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Nebraska Territory Timeline

  • The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government

    The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government
    to erect a horse-mill for grinding corn, and to provide two farmers to have a permit in the nation, to instruct and assist said tribe, for the term of five years, and longer if the President thinks proper.
  • Preemption Act of 1841 passed

    Preemption Act of 1841 passed
    Land owners living on federal government owned land to purchase up to 160 acres at a very low price.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

    Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
    Got rid of the Missouri Compromise and created 2 new territories
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    Civil War

    the long-standing disagreement over slavery
  • Homestead Act passed

    Homestead Act passed
    if agreed farmed land they got 160 acres of federal land
  • The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed

    The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed
    made the pacific railway act
  • Morrill Act passed

    Morrill Act passed
    made it possible for states to make public colleges funded by the sale of associated federal land grants
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    Construction of the transcontinental railroad

    drove spikes into mountains, filled holes with black power and then blew rocks up little by little
  • Plum Creek Massacre

    Plum Creek Massacre
    a war party of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians attacked a Denver-bound freight wagon train
  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre
    U. S. Army carried out a surprise attack on a non fighting of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians along the Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado
  • Nebraska becomes a State

    Nebraska becomes a State
    President Andrew Johnson signed the proclamation declaring Nebraska's statehood
  • The first Treaty of Fort Laramie

    The first Treaty of Fort Laramie
    recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for use by the Sioux people
  • The treaty in 1892 between the US government and the Lakota Tribe

    The treaty in 1892 between the US government and the Lakota Tribe
    made the treaty of Paris