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Nebraska Territory

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

    The first treaty between the Otoe Tribe and the US government

    made peace with each other, with a very unfair deal
  • Preemption Act of 1841 passed

    Preemption Act of 1841 passed

    This law made it so you had to be a U.S citizen and pay $1.25 per acre up to 160 acres.
  • The first Treaty of Fort Laramie

    The first Treaty of Fort Laramie

    The US gave the arapahoes and Lakotas sorority over the platte.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

    Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

    Made Kansas and Nebraska a territory
  • Period: to

    Civil War

    it was for the battle of slavery
  • Homestead Act passed

    Homestead Act passed

    provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land.
  • The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad

    The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad

    a train track that went across the US. They also got 10 miles of land on either side of the track.
  • Morrill Act passed

    Morrill Act passed

    set aside federal lands to create colleges to “benefit the agricultural and mechanical arts.”
  • Period: to

    Construction of the transcontinental railroad

    2 railroads competed to build the most amount of track, they could claim 10 miles on either side of the track for free.
  • Plum Creek Massacre

    Plum Creek Massacre

    Cheyennes and Arapahoes massacred U.S. citizens
  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre

    John Chivington massacred cheyennes and arapahoes even though they surrendered.
  • Nebraska becomes a State

    Nebraska becomes a State

    Nebraska becomes the 37th state in the union.
  • 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 last treaty in Nebraska, that gave them the last amount of land.