Governments used a variety of strategies, including political propaganda, art, media, and intensified forms of nationalism, to mobilize populations (both in the home countries and the colonies) for the purpose of waging war. KC-6.1. III. C.i New military technology led to increased levels of wartime casualties.
I assume it's "sordid". Custer and Singleton as people, Hydraulic mining is important but doesn't seem right. Ghost dance is a tradition so it may honestly be Ghost dance or Sordid