Manifest Destiny — Unit test

Question 6 • WV-US Studies

Which of the following best explains why the Colorado militia launched a campaign against American Indians in the 1860s?

Answer

The American Indians had killed about 200 troops in the bloody Battle of Little Bighorn.

White settlers believed that the American Indians were planning an uprising in the territory.

The American Indians had begun to engage in Ghost Dance rituals that frightened settlers.

White settlers believed that the American Indians would not honor the Treaty of Fort Laramie.

Explanation

In the 1860s, Colorado settlers and officials feared that American Indians were preparing an uprising, and the Colorado militia launched a campaign amid those fears. The other events do not fit the timing: the Battle of Little Bighorn occurred in 1876, and Ghost Dance rituals became a major source of settler fear much later, around 1890.

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