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Which option best describes the reason the U.S. Dakota War started during the Civil War?
Once the Civil War started, the government fell behind on promised payments and supplies for the Dakota people, leaving them starving and angry.
The Dakota had attempted to join the Union Army to aid in the fighting, but a miscommunication led to violence and war.
When the Civil War started, the U.S. Army sent troops into the West to take over reservations and the Dakota decided to fight back.
When the Civil War started, the Dakota supported the Confederacy and decided to attack Union troops close to home.
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The first option.
During the Civil War federal annuity payments and promised food/supplies to the Dakota were delayed or diverted, and traders often refused credit; the Dakota faced hunger and desperation. Those broken treaty promises and starvation — not joining the Union, a Confederate alliance, or a preemptive Army takeover — sparked the August 1862 outbreak (the U.S.–Dakota War).
During the Civil War federal annuity payments and promised food/supplies to the Dakota were delayed or diverted, and traders often refused credit; the Dakota faced hunger and desperation. Those broken treaty promises and starvation — not joining the Union, a Confederate alliance, or a preemptive Army takeover — sparked the August 1862 outbreak (the U.S.–Dakota War).
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