WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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The Battle of Little Bighorn
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The Battle at Wounded Knee
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The Battle of the Black Hills
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The Battle of the Rockies
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Battle of the Little Bighorn is significant because it proved to be the height of Native American power during the 19th century. It was also the worst U.S. Army defeat during the Plains Wars.
Detailed explanation-3: -This conflict was largely a result of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, in which certain members of the Lakota agreed to move to reservations, despite not having the authority to speak for the entire nation. This conflict increased when gold was discovered in the Black Hills.
Detailed explanation-4: -The combatants were warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, battling men of the 7th Regiment of the US Cavalry, along with their Crow, and Arikara scouts.