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The first treaty between the Oto Tribe and the US government
Two groups had made peace with each other with pages with agreements. -
Preemption Act of 1841 passed
The Preemption Act of 1841 permitted "squatters" who were living on federal government owned land to purchase up to 160 acres at a very low price before the land was to be offered for sale to the general public. -
The first Treaty of Fort Laramie
between United States treaty commissioners and representatives of the Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations. Also known as Horse Creek Treaty, the treaty set forth traditional territorial claims of the tribes. -
Kansas-Nebraska act passes
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote. -
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Civil war
The south succeeding from the union because there scared of losing slavery -
Homestead Act passed
This act allowed people to own land if they farmed it for free. They got 160 acres -
The Charter for the Transcontinental Railroad passed
provided Federal subsides in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States. -
Morrill Act passed
the Morrill Land Grant College Act of 1862 set aside federal lands to create colleges to benefit the agricultural and mechanical arts. -
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Construction of the transcontinental railroad
The 2 railroad companies racing for land by building railroads. -
Plum Creek Massacre
many of the Comanche Indian chiefs, women, and warriors were killed. -
Sand Creek Massacre
in southeastern Colorado, killing about 160 men, women, and children, including elderly or infirm. -
Nebraska becomes a State
Nebraska becomes a State -
1892 Lakota Treaty
Telling what land that the Lakota traded.