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Major battles during Westward Expansion

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  • The Sand Creek Massacre

    The Sand Creek Massacre
    • Cheyenne raided the ranches, the army offered a way to get out of political offenses if they returned to reservation at Sand Creek
    • The Black Kettle wanted peace
    • John M. Chivington & 700 troops raided
  • Battle of little big horn

    Battle of little big horn
    The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custer's Last Stand, marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. The demise of Custer and his men outraged many white Americans and confirmed their image of the Indians as wild and bloodthirsty.
  • Massacre at Wounded Knee

    Massacre at Wounded Knee
    • Resulted in hundred of dead Miniconjou (half were women and children)
    • Some US soldiers were killed
    • located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota
    • Battle between US government and North American Indians Last major battle