EXPANSION AND CONFLICT IN THE WEST
1. 1851
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
2. 1862
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
3. 1867
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
4. 1868
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
5. 1869
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
6. 1873
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
7. 1874
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
8. 1876
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
9. 1877
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
10. 1887
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
11. 1889
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
12. 1890
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn
13. 1893
-------- Dawes Allotment Act First transcontinental railroad completed Discovery of gold in Black Hills Sitting Bull killed; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Treaty of Medicine Lodge Chief Joseph surrenders Second Treaty of Fort Laramie Last land rush in Oklahoma Territory; Frederick Jackson Turner presents “frontier thesis” “Big Bonanza” discovered on Comstock Lode First Treaty of Fort Laramie Rise of Ghost Dance; two million acres in Oklahoma opened for settlement Homestead Act; Great Sioux Uprising (Santee Uprising) Battle of the Little Big Horn