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WESTWARD EXPANSION
Westward expansion was a time where the government was trying to take the land from the plains Indians so they could connect to the colonies in California. -
INDIAN REMOVAL ACT
President Andrew Jackson pushed all treaties that forced the Indians out of their land. -
TRAIL OF TEARS
The Cherokee natives were forced to leave. 4,000 natives died during the 110 days of the trail. -
PERMANENT INDIAN FRONTIER
A permanent separation between natives and the white people. -
TREATIES OF FORT WISE
A treaty created by the Cheyenne, 4 Arapaho tribes, and the U.S. government. Later it became a conflict and created the Colorado War of 1864, and the Sand Creek Massacre. -
CIVIL WAR
The Civil War was a battle against the Confederate states, killing more than 620,000 people. -
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
The transcontinental railroad is a period of time where the government pushed away native tribes to build a railroad from the East Coast to the West Coast, straight through Nebraska. -
SAND CREEK MASSACRE
675 U.S. volunteer Calvary destroyed a Cheyenne and Arapaho village in the natives territory killing 70-163 natives -
THE RED RIVER WAR
The Red river war was between the Southern plains Indians and the government. One of the main causes of the war was, lack of enforcement of the Medicine Lodge Treaty. -
Custer's Last Stand
an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The battle, which resulted in the defeat of US forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876. It took place on June 25–26, 1876,
