American west

What year was the Homestead act

1862

What year was the Transcontinental railroad finished

1869

How many acres were homesteaded during the Homestead act?

6 million

What were the consequences of the Homestead act?

Timber culture act

increased migration west

economic development

displacement of indigenous

When was the Donner Party

1846

When was the Mormon migration

1846

What year did the 49’s migrate west?

1848

How many people used the Oregon trail by 1869?

400,000

What year was the California gold rush?

1849

How many Mormons moved west?

70,000

What was a consequence of the California gold rush?

development of cities such as San Francisco

Growth of mining towns

California population grew to 300,00 by 1855

What caused Red Cloud’s war?

Red cloud was angry at miners for breaking the Fort Laramie treaty by crossing into sioux land.

What caused the signing of the second Fort Laramie treaty?

Fetterman Massacre of 150 soldiers

When was the second Fort Laramie treaty signed?

1868

What terms did the indigenous agree to for the Fort Laramie treaty?

Red cloud agrees to move sioux tribe to reservations which include the black hills of dakota

What terms did the US government agree to for the Fort Laramie treaty?

They agreed to close the Bozeman Trail and army forts on any indigenous lands

What led to little big horn?

Crazy horse and sitting bull refused to comply with the seconds Fort Laramie treaty

When was the wounded knee massacre?

1890

what did the indigenous believe the ghost dance would do?

Take away whites

bring back dead indigenous

bring back the buffalo

what happened to sitting bull?

killed during an arrest

Why did the whites not like the ghost dance?

Saw it as a rebellious threat