Red Cloud’s War began because the US government

Red Cloud’s War began over U.S. efforts to establish a route through Sioux hunting grounds, which threatened the Sioux’s access to their land and resources. Historically, the route was the Bozeman Trail, not a railroad, but choice B is the closest match. The war was not caused by the government keeping a peace treaty or by soldiers hunting bison.

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