-
Indian Removal Act
This law was signed by Andrew Jackson to remove the Native Americans from Georgia. Indian removal was supposed to be voluntary, but there was a lot of pressure for the Natives to most West. -
Trail of Tears
When the Natives were forced out of Georgia, they had to move West of the Mississippi River. -
Indian Wars began
The wars between the Native Americans and the Whites began across the country. American Indian Wars -
The making of Bozeman Trail
This Trail crossed the antives land and harmed their environment. The whites threw trash and made a lot of noise passing through. -
-
Civil War Ends
-
The Treaty of 1868
This treaty was ineffective because the White Americans didn't take it seriously. They went ahead and intruded on the natives' land without hesitation, and nobody did anything to stop it. -
The transcontinental Train is Complete
When the railroads were complete, many Americans got on the trains and would shoot Buffalo for their fur. Buffalo herd was very popular in Europe and in the North. The Americans didn't care that they were on Natives' land. -
President issued ultimatum against Lakota
President Ulysses Grant issued an ultimatum that all the free tribes had to report to a reservation by January 31, 1876 or the United States government would not be kind to them. -
Americans "stole" the Black Hills
In 1876, The Natives were forced to leave their Black Hills and give them to the Americans. There was gold in the Black Hills and the Americans wanted to use it. The Antives just needed a place to live and that was where their entire life was. -
