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1890-1900

1890-1900. By Zachary Briones. 1890. Congress establishes the Oklahoma Territory on unoccupied lands in the Indian Territory, breaking a 60-year-old pledge to preserve this area exclusively for Native Americans forced from their lands in the east. 1890. Wyoming enters the Union. 1891.

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1890-1900

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  1. 1890-1900 By Zachary Briones

  2. 1890 Congress establishes the Oklahoma Territory on unoccupied lands in the Indian Territory, breaking a 60-year-old pledge to preserve this area exclusively for Native Americans forced from their lands in the east.

  3. 1890 Wyoming enters the Union

  4. 1891 Congress passes the Forest Reserve Act, which authorizes setting aside public forests in any state or territory to preserve a timber supply for the future

  5. 1892 Congress extends the Chinese Exclusion Act for an additional ten years, adding a requirement that all Chinese workers in the United States register or face deportation.

  6. 1892 Under the Dawes Act, nearly two million acres of Crow tribal land is opened to white settlers in Montana.

  7. 1893 Experts estimate that fewer that 2,000 buffalo remain of the more than 20 million that once roamed the Western plains.

  8. 1896 Utah enters Union

  9. 1896 William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech against the restrictive gold standard makes him the Presidential candidate of the Democratic and Populist parties, but his appeal to rural voters in the West and South does not carry him to the White House.

  10. 1896 The discovery of gold at Bonanza Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River near Dawson City, Alaska, sparks the last great Western rush for riches.

  11. 1898 Hawaii is annexed by the United States

  12. Bibliography PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/>. Images: http://www.zazzle.com/indian_territory_ok_map_1892_poster-228911269923829989 (slide 2) http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/14/71014-004-F503433 (slide 6) http://www.reproduction-gallery.com/oil_painting_reproduction_gallery/Charles-M-Russell-Indians-Hunting-Buffalo-1894-large-1122260268.jpg (slide 7) http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/utah/images/state-flag-utah.jpg (slide8)

  13. Bibliography http://www.50states.com/flag/image/nunst016.gif (11) http://media1.shmoop.com/media/images/large/w-j-bryan.jpg (9) http://www.postaprint.co.uk/ilnimages/i902689.jpg (1)

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