Important Dates - 1872-1877

Question 1

what happened in 1872?

Answer 1

Abilene bans Cowboys - Fed up with the lawlessness, drunkenness, brawls and gun fights, the people of Abilene banned cowboys

Question 2

what happened in 1873?

Answer 2

Timber Culture Act - This Act was an extension to the Homestead Act offering 160 acres of land for free provided that at least 40 acres was planted with trees

Question 3

what happened in in 1874? *

Answer 3

Gold in the Black Hills - Gold was discovered in the Black Hills of Dakota (the sacred land of the Sioux Indians)

Question 4

what happened in 1874? *

Answer 4

Barbed Wire Invented - JF Glidden invented barbed wire. This invention meant that large areas of land could be fenced relatively cheaply

Question 5

what happened in 1876?

Answer 5

Battle Of The Little Bighorn - The army decided to attack the Indians who were camped in the valley of the Little Bighorn. The attack was to be made from three sides. General George Armstrong Custer who led one of the attacking forces decided to attack without waiting for the other two forces to arrive. Custer split his forces into three and advanced on the Indians. At some point Custer’s group were attacked. Custer and all of his men were killed

Question 6

what happened in 1877? *

Answer 6

Desert Land Act - This Act allowed farmers to buy 640 acres of land at a cheap price in areas where there was little rainfall and irrigation schemes were needed to farm the land

Question 7

what happened in 1877? *

Answer 7

Brigham Young Dies - After the death of young, the US government launched more vigorous attacks on Polygamy