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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