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24 Cards in this Set
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New Indian peoples move onto Great Plains
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c 1700-1800
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PIke's Peak gold rush
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1858
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Nevada Comstock Lode discovered
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1859
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Homestead Act
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1862
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Sand Creek massacre;
Nevada admitted to the Union |
1864
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National Grange organized
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1867
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Battle of Little Bighorn;
Colorado admitted to the Union |
1876
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Nez Perce Indian War
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1877
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Helen Hunt Jackson publishes "A Century of Dishonor"
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1881
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Federal govt outlaws Indian Sun Dance
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1884
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Local chapters of Farmers' Alliance formed
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1885-1890
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Dawes Severalty Act
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1887
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Oklahoma opened to settlement
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1889
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North Dakota, South Dakota, Montanaa, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming admitted to the Union
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1889-1890
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Census Bureau declares frontier line ended; Emergence of People's party Populists; Battle of Wounded Knee
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1890
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Populist party candidate Jame B. Weaver polls more than 1M votes in prez election
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1892
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Frederick Jackson Turner publishes "The Significance of the Frontier in American History"
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1893
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"Coxey's Aermy" marches on Washington Pullman strike
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1894
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Utah admitted to the Union; McKinley defeats Bryan for presidency
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1896
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Dingley Tariff Act
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1897
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Gold Standard Act
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1900
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Oklahoma admitted to the Union
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1907
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Indians granted US citizenship
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1924
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Indian Reorganization Act
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1934
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