| A | B |
|---|
| Homestead Act (1862) | Settlers were offered 160 acres of free land in the West. |
| Morrill Act (1862 & 1890) | Federal land was given to the states to create agricultural colleges. |
| Transcontinental railroad (1863-1869) | Built by Chinese and Irish workers. Completed at Promontory Point, Utah. Promoted westward expansion. |
| Helen Hunt Jackson's A Century of Dishonor (1881) | Exposed the federal government's broken promises and treaties with the Indians. |
| Battle of the Little Big Horn (1876) | Custer's Seventh Cavalry was wiped out. The army intensified its policy of subjugation or extermination. |
| Dawes Act (1887) | Attempt to "Americanize" the Indians, break up the reservations, and make the Indians farmers. |
| Populism (1890s) | Protest movement started by farmers to make government more democratic and increase the money supply through bimetallism. |
