The battle of little big horn

• When was the battle of little big horn

  1876
• What did the fort Laramie treaty give the Sioux

  Large reservation in South Dakota which said that they could roam freely in the black hills of Dakota
• When was gold discovered on the black hills

  1873
• When was the Northern railroad approaching sioux hunting grounds

  1874
• Who was sent to protect the railroad workers

  General Custer
• What was discovered in the black hills of Dakota

  Gold
• When gold was found in the black hills what did the miners do 


  Moved in and ignored the fort Laramie treaty
• How much did the government offer to buy the black hills for

  $6 million or $400,000 a year
• Why did the Indians refuse to let the government buy the black hills

  Because the land was sacred and they believed that they couldn’t own land
• What did many Indians after they refused to let the government buy the black hills

  Many bands left the reservation
• When was the Sioux given 60 days to return to the reservation

  December 1875
• How many days were the Sioux given to return back to the reservation

  60 days
• What would happen if the Sioux didn’t return in 60 days

  They would be attacked
• Why did the Indians not return

  There was deep snow so even if they wanted to return they couldn’t
• By spring 1876 how many Indians had gathered and how many where of them were warriors

  7000 Indians and 2000 were warriors
• Who did the Indians unite under

  Sitting bull and crazy horse
• What did the us army plan to do to get the Indians back on the reservation

  Attack them
• Who found a camp of Indians and how many were their

  Genera custer found a camp of 2000 Indians
• How many men did Custer have

  600
• What was general Custer ordered to do but what did he do

  He was ordered to wait for back up but he believed that he could destroy them and so he attacked the Indians alone
• When did Custer attack the Indian camp

  25th June 1876
• What was the outcome of Custer‘s attack

  He was outnumbered and him and his 200 men were killed , scalped and disfigured
• What kind of success was the battle of little big horn for the Indians

  Military success because crazy horse managed to wipe out custers entire company
• When the public found out about the battle of little big horn what was there reaction

  They were shocked and the Indians lost the public supports
• how many extra soldiers were sent to find the remaining bands of Indians

  2500
• What did Indians have to do when they were short on food after the war

  Surrender or escape to Canada
• What happened to crazy horse after the battle

  He was captured and killed
• What were the indians forced to do after the battle

  Sell the black hills of Dakota
• After the battle what was taken away from and the indians and how did they have to live

  Horses taken away and had to live on military rule on reservation