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Severe Kansas Drought
Severe drought in Kansas causes the diaspora of 30k settlers from Kansas.
Singnificance: caused the mass settlement to areas especially in the west, thus increasing population in western areas. -
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Westward Expansion
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Pacific Telegraph Act
called for the facilitation of communication between the east and west coast.
Significance: Eased communication between the coast and encouraged settlement in the west. -
Dakota Territory
Establishment of the Dakota territory.
Significance: led to increase settlement due to the opening of new land and oppurtunity -
Homestead Act
Act that granted 169 acres of land in the west.
SIgnificance: Encouraged settlement in the west through acquisition of land. -
Construction of the Transcontinental railroad
Construction of a railroad that would eventually connect the east coast to the west.
Significance: construction led to ease of transportation to the west and adovocated settlement in the west coast. -
Wyoming territory
Wyoming territory was one of the states in which in theory belongs to the west coast.
Significance: opening of the wyoming territory meaned new land for settlement and oppurtunity thus increasing population in the west. -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
The railroad that connects west to east coast is completed and ready for use.
Significance: the transcontinental railroad completion meant that settlement to the west would be easier. And it also improved communication between the east and west coast. -
Congress approves Indian appropriations act
gave the Indians tribal ownership of reservation lands.
SIgnificance: tribes who in which own land in the west get to keep the land thus fixing native indian relationships and hastening wester expansion. -
Yellow stone act
Act that promoted the safety of the yellow stone area.
Significance: increased enviromental conditions and protected part of the west. -
General mining act
authorizes and governs prospecting and mining for economic minerals,
Significance: encouraged mining in parts of california in which minerals, particularly gold, is especially prominent thus led to the increase of mining towns and settlement in the west . -
Gold Rush in the black hills
A gold rush that took place in the dakota territory in which the sioux indians were settled in.
Significance: increased tensions between the sioux native indians and increased settlement in the dakota territory. -
Battle of little big horn defeat
General George custer defeated at battle of little big horn by natives.
Significance: slowed down the process of western expansion due to the native indians win. -
Lakota war or Sioux wars
The true last conflict between native indians and american settlers.
Significance: marked the ultimate fate of the sioux native indians and increased settlement in the west. -
Edmunds Law
Made polygamy a federal crime.
Significance: Mormon beliefs were scrutinized thus led to the diaspora of Mormons. -
Chinese exclusion act.
Act that prohibited chinese immigrants to enter the US.
Significance: hurt US economy and job market, decreased productivity in the west. -
Northern Pacific Railroad completed
Railroad that would connect the northern states and west completed
Significance: Ease connection between north and west coast states, encouraged settlement -
Anti chinese mobs
Riot with the intention to sweep the city of Sanfrancisco clean of chinese immigrants.
Significance; halted chinese immigration to the west- hurt US economy -
Dawes Act
attempt to "americanize" the indians giving each tribe 160 acres.
Significance: Increased native indian settlement in the west while asimmilating native indians into american culture. -
Massacre at wounded knee
1890 that started when Sioux left the reservation in protest because of the death of Sitting Bull.
Significance: Increased tensions between native indian groups and American citizens. The US army killed 150 sioux at wounded knee; last major incident in the great plains -
Sitting Bull murdered
Killing of great sioux leader sitting bull.
Significance: was the catalyst for the sioux war and increased tensions between the settlers v. natives.
