What happened as a result of the Sand Creek Massacre?

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Americans began to think that taking land from Indians was wrong and
that they should be allowed to live peacefully on reservations.
Many Americans feared Indians more because they saw that Indians
were willing to kill large numbers of settlers.
The Indians in Sand Creek were successful in holding on to the land
they defended for a while longer.
The U.S. government came to condemn the incident because so many
women and children were murdered.

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The most accurate statement regarding the aftermath of the Sand Creek Massacre is:

The U.S. government came to condemn the incident because so many women and children were murdered.

The Sand Creek Massacre, which occurred in November 1864, involved the killing of a significant number of Cheyenne and Arapaho people, including many women and children, by U.S. Army troops. The brutality of the attack garnered widespread condemnation and increased tensions between Native Americans and settlers, leading to more conflict in the following years.

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