Nebraska territory timeline

By Ayden!

  • 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
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    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