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The Fort Laramie of 1861 was signed on September 17 between United States treaty commisioners and representatives.The United States ratified the treaty adding article 5, to adjust compensation from fifty to ten years.
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The Homestead Act of 1862, was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862. The Homestead Act is one of the three United States federal laws.
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Congress established the Indian Peace Commission to negotiate peace with Plains Indian tribes . The Indian tribe were warring by the United States.
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The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was built in the 1860s linking the well developed railway network of the Eastern coast with rapidly growing California. The main line was officially completed on May 10, 1869.
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Native American forces led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lieutenant. The Battle of the Little Big Horn ensured for General George Custer the fame he had always wanted.
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The Cattle Boom mainly took place in the South and West Coast if America. This time of American History lasted for about twenty years before its end.
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The Dawes Act was amended in 1891 and again in 1906 by the Burke Act. The Act was named for its sponsor, Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts.
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The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 was the first land run into the Unassigned Lands. The Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 was the most prominent of the land runs.
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The frontier line had broken up in 1890. American Frontier is a
Closing of the American Frontier a. Census of 1890 observed that the American frontier had come to a close. b. Based on this notion. -
Occured in Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. The U.S. won and the natives were massacred.
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Originally the People's Partyestablished when the Knights of Labor. Farmer's Alliance joined forces.
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most famous speech in american history. It occured at the democratic national convention in chicago.
