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The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government
the first cession of land by native americans in nebraska was at the treaty of prairie du chien -
Preemption Act of 1841 passed
owned land to purchase up to 160 acres at a very low price not less than $1.25 per acre before the land was to be offered for sale to the general public -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
In 1854 senator stephen douglas of illinois proposed a bill to organize the territory of nebraska -
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civil war
the war between the north and the south (union and confederacy) -
The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed
it provided land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States -
Morrill Act passed
First proposed when Morrill was serving in the House of Representatives -
Homestead Act passed
it provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land -
Period: to
Construction of the transcontinental railroad
By connecting the existing eastern U.S. rail networks to the west coast, the Transcontinental Railroad became the first continuous railroad line across the United States -
Plum Creek Massacre
many of the Comanche Indian chiefs, women, and warriors were killed -
Sand Creek Massacre
the U. S. Army carried out a surprise attack on a non-combatant encampment of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians along the Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado -
Nebraska becomes a State
Nebraska was admitted to the Union as the 37th state. Congressional Republicans had passed a statehood bill for Nebraska in 1866 -
The treaty in 1892 between the US government and the Lakota Tribe
there were 18 different treaties within the time frame -
The first Treaty of Fort Laramie
between the U.S. government and the sioux nation, the united states recognized the black hills as part of the great sioux reservation