Was the West Really Won?

Post date: Dec 18, 2012 7:7:45 PM

Timeline in the Settlement of the West

Significant events in the settlement of the West:

• 1700-1800: New Indian peoples move unto Great Plains.

• 1849: California Gold Rush.

• 1858: Pikes Peak Gold Rush.

• 1859: Nevada Comstock Lode discovered.

• 1862: Homestead Act.

• 1864: Sand Creek Massacre. Nevada admitted to Union.

• 1867: National Grange organized.

• 1876: Battle of the Little Bighorn. Colorado admitted to the Union.

• 1877: Nez Perce Indian War.

• 1881: Helen Hunt Jackson publishes A Century of Dishonor.

• 1884: Federal Government outlaws Indian Sun Dance.

• 1885-1890: Local chapters of Farmers' Alliance formed.

• 1887: Dawes Severalty Act.

• 1889: Oklahoma opened to settlement.

• 1889-1890: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming admitted to Union.

• 1890: Census Bureau declares frontier line ended. Emergence of People's Party (Populists). Battle of Wounded Knee.

• 1892: Populist Party candidate James B. Weaver polls more than 1 million votes in presidential election.

• 1893: Frederick Jackson Turner publishes "The Significance of the Frontier in American History."

• 1894: "Coxey's Army" marches on Washington. Pullman Strike.

• 1896: Utah admitted to Union. McKinley defeats Bryan for presidency.

• 1897: Dingley Tariff Act.

• 1900: Gold Standard Act.

• 1907: Oklahoma admitted to Union.

• 1924: Indians granted US citizenship.

• 1934: Indian Reorganization Act.

The following essay comes from The American Pageant AP Edition, 13th ed. Houghton Mifflin. pp: 625