Nebraska Territory

By Blake Myers

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

    The first ever treaty in the Native American nation was the Treaty with the Delawares.

  • Preemption Act of 1841 passed

    The Kansas and Nebraska territories were largely settled by such claims.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

    It became law on May 30, 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.
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    Civil War (timespan)

    The Civil War, also known as The War Between States and The War of Secession lasted 4 years and it was America´s bloodiest war.

  • The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed

    This act, passed on July 1, 1862, provided Federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States.

  • Morrill Act passed

    The Morrill Act of 1890 helped establish universities to provide higher education opportunities for African Americans and others based on the idea that access to education was important for all.
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    Construction of the transcontinental railroad (timespan)

    The presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. They spent all day working on the railroad then if they got sick they still had to work.

  • Plum Creek Massacre

    The battle of Plum Creek was an aftermath of the Council House Fight, in which many of the Comanche Indian chiefs, women, and warriors were killed. Then the summer of 1840 the Comanches swept down the Guadalupe valley, killing settlers.

  • Sand Creek Massacre

    On November 29 1864 roughly 700 federal troops attacked a village of 500 Cheyenne and Arapaho on Sand Creek in Colorado. They had an unprovoked attack on men, women, and children. Then They had a turning point in their relationship between the American tribe in the Federal Government.

  • Nebraska becomes a State

    Nebraska became the 37th state int he Untied states. President Andrew Johnson reluctantly signed the proclamation declaring Nebraska's statehood.

  • The first Treaty of Fort Laramie

    The United States Senate adjusted compensation from fifty to ten years. Then all tribes, with the exception of the Crow, accepted.

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

    The United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for exclusive use by the Sioux people.

  • Homestead Act passed

    The homestead act had provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land.