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Westward Expansion
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
sets forth traditional territoral claims
Indians assured a safe passage -
Homestead Act
signed by Abraham lincoln
when it was signed 11 states left the union -
Indian Peace Comission established
"Nobody pays any attention to Indian matters"
group of men established by the US government -
Transcontinental Railroad completed
Occured in Promontory, Utah
helped the US save economy -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Gathered in Montana and fought for their lands
When the Indians came closer George Custer ordered them to shoot their horses -
Dawes Act
adopted by Congress in 1887
named after the sponsor Henry L. Dawes -
End of Cattle Boom
Native Americans won
George Custer's last stand -
Oklahoma land rush
first land rush into the unassigned lands
the unassigned lands were considered some of the best unoccupied lands in the US -
Closing on the Frontier
the superintendent of the US Census proclaimed that rapid western settlement meant that "there can hardly be said to"
Census maps have defined that the frontier line as a line beyond which population was under 2 persons per square mile -
Battle of Wounded Knee
occured in Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota
The U.S. won and the natives were massacred -
Populist Party
Originally the People's Party
established when the Knights of Labor and Farmer's Alliance joined forces -
William Jenning Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech
most famous speech of American history
occured at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
