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Wesstward Expansion
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
This treaty was sign by the United States and different nations. the treaty states that the indians would make a safe passage for the settlers on the trail. -
Homestead Act
Daniel Freeman was the first to take advantage of this act. May 20, 1862. At the time of the signing, 11 states had left the Union, and this act would continue to have regional and political overtones. -
Indian Peace commission establish
Establish this to negotiate peace with the Indians and the United States. Commmissioners agreed it would help keep the Indians under control. -
Transcontinent Railroan Completed
This railroad linked the east and west coasts. As a steam locomotive -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer led an expedition to the Black Hills of Dakota. He siad that there was gold so the United State wanted to but this land but the people living there said no, the the battle began. -
End of cattle boom
The end of the cattle boom it thought to be caused by many cattle in Texas causing fever, or there were too many cattle and the open-range declined due to barbed wire. the Cattle boom lasted though the 1850s. when the Califoria gold rush started because there became a big demand for beef. -
Dawes Act
Henry Dawes a plan designed to breakup of the Indian tribes and promote the assimilation of Indians into American Society. So Congress called this plan the Dawes Act of 1887 -
Oklahoma Land Rush
Oklahoma was "unassigned land" so people eager to get western land quickly or "rushed" to Oklahoma for land. Benjamin Harrison, on March 23, 1889, said that land in Oklahoma was open to settlers. -
Closing of the frontier
About year after the Oklahoma Land Rush, the director of the United States Census Bureau announced that the frontier was closed. The announcement impressed Frederick Jackson Turner he presented a paper to the American Historical Association entitled “The Significance of the Frontier in American History.” In it he argued that the experience of the frontier was what distinguished the United States from the Europeans. The closing of the frontier thoughout the 1890s. -
Battle of the Wounded Knee
This battle took place near the Wounded Knee Creek. U.S. troops surrounded the camps and the war began. -
Populist Party founded
Populist Party founded when the Knight of Labor and the Farmers Alliance joined forces. William Peffer of Kansas and Tom Watson of Georgia became the Populist party's first Senators. -
William Jenning Bryan's "Cross of Gold' speech
The issue was whether to endorse the free coinage of silver at a ratio of silver to gold of 16:1. William Bryan's made a speech so powerful that he won the election for president.
