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Chapter 20: Agrarian Domains: The South and the West |
1849-1859 Gold and silver strikes: discoveries open western mining
1862 Homestead Act: provides cheap lands for family farms
Minnesota Sioux uprising: begins Plains Indian wars
1866 Drive to Sedalia, Missouri: launches cattle boom
1869 Transcontinental railroad completed
1874 Barbed wire patented: makes fencing the range possible
1876 Battle of Little Bighorn: Indian victory over Custer
1880 Bonsack cigarette rolling machine invented: leads to boom in cigarette smoking
1885-1887 Severe winter and drought cycle: end of cattle boom
1887 Dawes Severalty Act: undermines communal tribal culture
1890 Ghost Dance Indian religious revival: leads to Wounded Knee massacre
1892 Wyoming range wars: between small and large ranchers
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