APUSH Chapter 18 By Abbyivey 1848 Treaty of guadalupe hildago Period: 1849 to 1869 California gold rush 1853 Gasden Purchase 1858 Cortina's war in south texas 1862 Homestead act makes free land available, morrill act authorizes "land grant" colleges Period: 1865 to 1867 Great Sioux War 1866 Texas cattle drives begin, medicine lodge treaty established reservation, and alaska purchased 1869 Board of indian commissioners created, BUffallo bill the king os border men sets off the "Wild West" publishing craze 1870 Grasshopper attacks on the great plains 1872 yellowstone national park created 1873 TImber Culture act and red river war Period: 1874 to 1875 Sioux battles the black hills of dakotas 1876 Custers last stand 1877 Defeat of the nez perce 1881 Helen HUnt Jackson, a century of dishonor 1882 Edmunds act outlaws polygamy Period: 1885 to 1887 Droughts and severe winters cause the collapse of the cattle boom 1887 Dawes severalty act 1890 Ghost dance movement, massacre of lakota sioux at wounded knee, census bureau announces the end of the frontier line 1897 Forest management act gives the federal government authority over forest reserves