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Westward Expansion
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Start of the Transcontinental Railroad
Congress allowed 2 companies to start building the railroads. The Union Pacific would form the tracks of Omaha, Nebraska across the plains and cut through the rockies. While the Central Pacific would make east Sacramento over to the Sierra Nevada mountains.Costing $16,000 per level track and $48,000 for the mountains. Congress promised the companies 6,400 acres of federal land for every mile track that they would do. So they started to go into compition but did not know where to meet the tracks. -
Homestead Act
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Sandcreek Massacre
60 to 200 Indians and 700 americans soldiers fought for land.24 soldiers killed, 52 wounded, and 70-163 indians killed. Location was Colorado territory in Kiowa Country, Colorado. -
Fixed Labor Problems
Instead of just hiring low payed Irish Imagrants they Central Pacific Railroad hired over 10,000 chinese immagrants. -
Treaty Negotiation
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U.S. Grant gave orders to Abandon the forts
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Red Cloud signed the Treaty
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End of Transcontinental Railroad
This day the CPR and UPR met at Promontory Summit, Utah. The presidents of each company which was Standford and Durant, took the honor to swing the last gold spike. -
Comstock Lode
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Time Zones were Created
This day at noon, the transcontinental railroad made up 4 time zones to make more specific time. Yet wasn't till 1918 Congress made this official. -
The Killing of Cattle
