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Homestead Act and Settlement of the American West (1862–1900)

1862 - 1893

13 entries

Gadsden Purchase and Southern Territorial Adjustments (1853–1854)

1853 - 1912

12 entries

Federal Indian Boarding Schools and Assimilation Campaigns (1879–1934)

1879 - 1934

16 entries

Ethnic Settlement of the Great Plains: Scandinavian and German-Russian Communities (1870–1915)

1862 - 1917

14 entries

Erie Canal and Eastern Inland Waterways Expansion (1817–1862)

1817 - 1862

15 entries

Construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad (1862–1869)

1862 - 1872

14 entries

Chinese Migration, Labor on the West Coast, and the Chinese Exclusion Act (1850–1892)

1849 - 1892

16 entries

Cattle Drives, the Open Range, and the Cowboy Economy (1866–1890)

1866 - 1890

12 entries

California Gold Rush and Western Mining Booms (1848–1880)

1848 - 1884

16 entries

Annexation of the Republic of Texas and Texas Statehood (1836–1846)

1836 - 1846

14 entries
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