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The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government
to erect a horse-mill for grinding corn, and to provide two farmers to have a permit in the nation, to instruct and assist said tribe, for the term of five years, and longer if the President thinks proper. -
Preemption Act of 1841 passed
Land owners living on federal government owned land to purchase up to 160 acres at a very low price. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
Got rid of the Missouri Compromise and created 2 new territories -
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Civil War
the long-standing disagreement over slavery -
Homestead Act passed
if agreed farmed land they got 160 acres of federal land -
The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed
made the pacific railway act -
Morrill Act passed
made it possible for states to make public colleges funded by the sale of associated federal land grants -
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Construction of the transcontinental railroad
drove spikes into mountains, filled holes with black power and then blew rocks up little by little -
Plum Creek Massacre
a war party of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians attacked a Denver-bound freight wagon train -
Sand Creek Massacre
U. S. Army carried out a surprise attack on a non fighting of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians along the Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado -
Nebraska becomes a State
President Andrew Johnson signed the proclamation declaring Nebraska's statehood -
The first Treaty of Fort Laramie
recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for use by the Sioux people -
The treaty in 1892 between the US government and the Lakota Tribe
made the treaty of Paris