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Chinese Exclusion Act
Law signed by Chester A. Arthur that allowed the U.S to suspend chinese immigration. -
Geronimo Surrenders
Geronimo leads Apache people off their reservation and surrenders after years of war. -
Dawes Act
Authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians -
Settlement
Indian Territory (Oklahoma) is opened to white homesteaders; 50,000 settlers race across the land and claim all 1.92 million acres by sunset -
Ghost Dance
The birth of the Ghost Dance religion, Which was part of the Native American belief systems