Question

Briefly describe the Battle of Little Big Horn

Answer 1

- Sioux chiefs Red Cloud and Crazy Horse resisted

- 1876, US general Custer attempted to surprise Sioux at Little Big Horn, but underestimated them

- Custer recklessly rushed into battle; quickly surrounded by Sioux; Custer & 200 men killed

- "Custer's Last Stand"

- Last great victory for Native Americans

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Answer 2

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custer's Last Stand, marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. The demise of Custer and his men outraged many white Americans and confirmed their image of the Indians as wild and bloodthirsty.