key dates Flashcards

1
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indian removal act

A

1830

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2
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economic depression in the east

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1837

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3
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discovery of gold in california

A

jan 1848

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4
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gold rush

A

1849

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5
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donner party

A

1846

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6
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government opened up kansas and nebraska for settlement

A

1854

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7
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1st fort laramie treaty

A

1851

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8
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indian appropriations act

A

1851

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9
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fort laramie yearly payments reduced from 50yrs to 10

A

1852

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10
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california became a state & government was introduced

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1850

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11
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first national law regulating mining claims

A

1866

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12
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vigilance committee formed

A

1851

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13
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civil war

A

1861 - 1865

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14
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confederate states of america formed

A

1860

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15
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homestead act

A

1862

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16
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pacific railroad act

A

1862

17
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first transcontinental railroad complete

A

1869

18
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sodbuster (steel plough)

A

1868

19
Q

barbed wire

A

1874

20
Q

turkey red wheat brought over from russia

A

1874

21
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timber culture act

A

1873

22
Q

goodnight loving trail

A

1866

23
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john illif set up open range ranching in wyoming

A

1867

24
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illif won gov. contract to supply beef to sioux reservation

A

1868

25
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abilene cow town built up

A

1867

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