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1830s
The trail of tears was American soldiers forcing native Americans from their land to reservations. almost one fourth of all the native Americans who walked the trail died.

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1831
The mechanical reaper made harvesting the crop much easier. the reaper would be pulled by horses and would reap the crop collecting the useful stuff and leaving the stalk on the ground.

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1837
The steel plow is an invention that allowed farmers to farm easier. the steel plow would be inserted to the ground and pushed or pulled. this would invert a section of the ground and make the ground soft so seeds could be easily inserted.

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January 24th, 1848
The California Gold rush started when settlers found gold in the rivers surrounding the Rocky Mountains. This caused thousands of hopeful prospectors to rush to California and the rocky mountains searching for gold.

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1862
The little crows war was a war between the US and the Dakota.

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May 20 1862
the homestead act gave land to Americans that settled out in the west. the act would give free land to any settler as long as they lived and farmed on it for five years.

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November 29, 1864
the sand creek massacre was the arapahoe and Cheyanne.
the US army came in and brutally masscred them.

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March 3rd 1865
The Freedmans bureau was made to help blacks who had just escaped slavery acclimate to their new role in society as a free man. they created schools and amenities for blacks who were outcast from white versions. the Bureau also taught blacks to read and write.

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December 6th, 1865
the 13th amendment freed all the slaves. But they were still not allowed to vote.

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June 25, 1867
barbed wire was the thing that killed the cowboys and cows that roamed the west. The barbed wire stopped the cows from being able to freely roam the west as people had now claimed plots throughout those fields.

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July 20, 1867
The Indian Peace commission was a group made by congress to keep peace with the Indians.

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July 28th, 1868
The 14th amendment is what gave citizenship to all Americans. it sated that is you were born in America that you were an American citizen. as well as it your parents were American citizens you were too.

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May 10th, 1869
The transcendental railroad allowed fast easy travel between each side of the country. this allowed for people and products the be transferred between coasts relatively quick.

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May 10th 1869
The end of the reconstruction

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February 3rd, 1870
The 15th amendment was the voting amendment. this allowed all the male citizens to vote. But while this amendment gave the blacks the right to vote the KKK and the white league were deadest on not letting that happen.

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June 25 1876
The Battle of Little Big Horn was a battle between the American army and a branch of the Sioux. this battle was fought next to the Little Big Horn River. The battle ended with a U.S. defeat by a land slide.

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1884
The Comstock lode was a silver deposit found in Nevada. this pulled many people over to Nevada to mine. this minig operation used many mining techniqes that were harmfull to the envoinment like tnt mining.

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February 8, 1887
The Dawes Act of 1887 was a US law that split up tribal land into individual plots for Native Americans.

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this timeline was created by colin and landon

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this timeline was created by colin and landon

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september 29 2023