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berou of indian affairs
adopted in 1824 providing healthcare, education, and wellfare -
indian removal act
president jackson told natives to move to federal reserves -
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american westward expansion
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Homestead act
several United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land because there was an abundance of it. -
little crows war
armed conflict between the U.S. and sioux to get controll over minnesota -
cheyenne uprising
cheyenne tribes attacked settlers to stop starvation -
The Sand Creek Masacre
700 man force of colorado territory attacked and destroyed a village of cheyenne indians because they were fighting over the great plains in eastern colorado -
red clouds war
combines sioux tribes attacked settlers in wyoming, and montanna territories, thought it was last shot at survival -
fetterman masacre
a battle between the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians and soldiers of the United States army because americans wanted to expand there land. -
Fort Laramie Treaty
This treaty was to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory to hold the peace -
Completion of Trans-Cont R.R.
completion of a 1,907 mile railroad. this was the first ever railroad completed to help traveling. -
indian appropriations act
no longer noticed the independent trivbes in america such as souix -
Camp Grant, AZ Apache massacre
an attack on Pinal and Aravaipa Apaches who surrendered to the United States Army at Camp Grant, Arizona, along the San Pedro River -
the lakota war
souix were involving the americans, and the forced migration of natives to reserves -
the great souix war
series of battles with the souix tribes and american settlers also known as the black hills war -
the battle of little bighorn
a battle between U.S. cavalry and northern tribe indians including cheyenne, sioux, and arapaho. to disban the indian tribes -
Desert Land Act
an act to encourage and promote the economic development of the arid and semiarid public lands of the Western United States. -
Capture of Nez Perce
Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph formally surrendered his forces to General Nelson A. Miles and General Oliver Otis Howard at Bear Paw Mountain, Montana Territory. This ended the Nez Perce War of 1877. -
Battle of Lincoln
a five-day-long firefight between civilians. It was the largest armed battle of the Lincoln County War and the climax of that civilian conflict in the New Mexico Territory. -
pratt boarding school
a boarding school for indian youth in pennsylvania. richard pratt opened this to try to get indians into the american culture. -
end of the buffalo population
the native buffalo population was dwindles to a few hundred. most died off due to american settlers -
"a century of dishonor" by helen hunt jackson
a non-fiction book by helen hunt jackson, describing experiences of native americans -
chinese exclusion act
It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
bill cody's "west wild show"
a show that influensed and was percieved of the american wild west -
capture of geronimo
was a prominant leader of the appache tribes fought off texans and mexicans. captured by americans -
dawes act
The Dawes Act authorized the president to survey american indian tribal land and divide it into different amounts for individual indians. This happened because we wanted to try to get the indians to accept and follow our culture. -
wounded knee creek masacre
last band of souix natives surrendered to american army, accidental gun went off, sparking a masacre -
forest reserve act
president set aside forest reserves for public domain -
turner thesis
the arguement stressing the merican frontier. formed the american democracy -
Carey Act
allowed private companies in the U.S. to erect irrigation systems in the western semi-arid states, and profit from the sales of water
