I am tired of fighting . . . It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people, some of t
hem, have run away to the hills and have no blankets, no food. No one knows where they are—perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children and see how many I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. —"I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief Joseph
Use the passage to answer the question.
What event in the history of the West in the late 1800s prompted Chief Joseph to give this speech?
A. the expansion of buffalo hunting by American Indians like the Nez Percé
B. the death of Sitting Bull, an important Lakota leader
C. the defeat of American Indian peoples by United States troops
D. the Ghost Dance, a new American Indian religious ceremony
The Constitution limited the power of government and protect the rights
of citizens by instituting a "balance of power" system in which each of
the three branches of government would be unable to become too powerful
and thus tyrannical.
Hope this helps!!
The sinking of the Lustania? I think that was the name of the cruise ship, and was a rallying cry for the US into ww1, as Americans died in the transit.
