Important Statistics Flashcards
How many Indians moved to the west of the Mississippi river because of the Indian removal act
46,000
When was the Oregon Trail first publicised and by who
1925, Jedidiah Smith
How many died along Oregon Trail
20,000
How many people went to California and in what month
In April, 100,000 people went to California
What was California population by 1855
300,000
How many migrants were in the donna party
300
How many died in the Donner party
40
When were Mormons ordered to leave Illinois
1845
The Treaty of Fort Laramie, how much were tribes paid annually
50,000
When did the union defeat the congruency
1865
How much was it for a white
Settler to register a claim in the Homestead act
$10
How many acres were offered in the Homestead act
160 acres
What could homesteaders do after a certain amount of time
After five years, if they had built a house and planted 5 acres of crops, they could pay $30 to own it
How much land had been given from the Homestead act in 1876
6 million
What was the limitation of the Homestead act
Only 13,000,000 acres were approved up by 1884
How much land of the government grant to railroad
300,000,000 acres, the rest was sold to cattle ranchers
How many Germans moved to Kansas because of the Pacific railroad act
60,000
When and how much did railroad companies settle
By 1880 they settled 2p0 million acres in the west
When did Illiff buy land and from where
1866, near Denver
When had he built up a herd on Colorado plains
1870
How big was illiff’s Colorado plains heard
26,000
Where and when did Illiff sell beef
In mining towns in 1872
What contract did Iliff win
In 1872 he won a contract to provide beef for a Sioux reservation of 7000
How much land were homesteaders allowed to claim in the timber culture act
A further 160 acres
How many acres were claimed by the timber culture act
10 million
What happened because of the timber culture act by 1878
It added 50% more land to that already claimed under the Homestead act
How many exodusters set off for Kansas and Missouri and when was this
By 1879 40000 had moved
How much savings did homesteders need to start up
$800-$1000
Who invented the self governing windmill
Daniel Halladay
When was barbed wire widely used
Not until after 1880
What percentage of the open range perished in the great doe up
15%
How much were Indians allotted from the Dawes act
160 acres
By 1890, how much land did Indians lose form the Dawes act
They lost half of the land they had in 1887
How many Indians were killed in the wounded knee massacre
146
How many landrusges were there in Oklahoma
7
What was the largest Oklahoma landrusg
1893: 8 million acres
How many men did the WSGA plan to kill
70 men
