Nebraska Territory timeline

By maggie.myers@centuraps.org
  • The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government

    The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government

    two groups had made peace with each other with pages with agreement.
  • Preemption Act of 1841 passed

    Preemption Act of 1841 passed

    the can purchase with a max of 160 acres at the price of $1.25
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

    Kansas-Nebraska Act passed

    The act of Kansas and Nebraskas own territory, also created the act of "Breeding Kansas"
  • The first Treaty of Fort Laramie

    The first Treaty of Fort Laramie

    a treaty between the US and various indians nations regarding land ownership
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    Civil War

    war between the union and confederacy
  • Homestead Act passed

    Homestead Act passed

    providing 160 acres of federal land to people to agreed to farm that piece of land
  • The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed

    The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed

    used land and loans for the railroad across the United States
  • Morrill Act passed

    Morrill Act passed

    this law allowed states to create public colleges that would be funded by the use or sale of similar public land grants
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    Construction of the transcontinental railroad (timespan)

    railroad form the eastern connected with the west part
  • Plum Creek Massacre

    Plum Creek Massacre

    Cheyenne and Arapaho indians attacked a denver-bound freight wagon
  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre

    a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the US Army in the American Indian wars
  • Nebraska becomes a State

    Nebraska becomes a State

    When a piece of land was declared Nebraskas territory
  • The treaty in 1892 between the US government and the Lakota Tribe

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

    this was the final treaty in the land of Nebraska, with America getting a small amount of land