American West

• What is the time period of the American West covered in this paper?

  1835-1895
• What significant act occurred in 1830?

  Indian Removal Act
• What was the impact of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

  American Indians moved west of the Mississippi
• What act was established in 1834?

  Indian Trade & Intercourse Act
• What did the Indian Trade & Intercourse Act of 1834 establish?

  Permanent Indian frontiers were established
• What significant event occurred in 1836?

  Oregon Trail opened
• What happened in 1840 regarding new territories?

  USA gained new territories in the West
• What significant migration event occurred in 1846?

  Donner Party migration ends in disaster
• What happened in 1846 regarding the Mormons?

  Mormons successfully migrated to Utah
• What significant event occurred in 1849?

  California Gold Rush
• What was the purpose of the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851?

  Funding for tribes to move to reservations
• What treaty was signed in 1851?

  Fort Laramie Treaty
• What major conflict occurred in 1861-1865?

  American Civil War
• What act was passed in 1862?

  Homestead Act
• What was the significance of the Pacific Railway Act of 1862?

  It facilitated the construction of railroads
• What act was passed in 1862 related to land?

  Homestead Act
• What event occurred in 1864?

  Sand Creek Massacre
• What significant legislation was passed in 1865?

  Slavery abolished
• What act was established in 1866?

  Goodnight Loving Trail established
• What significant event occurred in 1866-1868?

  Red Cloud's War
• What was the cause of Red Cloud's War?

  Disputes over land and treaties
• What significant event occurred in 1867?

  Abilene, Kansas becomes first cow town
• What act was passed in 1868?

  Fort Laramie Treaty (2)
• What was the significance of President Grant's Peace Policy in 1868?

  It aimed to improve relations with Native Americans
• What major infrastructure was completed in 1869?

  First transcontinental railroad
• What was the impact of the transcontinental railroad completion in 1869?

  Increased migration and trade across the country
• What significant event occurred in 1870?

  Ranching on the Plains begins
• What act was passed in 1871?

  Indian Appropriations Act (2)
• What was the outcome of the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871?

  Independent tribes/nations no longer recognized
• What significant event occurred in 1873?

  Timber Culture Act
• What major agricultural development began in 1876?

  Mass production of barbed wire
• What significant battle occurred in 1876?

  Battle of the Little Bighorn
• What was the outcome of the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

  Defeat of Custer and his troops
• What significant event occurred in 1879?

  Exoduster movement
• What was the purpose of the Exoduster movement?

  African Americans moved to Kansas for land
• What significant act was passed in 1880?

  Chinese Exclusion Act
• What was the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1880?

  Restricted Chinese immigration to the USA
• What significant event occurred in 1881?

  Billie the Kid killed by Pat Garrett
• What significant event occurred in 1886?

  Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
• What was the significance of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral?

  It symbolized the lawlessness of the West