People
John Wilks Booth
Abraham Lincoln's assassin
The federal government gave away 160 acres to individuals loyal to USA (women also qualified)
The Homestead Act of 1862
When was the transcontinental railroad finished?
10 May 1869
Governor of Colorado Territory during the Sand Creek Massacre
John Evans
Killed a lot of people, famous for his necklace of ears
Black Jack Slade
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy)
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
African American soldiers
Sand Creek Massacre
November 29, 1864
Who was Black Kettle
a leader of the Southern Cheyenne
present at the Sand Creek Massacre
Tom Horn
gun-for-hire, convicted of murdering Willie Nickell
John Chivington
Leader of the 3rd Colorado Regiment responsible for the Sand Creek Massacre
The most important battle in the West during the Civil War. Considered the Gettysburg of the West
The Battle of Glorietta Pass
When did Colorado become a state?
1876
William Byers
Owner of the Rocky Mountain News
PHRENOLOGY
pseudoscience that involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits
Study of bumps and shape of the skull to determine if one was a crook or a good person
USA general who fought in the west and
CSA general who fought in the west
Edward Richard Sprigg Canby
Henry Hopkins Sibley
What important event occurred between January 1861 and April 1864
The American Civil War
When did Colorado become a U.S. Territory?
1861
Henry Whitehill
first lawman in Leadville
Two railroad companies that built the transcontinental railroad that linked the USA from east to west
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
Silas Soule
One of Chivington's officers who refused to participate in the Sand Creek Massacre. Provided testimony to US Congress during the investigation.
A treaty that recognized the territory of west Kansas, west Nebraska, and east Colorado as belonging to Native Americans in order to prevent further conflict between Natives and Europan Americans
Treaty of Ft. Laramie 1851
Hungate family massacre
June 11, 1864
Willie Kennard
First African American lawman in Colorado (Yankee Hill near Central City)
Four border states - states that did not secede from the USA but allowed slavery
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri