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

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

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.

1892

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

1893

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

1896

Utah enters Union

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.

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.

1898

Hawaii is annexed by the United States

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)

Bibliography

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http://www.postaprint.co.uk/ilnimages/i902689.jpg (1)