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Westward Expnsion
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
The treaty sets forth traditional territorial claims of the tribes as among themselves. The tribes promised to leave the settlers alone in return the United States would give the tribe $50,000 for fifty years. -
Homestead Act
President Lincoln signed the treaty.
During this time 11 states had left the Union and this piece of legistration would continue to have regional and political overtones. -
Indian Peace Commision Established
The Medicine Lodge Treaty is the overall name for all three treaties signed between the United States government and the Plains Tribe,
The tribes were assigned reservations of diminshed size compared to the 1865 treaty. -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
It linked the railway network of the Eastern coast with the rapidly growning California.
This helped the USA's economy very much. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Lt. Colonial Custer attacked the Sioux village and the village attacked back with three times as many warriors then Custer's army. The fight happened in the Black Hill. -
End of the Cattle Boom
timespan was from 1866-1886
The Cattle Boom mainly took place in the South and West Coast of America.
There was a Cattle Kingdom where in each season different things would happen to the cattle. -
Dawes Act
An act to provide the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes.
This was to help protect Indian tribes and make sure that all tribes are on a reservation. -
Oklahoma Land Act
This began the disposal of the federal domain in Oklahoma.
This quickly lead to expansion in the Oklahoma Territory. -
Closing of the Frontier
In 1890 the superintendent of the U.S. Census announced that rapid western settlement meant that "there can hardly be said to.
Contrary to the popular image of the West as a rural region, by 1890 most of the West's population lived in cities -
Battle of the Wounded Knee
The U.S army and the Sioux village by the Wounded Knee river were fighting. U.S troops arrested Big Foot and they battle was very intense. -
Populist Party Founded
The People's Party, also known as the "Populists", was a short-lived political party in the United States established in 1891.
After the 1869 the Populist Party slowly faded away. -
William Jenning Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech
He gave the speech at the Demorcratic national Convetion in Chicago.
The issue was whether to endorse the free coinage of silver at a ratio of silver to gold of 16 to 1.
