Important Dates Flashcards
(17 cards)
1
Q
When was the Homestead Act?
A
1862
2
Q
When was the Permanent Indian Frontier established?
A
1834
3
Q
When was the Little Crow’s War?
A
1862
4
Q
When was the Donner Party Expedition?
A
1846
5
Q
When was the American Civil War
A
1861-65
6
Q
When was the Red Cloud’s War?
A
1866-68
7
Q
When was the Transcontinental Railroad Act and the start of the railways construction?
A
1864
8
Q
When was the Battle of Little Big Horn?
A
1876
9
Q
When was the Timber Culture Act?
A
1873
10
Q
When was the Great Die-up?
A
1886-87
11
Q
When was the Wounded Knee Massacre?
A
1890
12
Q
When was the Dawes Act?
A
1887
13
Q
When did the Oregon Trail open?
A
1836
14
Q
When did David Halladay invent the wind pump?
A
1854
15
Q
When did Joseph Glidden introduce barbed wire?
A
1874
16
Q
When was the Sand Creek Massacre?
A
1864
17
Q
When was Abilene established as a cow town?
A
1867
