RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
HOMESTEAD ACT
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African American soldiers in the US military who fought in the Indian War.
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Soldiers who got their nickname for their tough battlefield spirit
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Citizens seeking equal rights for women
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American Indians who hunted buffalo on the Great Plains
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Detailed explanation-1: -American Plains Indians who fought against these soldiers referred to the black cavalry troops as “buffalo soldiers” because of their dark, curly hair, which resembled a buffalo’s coat and because of their fierce nature of fighting. The nickname soon became synonymous with all African-American regiments formed in 1866.
Detailed explanation-2: -The buffalo soldiers were noted for their courage and discipline. Drunkenness, an especially widespread problem in the army, was rare among them; in a period when nearly a third of white army enlistees deserted, the Black soldiers had the U.S. Army’s lowest desertion and court-martial rates.
Detailed explanation-3: -Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers? No one knows for certain why, but the soldiers of the all-Black 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments were dubbed “buffalo soldiers” by the Native Americans they encountered. One theory claims the nickname arose because the soldiers’ dark, curly hair resembled the fur of a buffalo.