American West Key Dates 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe American West 1840-1895GCSEEdexcel Created by: Olivia668!Created on: 08-02-20 22:04 c1834 permanent Indian frontier set up 1 of 35 1843 first settlers arrive in Oregon encouraged by government legislation 2 of 35 1844 Mormon persecution in Nauvoo 3 of 35 1846 Donner party head west; Mormons head to great salt lake 4 of 35 1848 gold first discovered in California 5 of 35 1850's first homesteaders move to the plains 6 of 35 1851 fort laramie treaty 1 7 of 35 1858-59 gold discovered in the pikes peak region of the rocky mountains 8 of 35 1861 start of the American Civil War 9 of 35 1862 homestead act 10 of 35 1862 little crows war 11 of 35 1862 railway act passed, work begins on transcontinental railway 12 of 35 1864 sand creek massacre 13 of 35 1865 end of the American Civil War, slavery abolished 14 of 35 1866 group of US soldiers wiped out at Fetterman's trap by Plains Indians 15 of 35 1866 red clouds war 16 of 35 1866 goodnight and loving reach fort sumner with 1700 cattle 17 of 35 1867 Abilene becomes first cow town 18 of 35 1868 fort laramie treaty 2 19 of 35 1869 railroad completed 20 of 35 1870 cattle ranching begins on the Plains which led to the start of the 'Open Range' 21 of 35 1873 timber and culture act 22 of 35 1874 barbed wire begins to be mass- produced 23 of 35 1874 wind powered water pump introduced 24 of 35 1874 Custer leads exploration of the Black Hills ignoring the treaty of fort laramie 25 of 35 1876 the great sioux war begins 26 of 35 1876 battle of little bighorn 27 of 35 1881 Sitting Bull and followers surrender to the American government 28 of 35 1885 all plain indians are resettled on reservations 29 of 35 1885 northern herd of buffalo completely destroyed 30 of 35 1886 severe winter leads to smaller ranches with barbed fences and wind pumps that will eventually lead to the end of the cowboy era 31 of 35 1887 The Dawes Act 32 of 35 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee 33 of 35 1890 permanent indian frontier closes, the indians have lost their land 34 of 35 1892 Johnson County War 35 of 35
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