Western Expansion Combo

Bureau of Indian Affairs

A department that regulated what the Indians did

First Treaty of Fort Laramie

Marked boundaries of the tribe & It said that their lands were a sovereign nation

Homestead Act

signed by President Abraham Lincoln that allowed citizens to claim 160 acres of public land for a small fee farmed it for five years

Santee Sioux Act

Ordered by Lincoln 2 days after the emancipation proclamation, ended with the hanging of 38 Sioux men, the largest mass execution in US history.

Transcontinental Railroad begun (Red Cloud)

immense hardship for Native Americans, including the disruption of their lands, cut through their lands.

2nd Treaty of Fort Laramie

Gave the Lakota’s land and hunting group in surrounding states, promising that it would be closed off to whites.

Transcontinental Railroad Complete

Carried many hunters who killed Buffalo, a vital source of food and clothing for natives

Indian Appropriation Act

Restricted natives to stay in the natives lands. Many western Indians were now prisoners of war.US stopped offering treaties as they wanted no sovereign nation.

George Custer announces gold in Black Hills

General George Cluster announced that their was gold in the Black hills. Cluster tells Congress to find a way to end the treaties with the Lakota.

Battle of Little Bighorn

Lakota defeat Cluster’s militia at the Battle. The Militia was attempting to infiltrate.

“Sell or Starve” Campaign

An agreement was given to tribes that stated that they either sell their land or they would receive no food for the tribe.

Dawes Act

Reservations were split into 160 area sections given to individual Indians. It used the “American Dream” as a way that divided the reservation till there was none.

Wounded Knee Massacre

US troops killed 300 natives and marked the end of the Indian wars. in the massacre 20 medals of valor were given to the 7th Caverly

Indian Boarding Schools

US government kidnapped Native kids. They wanted them to assimilate to white culture and abandoned. Kids then struggled to live a Native life after they were released since they were away.

How did White settlers indirectly remove the Indians?

They killed buffalo, the prime resources to Natives

Dawes Act of 1887

Split reservation land and gave it to individual Natives so they could farm the land.

What sparked Chinese Imigration?

Wanted to start a new life, escaping The opium wars in china or profiting to the Gold Rush in California.

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

It suspended Chinese Immigration for over 60 years and made Chinese prove their employment if they work.

Why did the Knights of Labor dislike the Chinese?

They took many jobs not giving American labor workers work.

How did the Chinese change the economy?

Since they took over many jobs, many other people were left unemployed.

Why didn’t the Dawes Act help Indians?

Indians didn’t have money for farming and didn’t want to do it either.