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The California Gold Rush VideoJames Marshall discovers gold at Sutter's Mill in Northern CA. This will lead to a flood of newcomers in the west.
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What you need to know about Pikes peak goldDiscovery of gold brought 100,000 +/- settlers into Colorado.
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Encouraged farmng on the Great Plains by offering 160 acres of public land free to any family that settled on it for a period of five years.
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Oliver H. Kelly established this organization as a social and educational organization for farmers and their families - later turned to protect members against middlemen/trusts/railroads
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Joseph Glidden invented the bared wire in 1874
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Chief JosephFinal surrender of the Nez Perce as they attempted to avoid capture and sent to a reservation. Nez Perce originally located in Wallowa valley of Oregon and Idaho.
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Helen Hunt Jackson's book. It created awareness for the awareness to the injustices to the INdians.
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Prohibited further immigration by Chinese laborers. It was the 1st major act of Congress to prohibit immigration based on race.
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This was one of the factors that closed down the cattle frontier in the 1880s.
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designed to break up tribal organizations, which many felt kept the Native Americans from becoming "civilized" and law-abiding citizens. the Dawes Act divided tribal lands into plots of 160 acres or less. U.S. citizenship was grantedto those who stayed on the land for 25 years and "adoptd the habits of civilized life".
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The National Alliance of organized Farmers met in Ocala, Florida, to address the problems of rural America. They created a platform that supported direct elkection of U.S. senators, lowering tariff taxes, a graduated income tax, and a new banking system regulated by the federal government.
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In this case, the Supreme Court upholds a Louisiana law requiring "separate but equal acommodations" for whites and black passengers on railroads.
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