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Timeline Of American West Flashcards

1
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When did the Mormons form their ‘holy city’ in Illinois?

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1839

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what did the mormons call their city they built in illinois 1839?

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Nauvoo

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what does the mormon ‘zion’ mean?

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the mormon ‘holy city’

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when did the mormons go to missouri, independence?

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1837

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when were the translations of the inscriptions published in the book of mormon?

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1830

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the mormon army became 2000 strong by what year?

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1842

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when was the book of mormon published?

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1830

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within a year, how many new members of his religion had smith recruited?

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1000

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what was the name of the mormons secret police force they formed in 1837?

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the Danites

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10
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when was the economic depression and the collapse of the mormon bank?

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1837

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what were the effects of the economic depression in 1837?

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collapse of many banks in east

wages fell

unemployment rose

the collapse of the mormon bank in kirtland therefore many people lost their savings

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12
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when did the mormons form the Danites, their secret police force?

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1837

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13
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why did the mormons form the Danites in 1837?

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voilence increased in Missouri, they were there

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14
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what was the name of the angel that Joseph Smith was supposedly visited by?

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Moroni

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15
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how many years after joseph smiths vision did he secretly translate the inscriptions on the gold plates?

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four

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why did non mormons attack mormons in 1837?

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the collapse of the mormon bank caused them to lose their savings

this drove mormons out of Kirtland

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17
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what city was the mormon ‘zion’ (first holy city)?

when was this set up as the mormon zion?

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Kirtland, ohio

1831

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18
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what is the official name of the mormon religion?

T C O J C O T L D S

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the church of jesus christ of the latter day saints

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19
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what year was joseph smiths vision of Moroni?

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1823

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20
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what was the ‘permanent indian frontier’?

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when the US government decided that indian tribes could freely inabit the great plains

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21
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what year was the permanent indian frontier decided?

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1832

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22
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what year was the oregon trail established?

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1843

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23
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who built fort bridger on the oregon trail?

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jim bridger, a former mountain man

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what did the store on fort bridger enable?

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travellers could purchase supplies and could repair their wagons in the workshop

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25
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when was the ‘great migration’

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1843

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26
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during the ‘great migration’ how many people headed west to oregon?

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about 1000

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27
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when was joseph smith murdered?

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1844

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28
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Joseph smith and his brother were both shot in 1844 while imprisioned, why were they imprisioned?

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they destroyed a printing press

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29
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what year did manifest destiny begin?

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1845

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30
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what was the phrase used to describe the belief that white americans had the right to occupy north america?

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manifest destiny

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31
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what date did the mormons move to salt lake city?

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1846-1847

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32
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Brigham Young decided to take the mormons away from the east to salt lake city. Why?

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they faced persecution in the east therefore they needed to build a new life

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33
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what year was gold first discovered in california? (gold rush)

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1848

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34
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who first discovered the gold in 1848?

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James marshall, a carpenter

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35
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how many people from the east flocked to california during the gold rush?

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90,000

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36
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people in the gold rush who arrived in california in 1849 became known as what?

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the forty-niners

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37
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what year was the perpetual emigration fund?

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1849

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38
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why did the mormons set up the perpetual emigration fund in 1849?

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to encourage mormons from britain, europe and other parts of america to move to slc

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what was the perpetual emigration fund?

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economic assistance to individuals who wanted to move to salt lake city

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40
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when was the stage coach established?

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1850

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41
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who established the stage coach in 1850?

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Wells Fargo

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42
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what was the purpose of the stagecoach?

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it enabled travellers to pay to be transported

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43
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Allan Pinkerton set up which private company?

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Pinkertonians

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44
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why did stagecoach and railroad companies hire the pinkertonians company?

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to provide protection and hunt down outlaws

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45
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what year was the first fort laramie treaty?

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1851

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46
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what did the fort laramie treaty 1851 state?

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indian homelands would belong to indians and they shall not be entered by white settlers

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47
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what year did the first homesteaders begin to move onto the great plains?

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1854

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48
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what year was the mountain meadows massacre?

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1857

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49
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what was massacred during the mountain meadows massacre 1857?

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a wagon train of settlers from missouri

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50
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who did the government think was responsible for the mountain meadows massacre 1857?

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they were convinced it was the mormons however the mormons claimed it was the indians

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51
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Utah couldn’t become a state of the USA until…?

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until polygamy ended

52
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what years did the US civil war take place?

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1861-1865

53
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who won the US civil war 1861-1865, south or north?

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north won

54
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name one reason why the US civil war 1861-1865 happened

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southern and northern states fought over the abolition of slavery

55
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when was the first telegraph message?

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1861

56
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what year was the pacific railways act?

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1862

57
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the pacific railways act 1862 established two companies whose purpose was to….?

A

construct a railway across america

58
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the union pacific railway was established in the east to build the railway where?

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to build the railway to Missouri then head west

59
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the central pacific railway built the railway from where?

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from sacramento to the east

60
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what year was the homestead act?

A

1862

61
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what did the homestead act 1862 include?

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offered anyone who wanted to settle west 160 acres of land for free if they build a home and farmed on the land for five years

62
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which act in what year gave 160 acres of land for free if they build a home and farmed on the land for five years?

A

homestead act 1862

63
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what year was the sand creek massacre?

A

1864

64
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an armed force led by who attacked black kettle’s cheyenne camp at sand creek?

A

Colonel Chivington

65
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why did colonel chivington attack black kettle’s cheyenne camp at sand creek massacre 1864?

A

it was punishment for the raids on wagon trains

66
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how many people were killed and injured in the sand creek massacre 1864?

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163 people

this included women and children

67
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what year was the Goodnight-Loving trail established?

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1866

68
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why was the Goodnight-Loving trail established in 1866?

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it was used in the cattle drives for the large-scale movement of texas longhorns

69
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when was the first train robbery?

A

1866

70
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name two gangs who carried out train robberies

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butch cassidy and the wild bunch

71
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what year was red clouds war?

A

1867

72
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who was the sioux chief?

A

red cloud

73
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why was red cloud angered in 1867? (two things)

A

white settlers started using the Bozeman trail which passed through Sioux hunting grounds so red cloud attacked them

a line of forts was constructed to protect the travellers so red cloud increased the attacks

74
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what was the trail named that white settlers used that passed through the Sioux hunting ground?

A

the Bozeman Trail

75
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what year was the medicine creek treaty?

A

1867

76
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what happened within the medicine creek treaty 1867?

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four indian tribes, including the cheyenne, agreed to give up their land and move to small reservations in the south east of the plains

77
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four indian tribes moved to small reservations in the south east of the plains in what treaty?

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1867 medicine creek treaty

78
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when was Abilene founded?

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1867

79
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what was the actual name of the ‘cow town’?

A

Abilene

80
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who founded the ‘cow town’ of Abilene?

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Joseph McCoy, a chicago cattle dealer

81
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when was the winter campaign?

A

1868

82
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Custer carried out a surprise attack on Black Kettles village. It was called the Battle of Washita 1868, why was it a surprise?

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because it was winter and indians never fought in winter (winter campaign) they were also sleeping so they didn’t have time to prepare

83
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what year was the second fort laramie treaty?

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1868

84
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what was included in the second fort laramie treaty 1868?

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it stated that the Sioux indian’s territory included the black hills of dakota and the bighorn mountains

85
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what were the Sioux indians given in fort laramie 1868?

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the black hills of dakota and the bighorn mountains

86
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when was the railroad completed?

A

1869

87
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when the transcontinental railway was completed in 1869 what ceremony was held?

A

the golden spike ceremony in Utah

88
Q

what year did Abilene ban cowboys?

A

1872

89
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why did abilene ban cowboys in 1872?

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they were fed up with the lawlessness, drunkenness, brawls and gun fights

90
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what year was the timber and culture act?

A

1873

91
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what did the timber and culture act 1873 offer?

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160 acres of land for free provided that at least 40 acres was planted with trees

92
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the timber and culture act 1873 offered 160 acres of land for free only if…?

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only if 40 acres of it was planted with trees

93
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when was gold discovered in the black hills of dakota?

A

1874

94
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what was the sacred land of the Sioux indians?

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the black hills of dakota

95
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when was barbed wire and turkey red wheat invented?

A

1874

96
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who invented barbed wire?

A

joseph glidden

97
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what was a postive of the invention of barbed wire?

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large areas of land could be fenced at a reasonable price

98
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what year was the battle of little bighorn?

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1876

99
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during the battle of little bighorn 1876 who did the army attack?

A

the indians camped in the valley of the little bighorn

100
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when were custer and all his men killed?

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in the battle of little bighorn 1876

101
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what year was the desert land act?

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1877

102
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what did the desert land act 1877 enable farmer to do?

what was the catch?

A

enabled farmers to buy 640 acres of land at a cheap price

however the land was poor as there was little rainfall therefore irrigation schemes were needed to be able to farm on the land

103
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what year did brigham young die?

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1877

104
Q

when did the US government launch more attacks on polygamy?

A

after the death of brigham young in 1877

105
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what year was the lincoln county war?

A

1878

106
Q

when did billy the kid become notorious as a gunfighter?

A

the lincoln county war 1878

107
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when did fence cutting occur?

A

during the 1880s and 1890s

108
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why did fence cutting happen in the 1880s and 1890s?

A

homesteaders cut them as they restricted their water supply

109
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the death of billy the kid:

how

when

where

A

he was tracked down and shot by a sheriff named Pat Garrett

in 1881

in fort summer, new mexico

110
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when was ‘the big freeze’?

A

1886-1887

111
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name the effect of ‘the big freeze’ of 1886-1887

A

cattle and cowboys died

end of open range farming

112
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what year was the dawes act?

A

1887

113
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what did the dawes act 1887 do?

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it split up most of the remaining indian land into 160 acre plots for white settlers

114
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what year was the oklahoma land rush?

A

1889

115
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what was the oklahoma land rush?

A

the US government opened 2 million acres in the former indian territory

in 1893 another 6 million acres were opened up

116
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how many people were in the oklahoma land rush?

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between 50,000 and 100,000

117
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when did the mormons abolish polygamy?

A

1890

118
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when did Utah become a state in the USA?

A

1896

119
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why did utah become a state in 1896?

A

polygamy was abolished so they were allowed

120
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what year was johnson county war?

A

1892

121
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what year was wounded knee massacre?

A

1890

122
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what happened in wounded knee massacre 1890?

A

a group of soldiers shot a group of Sioux indians at a reservation in wounded knee creek

123
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how many people were killed in wounded knee massacre 1890?

A

153 people

124
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what was the reservation in which soldiers opened fire on in wounded knee massacre 1890?

A

pine ridge reservation

125
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why did johnson county war 1892 happen?

A

ranchers fought over cattle and land

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