Key American West Dates 4.5 / 5 based on 3 ratings ? HistoryThe American West 1840-1895GCSEOCR Created by: ajcoolatboo1Created on: 08-03-15 16:52 1846-7 Donners trapped in mountains/ Mormons go to Salt Lake 1 of 15 1857-8 Mormon War & Mountain Meadow Massacre 2 of 15 1861-5 American Civil War 3 of 15 1862 Homestead Act & Little Crow's War 4 of 15 1864 Sand Creek Massacre 5 of 15 1866 Claim-Jumping became illegal 6 of 15 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty set up / Great Sioux Reservation (Red Cloud) 7 of 15 1869 First Transcontinental Railroad completed 8 of 15 1874 Gold discovered in Black Hills/ barbed wire invented 9 of 15 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn (7th Cavalry) 10 of 15 1885 200 buffalo left 11 of 15 1886-7 Harsh Winter 12 of 15 1887 Allotment Act (split reservations into plots) 13 of 15 1890 Wounded Knee 14 of 15 1892 Johnson County War (6th Cavalry) 15 of 15
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