battle of little bighorn and ghost dance and wounded knee massacre Flashcards
when was battle of little bighorn
june 25-26 1876
what is the significance of it
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
who is sitting bull and what was his vision that happened right before the battle
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
how many native american soldier were in the village and what is custers mistake
at least 2,000
he believes there are no soldiers in the village and doens’t tell anyone he’s going off track
since custer believed there were no soldiers what was he going to do once he got to the village
take the women and children as hostages since he thought that would make the soldiers not fight back
