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What was Manifest Destiny and when was it brought about?
1845, the government encouraged people to move west - onto the Plains (causing conflict with the NA people)
People moving
When was the Pacific Railway Act and how did it effect Native American people?
1862. This allowed companies building railways over Great Plain to take materials from the lands. NA's deprived from 155 million acres of land.
NA's expected to adapt what
What was the purpose of the 1862 Homesteads Act?
Encouraged movement to the west. 20,000 settled on plains by 1865.
More movement to the plains
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