battle of little bighorn and ghost dance and wounded knee massacre

Question 1

when was battle of little bighorn

Answer 1

june 25-26 1876

Question 2

what is the significance of BOLBH

Answer 2

markesd as the most decisive win for the natic americans and the worst defeat for the US army defeat, ends with demise of custer and many soldiers, showed how ruthless native americans could be

Question 3

bolbh

who is sitting bull and what was his vision that happened right before the battle

Answer 3

leader of the sioux and ‘medicine man’

he saw soldier that were ‘like grasshoppers’ and they were falling and it was a foreshadowing of a massive victory for them

Question 4

bolbh

how many native american soldier were in the village and what is custers mistake

Answer 4

at least 2,000
he believes there are no soldiers in the village and doens’t tell anyone he’s going off track

Question 5

bolbh

since custer believed there were no soldiers what was he going to do once he got to the village

Answer 5

take the women and children as hostages since he thought that would make the soldiers not fight back

Question 6

sitting bull did what that restored the Sioux’s way of life

Answer 6

the ghost dance

Question 7

what is bolbh also known as

Answer 7

Custer’s Last Stand

Question 8

last battle of the Indian Wars

sitting bull ordered to be arrested then killed and the 7th cavalry slaughtered around 300 unarmed Sioux, with the corpses left to freeze

Answer 8

wounded knee