History of the United States II / Unit 2 USH2 0177 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Gold in the Black Hills
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The idea
An American expedition discovered gold in the Black Hills in eighteen seventy-four, inside land the eighteen sixty-eight treaty had reserved for the Sioux.
In practice
Prospectors pouring into treaty land while officials pressed the Sioux for a new treaty.
Where people slip
General Philip Sheridan quietly moved troops into the region. The Yawp says clashes between soldiers and warriors followed.
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