Nebraska territory timeline

By karsyn.lemburg@centuraps.org
  • The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government

    The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government

    The US took land from the Oto with a treaty in southeast Nebraska.
  • Preemption Act of 1841 passed

    Preemption Act of 1841 passed

    it allowed people who have been living on the land without paying to get 160 acres and pay more than $1.25 dollars an acre before it would get sold.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

    Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

    It created two new territories and it canceled the Missouri Compromise, it had the people how were living there chose if they would have slavery or not.
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    Civil War

    The Civil War was a war between the northern of the United States and the southern part of the United Sates.
  • Homestead Act passed

    Homestead Act passed

    People could get 160 acres of land if they would agree to farm it. They had to be head of household, $10 fee, 21 years or older.
  • The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed

    The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed

    Lincoln had chose Omaha to be the western start for the Union Pacific railroad.
  • Morrill Act passed

    Morrill Act passed

    The law was passed and it created colleges, but they had to teach agriculture and engineering.
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    Construction of the transcontinental railroad

    It connected the eastern and the western united states.
  • Plum Creek Massacre

    Plum Creek Massacre

    Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians attacked a freight wagon train they killed a lot of people.
  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre

    The US army surprise attacked Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians at Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado killing about 160 people.
  • Nebraska becomes a State

    Nebraska becomes a State

    Nebraska was the 37th state to enter the union.
  • The first Treaty of Fort Laramie

    The first Treaty of Fort Laramie

    The US saw the black hills as a part of the Great Sioux Reservation and that only the Sioux could use it.
  • The treaty in 1892 between the US government and the Lakota Tribe

    The treaty in 1892 between the US government and the Lakota Tribe

    The US took land from the Lakota with a treaty in northwest Nebraska.