The Red Cloud War

Question 1

What were some major event in the red cloud war

Answer 1

-Treaty of fort Laramie
-Fetterman massacre

Question 2

What caused the red cloud war

Answer 2

-The Bozeman trial
-Native resistance
-failed diplomacy

Question 3

What was the Bozeman trail

Answer 3

A trail built through Lakota souix hunting grounds that violated the 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty

Question 4

What was the fort Laramie treaty

Answer 4

A treaty that said no Americans could go on Lakota land and that Lakota had control of Black Hills

Question 5

When were the fort Laramie treaties

Answer 5

-1851
-1867

Question 6

What was the fetterman massacre

Answer 6

Captain William fetterman and 80 US soldiers were ambushed and killed in a trap set by Lakota warriors

Question 7

When was the fetterman massacre

Answer 7

1866

Question 8

What was the failed diplomacy

Answer 8

In 1866 Red Cloud walked out of peace talks when the US sent troops into the powder river region before negotiations ended

Question 9

What was significant about the red cloud war

Answer 9

It was the only war the natives won