post-Civil War westward expansion movement

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  • Chinese Immigrants

    Chinese Immigrants

    Chinese immiration peaked during the California gold rush

  • Helen Hunt Jackson

    An American poet and Native American Rights activist

  • Irish Immigrants

    over half the ireland population came to america for employment
  • Homestead Act of 1862

    Homestead Act of 1862

    Sped up the process of westward expansion by allowing familes 160 acres of public land for a small fee

  • Sand Creek Masacare

    Outbreak occured due to want ofthe natives land and native were killed
  • Treaty of Ft. Laramie

    Treaty of Ft. Laramie

    United states allowed Black Hills to be apart of Great Sioux resveration
  • Battle of Little Big Horn

    Battle of Little Big Horn

    A battle between Native Americans and Americans over gold found in the Native's land
  • Exodusters

    Exodusters

    African Americans that traveled alongside Mississppi river

  • A Century Of Dishonor

    helen hunt jackson's book on Native American rights
  • Dawes Allowment Act

    Dawes Allowment Act

    An Act to treat Native Americans as people

  • oklahoma land rush

    people tried to obtain free in Oklalahoma