On November 29, 1864, 700 militiamen from the Colorado Territory launched an assault on communities inhabited by Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. U.S. Army Col. John Chivington, a Methodist minister and a freemason, served as the militia's commander.
<h3>What was the cause of the Sand Creek Massacre?</h3>
The long-running struggle for dominance of eastern Colorado's Great Plains was one of the main factors leading to the Sand Creek Massacre. Ownership of the region north of the Arkansas River and up to the Nebraska border was secured by the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, which also included the Cheyenne and Arapahoe.
Around 160 men, women, and children, including the elderly and infirm, were killed in a surprise attack by the U.S. Army on a non-combatant encampment of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in 1864 at the Big Sandy Creek in southeast Colorado.
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Answer: The brutality of his muder and the fact that his killers were acquitted drew attention to the long history of violent persecution of African Americans in the United States. Till posthumously became an icon of the civil rights movement.
D. As "Indian Territory" for thousands of Native Americans displaced from the southeastern United States.
Explanation:
Most of Oklahoma was set-aside as "Indian Territory", as the United States government wanted to move the Native Americans from their tribal lands in order to expand.
The Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830, which meant the Native Americans had to move from their homes and go to the territory that was for them in Oklahoma. They obviously did not want to go, but many knew that they would not stand a chance against the United States government.
Years later, some of the Cherokee Natives were still there and were not moving, this caused the United States military to get involved and had to force them out. Native Americans were walked at gunpoint all the way to Oklahoma, this walk is known as the Trail of Tears. Thousands of Natives died of diseases, starvation, and weather conditions during this walk.
It was created in the 1960's as an afterthought, or safety net, for healthcare needs not being met by by Medicare.
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