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Westward Expansion

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    Westward Expansion

  • Treaty of Fort Laramie

    Treaty of Fort Laramie

    sets forth traditional territoral claims
    Indians assured a safe passage
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    signed by Abraham lincoln
    when it was signed 11 states left the union
  • Indian Peace Comission established

    Indian Peace Comission established

    "Nobody pays any attention to Indian matters"
    group of men established by the US government
  • Transcontinental Railroad completed

    Transcontinental Railroad completed

    Occured in Promontory, Utah
    helped the US save economy
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn

    Gathered in Montana and fought for their lands
    When the Indians came closer George Custer ordered them to shoot their horses
  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act

    adopted by Congress in 1887
    named after the sponsor Henry L. Dawes
  • End of Cattle Boom

    End of Cattle Boom

    Native Americans won
    George Custer's last stand
  • Oklahoma land rush

    Oklahoma land rush

    first land rush into the unassigned lands
    the unassigned lands were considered some of the best unoccupied lands in the US
  • Closing on the Frontier

    Closing on the Frontier

    the superintendent of the US Census proclaimed that rapid western settlement meant that "there can hardly be said to"
    Census maps have defined that the frontier line as a line beyond which population was under 2 persons per square mile
  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Battle of Wounded Knee

    occured in Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota
    The U.S. won and the natives were massacred
  • Populist Party

    Populist Party

    Originally the People's Party
    established when the Knights of Labor and Farmer's Alliance joined forces
  • William Jenning Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech

    most famous speech of American history
    occured at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago