In 1876, General Custer suffered the worst defeat of the U.S. Army on the Great Plains at the Battle of Little Bighorn against Sioux forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.
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"As fighting on the southern Plains came to an end, new trouble started in the north. In 1874 Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s soldiers discovered gold in the Black Hills of the Dakotas. Sitting Bull, a leader of the Lakota Sioux, protested U.S. demands for the land.
Other Sioux leaders listened to Sitting Bull and refused to give up the land. Fighting soon broke out between the army and the Sioux.
On June 25, 1876, Custer's scouts found a large Sioux camp along the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory. Leading about 260 soldiers, Custer raced ahead without waiting for any supporting forces. In the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Sioux forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull surrounded and defeated Custer and his troops. Newspapers called the battle “Custer's Last Stand” because his entire command was killed. It was the worst defeat the U.S. Army suffered in the West. The Battle of the Little Bighorn was also the Sioux's last major victory in the Sioux Wars."
In 1876, General Custer suffered the worst defeat of the U.S. Army on the Great Plains at the _______________ against Sioux forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.
Battle of Little Big Horn
Sand Creek Massacre
Fetterman Massacre
Battle of the Rosebud
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