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homestead act of 1862
was signed into law by president abraham lincoln on may 20,1862. whoever taken up arms with the government was 21 or older. -
discovery of large amounts of gold and silver
The area surrounding Butte's present location remained uninhabited before gold was discovered in 1864 in Silver Bow Creek. Native Americans and explorers passed through the region but found no attractions for permanent settlement until two prospectors detected placer deposits in the creek -
barbed wire
type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp or points arranged at intervals along the strand -
transcontinental railroad
transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders -
growth of new towns and cities to support cattle
By the end of Civil War, as many as five million longhorn cattle, descendants of old Spanish stock, roamed wild in Texas. These tough, rangy animals sported horns with a spread of as much as eight feet. -
jesse james
was an american outlaw guerrila gang leader bank robber train robberer and murder from the state of missouri -
Dawes act of 1887
authorized the president of the united states to survery the american indian tribal land and divide into allotments for individual indians.
