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wars with Native Americans. During 1860, Americans kept on migrating throughout the Great Plains to get more land and discover gold, silver, and other minerals. There was a land called the Black Hills that was considered sacred by many Native Americans. In 1875 the U.S. government opened up the land to allow gold mining. The Native Americans who inhabited that land refused to leave, so the U.S. military decided to relocate them using force. Military general Custer troops decided not to follow the specific orders that the U.S. military made and attacked a Cheyenne village. Many of his men including Custer died. As revenge the U.S. military came, and forced the Cheyenne and Sioux onto reservations. Another reason they wanted the land was because …show more content…

Thanks to no government interventions businesses were able to help improve the economy by playing by no rules and doing what they see fit. While businesses grew, the working class struggled to survive. Farmers who were once living comfortably soon faced a wall as they struggled to sell things in the market. More Americans got involved in politics during this age but the government was so corrupted that their votes didn’t matter. Positions in the government would be sold and votes would be bought. This was also the age with the forgettable presidents because they didn’t do anything. While the presidents weren’t that special some of them did make a couple awful laws that excluded immigrants. Many people disliked immigrants because they felt that they were taking away jobs and making jobs lower wages. It came to a point that the U.S. created immigration stations. While the government continued to do little to no work, they continued to push Native Americans off their land. The government they would murder and move immigrants whenever they felt like it. The government intervened only when it came to pleasing themselves meanwhile they let businesses do what they

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