The american west dates 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe American West 1840-1895GCSEEdexcel Created by: apple87Created on: 03-05-14 14:08 When was the book of Mormon published? 1830 1 of 35 When did the Mormons arrive in Salt lake valley? 1847 2 of 35 When was gold discovered in California? January 1848 3 of 35 When was the US civil war? 1861-1865 4 of 35 When was the Homestead act? 1862 5 of 35 When was Little Crows war? 1862 6 of 35 When was the Sand creek massacre? 29 November 1864 7 of 35 When was Red Clouds war? 1866-1868 8 of 35 When was the medicine treaty? 1867 9 of 35 When was the first transcontinental railroad completed? 1869 10 of 35 When was the timber culture act? 1873 11 of 35 Wheb was barbed wire invented? 1874 12 of 35 When was the battle of Little Bighorn? June 25-26 1876 13 of 35 When was the Sioux campaign? 1876-1877 14 of 35 When was the desert land act? 1877 15 of 35 When was the hootout at the OK corral? 1881 16 of 35 When was the terrible winter that killed many cattle? 1886-1887 17 of 35 What is the Dawes act? 1887 18 of 35 When was the frontier closed? 1890 19 of 35 When was the massacre at wounded knee? 29 December 1890 20 of 35 When was the Johnson county war? 1892 21 of 35 When did the Donner party head for California? 1846 22 of 35 When was the initial gold rush over? December 1849 23 of 35 When were the long drives and when did it peak? 1866-173 peak year 187 24 of 35 When did Joseph Mc Coy build Abilene? 1867 25 of 35 When did Kansas shut its boarders to Texas cattle? 1885 26 of 35 When were the open ranges? 1870-1887 27 of 35 When did closed ranching start? 1887-present 28 of 35 When was there a severe drought that affects the open ranges? 1883 29 of 35 When was the first Fort Laramine treaty introduced? 1851 30 of 35 When was the second Fort Laramine treaty introduced? 1868 31 of 35 When did the US goverment set up a department to deal with Indian affairs? 1832 32 of 35 When was the windmill water pump invented? 1874 33 of 35 When did swans of grasshoppers destroy many crops on the plains? 1871, 1874, 1875 34 of 35 When did Utah become a state? 1896 35 of 35
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