Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

Wounded Knee (1890)

  • A

    Was a massacre of Lakota Sioux by U.S. troops, marking the end of Native armed resistance on the Plains

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  • B

    Was a decisive Native American victory that halted U.S. expansion onto the Plains

  • C

    Was a peace treaty ending all hostilities between the Sioux and the U.S. government

  • D

    Was an insignificant skirmish with no lasting effect on federal Indian policy

Explanation

About 250-300 Lakota, including women and children, were killed.

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