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Chinese immigrants in the American West
Although they had dreams of finding gold, many Chinese immigrants instead found employment building the transcontinental railroad. -
Mexican Americans in the American West
Much like Chinese immigrants, Mexican American citizens were relegated to the worst-paying jobs under the worst working conditions. -
Gold Rush
The discovery of gold in California set off a frenzied Gold Rush to the state. -
The reservation system
The Indian reservation system was created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle. -
Homestead Act of 1862
The Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of land. -
Sioux Treaty of 1868
The treaty was to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle in the Black Hills reservation. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. It restricted immigration from China for ten years. The ban was later extended on multiple occasions until its repeal in 1943 -
Dawes Act of 1887
An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians. -
The Ghost Dance
A shaman had a vision. Claiming that God had appeared to him in the guise of a Native American and had revealed to him a bountiful land of love and peace. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
The US Cavalry Regiment surrounded an encampment of Sioux Indians near Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.