The American West Key Dates 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? HistoryThe American West 1840-1895GCSEEdexcel Created by: Kathryn04Created on: 24-02-19 13:33 1834 The Permanent Indian Frontier set up 1 of 41 1836 The Oregon Trail Set up 2 of 41 1843 The great Emigration on the Oregon trail 3 of 41 1846 (a) The Donner Party head west but meet with disaster and death 4 of 41 1846 (b) Mormons Travel To the Great Salt Lake Valley 5 of 41 1846 Gold discovered in California 6 of 41 1849 The California Gold Rush 7 of 41 1851 (a) Fort Laramie Treaty signed 8 of 41 1851 (b) The Indians Appropriations Act 9 of 41 1858-59 Gold Discovery in the Rocky Mountains 10 of 41 1859 Gold mines opened in Colorado and Nevada 11 of 41 1861-65 The American Civil war 12 of 41 1862 (a) Homestead Act 13 of 41 1862 (b) Little crows war 14 of 41 1864 (a) Pacific Railway Act passed and work begins on the first transcontinental railroad 15 of 41 1864 (b) Sand Creek Massacre 16 of 41 1865 Slavery Abolished in the USA 17 of 41 1866 (a) Goodnight and Loving reach fort Summer with a herd of cattle 18 of 41 1866 (b) Fettermans Trap 19 of 41 1867 Abilene becomes the first cow town 20 of 41 1866-68 Red Cloud's war 21 of 41 1868 (a) 'The Winter Campaign' 22 of 41 1868 (b) President Grant 'Peace Policy' 23 of 41 1868 (c) Forty Laramie Treaty revisisted 24 of 41 1869 First transcontinental Railroad Completed 25 of 41 1870 Cattle Ranching Begins on the Plains, Leading to the open range 26 of 41 1873 Timber Culture Act 27 of 41 1874 (a) Wind-Powered water pump introducted 28 of 41 1874 (b) Barbed wire begins to be mass produced for the Open Range 29 of 41 1874 (c) Custer leads expedition to the Black Hills of Dakota 30 of 41 1867-81 The Great Sioux War 31 of 41 1876 The Battle of Little Big horn 32 of 41 1879 Exoduster movement 33 of 41 1881 The OK Corral 34 of 41 1885 All Plains Indians are resettled on to reservations 35 of 41 1886-87 Severe winters lead to the end of the open range 36 of 41 1887 Dawes Act 37 of 41 1890 (a) Wounded Knee Massacre 38 of 41 1890 (b) The US government closes the Frontier 39 of 41 1892 Johnson County War 40 of 41 1893 Oklahoma Land Rush 41 of 41
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