Decision TWO: GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER

• Ten years after the end of the civil war, many civil war officers turned their attention to war with the Indians out West. One such officer who served at Gettysburg and was present at Appomattox Courthouse was General George Armstrong Custer. 

• It came to the attention of the American authorities that the Black Hill Mountains sat on prosperous gold mines that could lead to tremendous prosperity for the United States. The complication was that the Black Hills were populated by the Sioux Indians, who weren’t willing to leave.

• You are of the opinion that you have the military and technological superiority to drive the Sioux from the region in order to take the territory and exploit the gold mines.

DECISION: Should you lead your troops against the Sioux in 1876?

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