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When was the Mormon religion founded and by whom |
April 6th 1830 John smith |
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What and when was the the Indian removal act |
May 26th 1830 The us decreed the plains could be freely inhabited by any Indians whom wished to live their |
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When was the great depression |
Spring 1837 |
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When did Joseph Smith die |
June 27th 1844 |
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What was manifest destiney |
The idea that the Americans had a god given right to occupy all of the North American continent. |
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When and who first described manifest destiney |
John O Sullivan who was a editor for a news paper in new York July 1845 |
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During what years did the Mormons move to salt lake city |
1846 - 1847 |
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Who took over as leader of the Mormons following the death of Joseph smith |
Brigham Young |
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Who When and were was gold first discovered in america |
James Marshal california january 28th 1848 |
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What was the fort Laramie treaty |
The us government 're defined the Indian homelands. |
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What were the terms of the fort laramie treaty |
10 years of compensation because of land losses and a promise that no more white settlers would enter their land |
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In what year was Abraham Lincoln elected president. |
1860 |
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What state was the first to succeed form the union and when |
South Carolina December 20th 1860 |
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When and were was the confederate constitution signed |
Montgomery Alabama on March 11th 1861 |
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When did the civil war start |
March 12th 1861 |
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What and when was the fort wise treaty |
1861 established the reservations for the Cheyenne tribe in sand creek |
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What was the homesteaders act and when was it signed |
May 20th 1862 Permitted anyone 160 acres of free land if they were willing to farm the land and build a house on it for 5 years |
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Why was the little crow war fought and who by |
The santee Sioux tribe revolted for 3 months because of poor farm land on their reservation |
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When did the little crow war start |
August 1862 |
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What was the emancipation proclamation |
It completely got rid of slavery in all of the United States |
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When was the emancipation proclamation signed and by whom |
Abraham Lincoln September 22nd 1862 |
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Why did the Cheyenne tribe revolt and when |
In 1863 the tribe revolted because of poor land |
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Who led the sand creek massacre and when |
Colonel Chivington November 23rd 1864 |
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What happened at sand creek |
Supposedly in retaliation for the the cheyyene uprising the colonel chivington launched a attack on the tribe at sand creek |
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What was in the 13th ammendmant |
It declared slavery to be abolished in the United states |
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When was the 13th ammendmant approved |
January 31st 1865 |
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When did the civil war end |
April 9th 1866 |
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When was the 13th ammendmant passed |
December 6th 1865 |
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What did the 14th ammendmant do |
It gave right to everybody naturalized in the United States |
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When was the red cloud war |
Summer 1867 |
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Why did the red cloud war start |
White settlers began using the bozerman trail with passed through Indian hunting grounds |
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When was the 15th ammendmant approved |
February 29th 1869 |
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What did the 15th ammendmant do |
Gave black men the right to vote |
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When was the transcontinental railway |
March 10th 1869 |
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What was The timber culture act |
Granted a further 160 acres of for free land for homesteaders who agreed to plant 40 acres of trees |
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When was the timber culture act passed |
March 1873 |
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When was the battle of little big horn |
June 25th 1876 |
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What happens at the battle of little bighorn |
When two of the three lines led by George Custer to attack a camp in little big horn General George Custer led his line into battle. They were destroyed |
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What and when was the dates act |
It split up the remaining Indian territories and was sold to white settlers |
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Why was seccesion a cause of the civil war |
Many southerners blamed the cause of the civil war on the north not respecting their wishes to leave the union |
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Why was slavery a cause of the civil war |
Many people consider disagreements over slavery as a cause of the war as it is the thing that cause the southern states to leave the union |
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What was a Jim Crow Law |
A law that sought to limit black people's rights |