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Indian Removal Act
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White people began moving South.
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Manifest Destiny Election
Democrat James K. Polk defeated Whig Henry Clay in a close contest that turned on foreign policy, with Polk favoring the annexation of Texas and Clay opposed it. -
US Army brought trading posts from Indians.
As people were moving West, they began to fear Indians, so the goverenment bought trading posts and converted them into military bases to protect the people moving West. -
Beginning of Indian Wars
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The Civil War
In the historical battle of disunion between the Union and the Confederates, the Confederacy surrendered and slavery was outlawed everywhere in the nation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation finally put an end to the issue of slavery which was enacted by President Abraham Lincoln. -
Sand Creek Massacre
The Colorado militia destroyed the villiage of the Cheyenne and Arapaho and killed nearly 115 Indians. -
Wagon with supplies are attacked
Although Indians attacked suppily wagons more than just this once, this is the year where we were give evidence in our documents. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
This Treaty was an agreement between the United States and bands of different Indian tribes which guaranteed ownership of the Black Hills to the Lakota, and further land and hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. -
Transcontinental railroad is complete.
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Beginning of Buffalo Slaughter
White men began to kill buffalo only for their hide as a sport and leave the entire carcass on the field to rot and die when the Lakota actually make use of the entire animal. It was their life. -
Gold is Discovered in the Black Hills
Rumors spread that there was gold in the Black Hills which ignited hunger for gold and exploration within white people. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
This event marked the end of the Indian Wars.
