American West - Dates and events Flashcards
1
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Indian removal act - 1830
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46,000 Indians forced to move to the plains
2
Q
Indian trade and intercourse act - 1834
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Permanent Indian frontier (PIF)
3
Q
Oregon bought - 1846
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From Britain
4
Q
Donner party - 1846
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Failed migration of 300 people to California. Cannibalism and rescue in 1847
5
Q
Mormons - 1846-47
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Went to Salt Lake City, Utah
6
Q
America war with Mexico - 1848
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America won so they got new territories south west of the plains
7
Q
Gold rush - 1849
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California; 90,000 migrated in first year , 300,000 migrated by 1855. 49’ers
8
Q
Indian appropriations act - 1851
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Indians put on small reservations so whites had more land and Indians could be more civilised.
9
Q
Fort Laramie treaty - 1851
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Indians can’t attack travelers on the Oregon trail in return they got lots of land forever
