Nebraska Territory

By KyAnna Brand
  • The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government

    The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government

    The Otos gave the government land.
  • Plum Creek Massacre

    Plum Creek Massacre

    The battle of Plum Creek was an aftermath of the Council House Fight many of the Comanche Indian chiefs, women, and warriors were killed.
  • Preemption Act of 1841 passed

    Preemption Act of 1841 passed

    It is the act that passed to let people buy land for only $1.25 per acre of land.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

    Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

    An act that was passed that created two territories. Nebraska and Kansas.
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    Civil War

    The American Civil War was a war in the United States. It was fought between the Union and the Confederacy.
  • Homestead act passed

    Homestead act passed

    This act gave anyone willing to farm it 160 acres of land.
  • Morrill Act passed

    Morrill Act passed

    Established public colleges.
  • The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed

    The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed

    Money people gave to the government to build a new railroad.
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    Construction of the transcontinental railroad

    They connected the existing eastern U.S. rail networks to the west coast.
  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre

    The Sand Creek massacre was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army
  • Nebraska becomes a State

    Nebraska becomes a State

    President Andrew Johnson signed the proclamation declaring Nebraska's statehood.
  • The treaty in 1892 between the US government and the Lakota Tribe

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

    They set aside land for only Sioux people to use.
  • The first Treaty of Fort Laramie

    The first Treaty of Fort Laramie

    They are giving teachers, farmers, engineers, and more to the Sioux.