WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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Why did Chief Joseph say, “I will fight no more forever”?
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To save his tribe from being attacked by the Apache Indians
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To save his tribe even though it meant moving back to the Great Plains
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To save his tribe from the Canadian Calvary
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To save his tribe even though it meant living on a reservation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Chief Joseph, after all, believed that, upon surrender, the original terms of the previous Nez Perce treaty would still be in effect. He would give up the fight, and the independence of the Nez Perce nation, in exchange for peaceful removal to a reservation.
Detailed explanation-2: -I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.” On October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph spoke these words during his surrender in the Bear Paw Mountains of Montana.
Detailed explanation-3: -Finally, only 40 miles short of his Canadian goal, Chief Joseph was cornered by the U.S. Army, and his people were forcibly relocated to a barren reservation in Indian Territory.
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