The American West: Wars
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- Created on: 14-05-13 13:57
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- War
- What were the main reasons for going to war?
- Land -Conflict over the land.
- The indians believed that land could not be owned
- Buffalo -white americans killed them for fun
- The buffalo were essential to Indian life and their survival
- Resisting being sent to the reservation
- Ghost dance movement -This frightened the American's so they killed them.
- Land -Conflict over the land.
- The US army
- Enlisted men- They were volunteers that were often drunk and useless. Some spoke a different language so communication was poor.
- Indian Scouts - Indians were willing to fight their traditional enemies alongside the US army. They had knowledge of the land and knew battle tactics
- Forts - Built to protect and control reservations. They were a safe base for the army, they were armed by soldiers and weapons
- Civil war - The end of the civil war meant that regualr trained soldiers could battle the Indians
- Total War - It meant soldiers killed warriors as well as destroying food, shelter and clothing
- Winter Campaigns - The US army attacked during the harsh winters, which is when the Indians were weakest and most vulnerable
- The Main Wars
- Little Crow -1861-1862
- Caues: The Indians ran out of food due to crop failure, the government promised them money but it never arrived
- Outcomes: US army won, teh Sioux were forced onto a smaller reservation and some Sioux were executed.
- 1700 Indians were held prisoners
- Red Cloud- 1865-1868
- Causes: White Americans broke treaty and went on Sioux land and the government did nothing about it.
- Outcomes: Indians won, new route found to gold and the Fort Laramie treaty was signed.
- The Great Sioux War- 1876-1877
- Causes: New Fort Laramie treaty was broken, miners were on the black hills, general custer protected the miners from Indian attack
- Outcomes: Indians won the battle, but were forced back onto the reservations
- Little Crow -1861-1862
- General Custer
- Hero
- He was the youngest ever general in the US amy
- Civil war hero
- Defeated Indian tribe, Cheyenne 1868
- Heroic death at battle of little big horn (the great sioux war)
- Not a hero
- He disobeyed orders. He was told to go over the Wolf mountains, instead he went through the mounains
- He went through the night which tied out his men
- He wanted to defeat the Indians himself
- He diveded his men into three smaller groups
- Refuses extra soldiers and guns
- He ignored his Indian Scout
- Attaced the Indians without realising how many of them there were
- He disobeyed orders. He was told to go over the Wolf mountains, instead he went through the mounains
- Hero
- What were the main reasons for going to war?
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