Battle Of Little Big Horn Flashcards
Causes of the battle of little big horn
Discovery of gold in the black heels in 1974 founded by General Custer paragraph
This led tomore white settlers crossing Indian land
This is all due to the 1848 California goldrush the gold was in reservation and so by the government bringing my minors it broke the treaty causing conflict
Broken fort Laramie treaty
Indians offered $6 million for Blackhills but they rejected which caused conflict
Events of the battle of little big horn
US Army planned an attack on the suit to force them back to their reservations
Turning point in history of the American west
Sitting Bull got the children and women to safety were crazy horse leading attack
Custer 200 of his men into little become Valley they were all killed
Impacts of the battle of little big horn
Plains Indians must be kept on the reservations
By the end of 1876 most Sioux and Cheyenne had drifted to their reservations due to lack of food
Within five years they were completely independent of government handouts
Impacts of battle of little big horn
Previous treaties could be ignored
Government decided Plains Indians had forfeited the rights of the treaty deals
Some Plains Indians move to smaller reservations and worse conditions
US government would stop sending food if they didn’t give up the black heels
Starvation meant that they gave up the black hills
Impacts of the battle of little big horn
Military control of Plains Indians must be maintained
Sue weapons and horses were taking this meant that they had to live under military rule
Number of soldiers and thoughts were increased
