American West - Key Dates

Question 1

When was the idea of manifest destiny first introduced by a New York paper?

Answer 1

1845

Question 2

When was the Indian removal act?

Answer 2

1830

Question 3

When did Jed Smith find the South pass route through the Rocky Mountains?

Answer 3

1823

Question 4

When did the Mountain Men begin moving West after fur became fashionable?

Answer 4

1820

Question 5

When did the Mountain men end?

Answer 5

1840

Question 6

When did the settlers begin moving west in search of a new life?

Answer 6

1840

Question 7

When was the California gold rush?

Answer 7

1849

Question 8

When were the mormons in Kirkland (New York)? (1)

Answer 8

1831 - 1837

Question 9

When were the Mormons in Missouri? (2)

Answer 9

1837 - 1838

Question 10

When were the Mormons in Nauvoo (Illinois)? (3)

Answer 10

1839 - 1845

Question 11

When was Mormon leader Joseph smith killed by a mob?

Answer 11

1845

Question 12

When did Brigham Young and the first set of Mormons reach Salt Lake City?

Answer 12

1847

Question 13

When was the Mormon war?

Answer 13

1857

Question 14

When was the timber culture act (160 acres extra for 40 acres planted)?

Answer 14

1873

Question 15

When was the homestead act (160 acres free)?

Answer 15

1862

Question 16

When was the dessert land act (cheap 640 acres in areas of low rainfall)?

Answer 16

1877

Question 17

When was the American civil war between the north and South?

Answer 17

1861 - 1865

Question 18

When was the transcontinental railroad connecting the East and West built?

Answer 18

1860’s

Question 19

When did Joseph McCoy create the cow town of Abeline?

Answer 19

1867

Question 20

When was the goodnight loving trail (sold cattle in Mexico)?

Answer 20

1866

Question 21

When did John Illif introduce first cattle ranch on the plains?

Answer 21

1859

Question 22

When did the open range end (disease, bad weather, starvation and replaced by smaller ranches)?

Answer 22

1887

Question 23

When were the first cowboys ?

Answer 23

1870’s

Question 24

when did fence and barbed wire cutting begin?

Answer 24

1880’s

Question 25

When was the Johnson county war lead by cattle barons to remove homesteaders and small ranchers?

Answer 25

1892

Question 26

When was the Lincoln county war in which Billy the kId became known as an outlaw after his rancher boss was killed?

Answer 26

1878

Question 27

When was little crows war?

Answer 27

1861 - 1862

Question 28

When was Red Clouds War (dispute over gold found in Rocky Mountains)?

Answer 28

1865- 1868

Question 29

When was the great Sioux war?

Answer 29

1876 - 1877

Question 30

When was the battle of Little Big Horn (Custer lead arm attacking Indians who wouldn't return to reservations)?

Answer 30

1876

Question 31

When was hunting for hides introduced?

Answer 31

1871

Question 32

When was the Ghost dance introduced on the Indian reservation?

Answer 32

1889

Question 33

When did the Plains Indians end after one final conflict with the seventh cavalry?

Answer 33

1890