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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the site where Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho forces wiped out the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry.
A
Wounded Knee
B
Yellowstone
C
Little Bighorn
D
Sand Creek
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of the Little Bighorn, fought on June 25, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, pitted federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839-76) against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors.

Detailed explanation-2: -Custer took into the fight eleven officers and one hundred and ninety-one enlisted men; all were killed. The officers were: Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer; Captain Myles W. Keogh, commanding Troop I; Captain George W.

Detailed explanation-3: -On June 25, 1876, Native American forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn near southern Montana’s Little Bighorn River.

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