American West Flashcards
(30 cards)
When was the Indian Trade and Intercourse Act?
1834
When was the Indian Removal Act?
1830
When was the Donner Party?
1846
When was gold discovered in California?
1848
When did the California gold rush begin?
1849
When was the first Fort Laramie treaty?
1851
What years was the American Civil war?
1861-1865
When was the Homestead Act?
1862
When was the Sand Creek Massacre?
1864
When did the now free slaves move west?
1865
When was the second Fort Laramie treaty?
1868
When was the Timber Culture Act set?
1873
When was barbed wire invented?
1874
When was the battle of Little Bighorn?
1876
When was the Great Death?
Winter of 1885-1886
When was the Dawes Act?
1887
When was the Wounded Knee Massacre?
1890
When was the Oregon Trail fully completed?
1846
When was the Pacific Railroad Act?
1864
When was the First Cattle drive along the Goodnight-Loving trail?
1866
When did Joseph McCoy build the first cow town?
1867
When was the Desert Land Act?
1877
When was the increased use of wind pumps and steel ploughs?
1870s
When was the expansion of cattle ranching?
1880s
