Major Events

Chapter 26 · 1862–1896

Homestead Act passed

1862

Barbed wire patented by Joseph Glidden

1874

Battle of the Little Bighorn ("Custer's Last Stand")

1876

Dawes Severalty Act passed

1887

Oklahoma land rush opens former Indian Territory

1889

Wounded Knee Massacre; Census declares frontier closed

1890

Frederick Jackson Turner presents the frontier thesis

1893

Bryan delivers the "Cross of Gold" speech

1896