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The Development of the West
In the summer of 1876, two dramatically different places captured the American nation’s attention. As the summer began, fairgoers in Philadelphia teemed into the Centennial Exhibition held to commemorate...
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Glossary Term – Event
Battle of Little Bighorn
In the war against western Sioux, General George Custer and more than two hundred of his men died along Montana’s Little Bighorn River at the hands of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors.
Glossary Term – Person
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse (1849–1877) was a Lakota leader who battled white settlement in the Black Hills of Dakota. In 1876, Crazy Horse fought at Little Bighorn, the battle initiated by American Lieutenant Colonel George Custer. In 1877, he was killed while resisting capture and imprisonment.