American West Dates

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Mormons Founded

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6th April 1830 - Joseph Smith

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Indian Removal Act

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26th May 1830 - permanent Indian frontier

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Economic Depression

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1837 - banks collapsed in east

Mormons were blamed

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Trail of Tears

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1838-1839 - The Cherokee nation forced to move to Oklahoma 4000 out of 15000 died

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Nauvoo Founded

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1839 - Mormons built their holy city in Illinois

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Great Migration

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1843 - 1000 people moves west to Oregon

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Manifest Destiny

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July 1845 - gods will for people to move west and occupy all of America

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The Missouri Compromise

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1846 - Line was drawn for all states north of the line were not allowed to be slave states

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The Donner Party

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1846-47 - American pioneers who got caught in awful weather trying to move west only a few survived

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Mormons move to Salt Lake

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1846-47 - After Smiths death Brigham young decided to take Mormons away from persecution

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Gold discovered in California

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24th Jan 1848 - People flocked to California in search of their fortune

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Fort Laramie Treaty

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17th Sept 1851 - Indians given land to roam free on and were given provisions

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Uncle Toms Cabin

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1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe - novel about problems with slavery created debate

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Homesteaders

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1854 - first homesteaders come onto plains

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Lincoln elected president

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6th Nov 1860 - Secession starts he is an abolitionist

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The American Civil War

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12th April - Confederate troops attack Fort Sumter

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The Homestead Act

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20th May - act offered anyone prepared to settle in the west 160 acres of land If they stay for 5 years

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Little Crows War

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August 1862 - Revolt be Santee Sioux in protest of reservations

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13th Amendment

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1865 - non slavery is allowed in USA - the state government has the power

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1865 - 1790

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10 million immigrants move to America

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Civil Rights Act

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1866 - all equal rights given to anyone born in USA except Native Americans

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Red Clouds War

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1867 - Sioux Chief was angry as travellers kept going on the Bozeman Trail

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14th Amendment

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1868 - guaranteed citizenship to all males born in US

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Fort Laramie Treaty 2

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17th March 1868 - Defined territory of Sioux Indians gave them Black Hills and Bighorn Mountains

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Completion of the Railroad

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10th March 1869 - The transcontinental Railroad went from north to south

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15th Amendment

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1870 - Banned states from stopping people voting because of their race

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Timbre Culture Act

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March 1873 - Extra 160 acres if 40 acres were planted with trees

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Gold in black hills

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June 1874 - Gold was discovered in the Black Hills

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Barbed Wire was invented

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1874 - Joseph Glidden invented barbed wire meant large pieces of land could be fenced cheaply

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Battle of Little Bighorn

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24th June 1876 - Custer was in charged Custer attacked without waiting for other troops Custer and his troops were killed

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Reconstruction Ends

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1877 - Northen troops leave the south black codes still remain not much has changed

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The Dawes Act

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1887 - took reservation land and broke them up into individual plots for farming in 1887 Indians had 138 million acres by 1934 they had 47 million

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Wounded knee Massacre

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29th Dec 1890 - group of soldiers opened fire and killed 153 Indian men women and children