Historical Dates Flashcards
First use of “western” as a noun
1910
the western as a fully-fledged genre
1920s
The Virginian
Owen Wister
1902
Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper
Leatherstocking Tales (5)
1823-1841
First talking film
The Jazz Singer
1927
Turner
Frederick Jackson Turner
“The Significance of the Frontier in American History”
1893, Chicago
American Historical Association
Relocation of the film industry in Hollywood
end of 1910s / early 1920s
Captivity narrative
Mary Rowlandson
The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
1682
Painter
Frederic Remington
1861 - 1909
Theodore Roosevelt
1858 - 1919
Pdt from 1901 to 1909
Meeting at Promontory Point
May 10th 1869
Central Pacific and Union Pacific
Civil War
1861 - 1865
Mexican-American War
1846-1848
California Gold Rush
1848-49
Sierra Nevada
(general craze went on more or less until 1955)
First Homestead Act
1862
an area of public land in the West, usually 160 acres would be granted to any US citizen willing to settle and farm the land for a min of 5 years
Cheyenne Exodus
The Great Northern Cheyenne Exodus
1878-1879
300 ppl
2500 km
Chinese Exclusion Act
1882
immigrant was banned and it was impossible for Chinese people to be naturalized
Immigration Act
1924
quotas
ban on Asian immigration