gold?

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10,000 at the end of 1849

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Donor party 6 things

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they set of with 60 wagons and 300 migrants
left independence in may 1846
in the desert they lost 4 wagons and 300 cattle
sierra Nevada
first migrant died of starvation on 15th of December
reached Johnsons ranch

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when was all the gold gone

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by mid 1850s

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vigilante example

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in 1860s there were gang of 100 road agents terrorising Montana and the sheriff Henry Plummer was there leader, one gang member confesser, 1864 Plummer was caught and hung

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how many people did Brigham Young bring to salt lake

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1,500

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when did the Mormons main party arrive

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august 1847

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how many did the perpetual emigration fund bring

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32,000 by the end of 1851 in England alone

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what happened to the Mormons in 1857

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the us government sent a non-Mormon governor to Utah with 1,500 soldiers to enforce law

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when did the Mormons agree to peace?

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1890

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who was the first person to mention manifest destiny

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John O’Sullivan in The Morning Post in 1845

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example of droughts

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no rain hit Kanas between jan 1859 and nov 1860

1883 serve drought

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when were women in Wyoming given the vote

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1869

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when was the pacific Railroad act

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1862

18
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when was the demand for beef

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1867-1885

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when was the two cold winters and a hot summer and how much of the herd died

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1886-7, 15%

20
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when did the cattle profits fall

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1882

21
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what did Charles goodnight find when he returned back

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8,000 cattel

22
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what year and how many cattle did Goodnight sell

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1866, 1,700

23
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Abilene years and cattle numbers

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1867 - 37,000

1870 - 300,000

24
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what year did John Lliff supply to reservations

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1872 - red cloud and 7,000 Indians

25
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sheriff examples

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Willian Tilghman - uncorrrupt

wyatt earp - corrupt

26
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when did Ella Watson and Jim Averil die

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1889

27
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what happeded to the cattle barons in 1880s

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became bankrupt

28
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Johnson country war 3 things

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1892
hitlist of 70 people and 22 gunfighters
Nate champion and Nick Ray

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fort Laramie 1.0 1851 3 things

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in 1849 government had made deals with Comanche and Kiowa Indians
Thomas Fitzpatrick - Cheyenne and Arapho
Broken in 1859

30
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Little Crows war 5 things

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1862
crops failed in 1861 and 12,000 Indians were starving 
august 1862 attack 
45 soldiers - half were killed
by October back on reservations
31
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Sand Creek Massacre 6 things

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1864 
chyenne and black Kettle 
3 years untilled they reached an agreement attacked wagon trains
Conlonel Chivington 
29th of Novemeber 1864
450
32
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fort Laramie

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1868

33
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Red Clouds War 5 things

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John Bozeman - Bozeman trail
broke Fort Laramie treaty 
1866 - government set up talks 
December 1866 captain Fetterman 
Fort Kearny
Sioux, Arapho, Cheyenne
march 1887 - peace commission
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Great Sioux war 5 things

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$40,000 dollars - for black hills 
December 1875 ordered to go back
spring 1876 - 7,000 Indians 
spotted on the 25th june 1876
benteen and reno
35
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Dawes act

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1887

36
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The okalhoma land race

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1889

37
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when was wounded knee

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December 1890 29th

250 soldiers, 25 soldiers

38
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when did the governemtn decide no more treaties

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1871

39
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when was a council set up to take over chiefs power

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1880s

40
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when did tannery become better

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1871

41
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who was buffalo bill

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Wiliiam Cody - killed 4,280 buffalo in 17 months

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