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The history of the U.S. state of Nebraska dates back to its formation as a territory by the Kansas–Nebraska Act, passed by the United States Congress on May 30, 1854. The Nebraska Territory was settled extensively under the Homestead Act of 1862 during the 1860s, and in 1867 was admitted to the Union as the 37th U.S. state.
9 de nov. de 2009 · Nebraska, which was admitted to the union as the 37th state on March 1, 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War, contains some of the nation’s best ranchland and...
Há 3 dias · Nebraska, constituent state of the U.S. It was admitted to the union as the 37th state in 1867. It is bounded by South Dakota to the north, Iowa and Missouri to the east, Kansas and Colorado to the south, and Colorado and Wyoming to the west. Its capital city is Lincoln.
History Nebraska was founded in 1878 as the Nebraska State Historical Society by citizens who recognized Nebraska was going through great changes and they sought to record the stories of both indigenous and immigrant peoples.
Though its politics are generally conservative, the state also has a history of progressive reform. Nebraska was the first U.S. state to outlaw sexual assault within a marriage, in 1975. In 1980 it became the first U.S. state to divest from South Africa to protest the racist system of apartheid.
History of Nebraska. Early history. Various prehistoric peoples inhabited Nebraska as early as 8000 bce. In the 19th century, semisedentary Native American peoples, most notably the Omaha, Oto, Pawnee, and Ponca, lived in eastern and central Nebraska.
Nebraska was admitted to the Union as the 37th state in 1867. Soon after, the population increased, and as Indian resistance on the frontier was broken, settlement extended to Nebraska’s panhandle. At the turn of the 20th century, it experienced a short but influential Populist movement.
