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Homestead Act of 1862
This act encouraged farming on the Great Plains by offering 160 acres of land free to any family that sttled on it for a period of five years. Many families lost out on this opportunity and were left to pay. -
Sand Creek Massacre
Sand Creek MassacreMassacre in Colorado of Cheyenne Indians, Colonel Chivington led troops on the brutal killing spree. -
National Grange Movement
Organized by Oliver Kelley as a social and educational movement for farmers and their families. -
Invention of Barbed Wire - Joseph Glidden
Invention helped to build fences because there was a lack of wood on the plains. It had a negative impact by closing off land lands that were used by cowboys to drive their cattle. Barbed wire essentially lead to the end of the cattle drive -
Munn v Illinois
The Supreme Court upheld the right of th atates to regulate business "of a public nature." -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Political pressure from western states pushed congress to pass teh Chinese Exclusion Act, which prohibited futher immigration to the United States by Chinese laborers. -
Interstate Commerce Act 1886
Required railroad rates to be "Fair and just" -
Dawes Severalty Act
This is designed to break up tribal organizations which kept from Native Americans from being "citizens" -
Massacre of Wounded Knee
The U.S. Army killed over 200 Native American men, women, and kids to stop the Natives last attempt to resist U.S. denomination through a religious movement called the Ghost Dance -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Supreme Court upheld a Louisianna law requireng "separate but equal accommodations" for white and black passengers for railroads. The Court ruled that the Louisianna law did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of "equal protectio of the laws." -
Indian Reorganization Act
Indian reorganization act of 1934Re-established Indian organization and culture
