Match each event with its description.

practice battle of the little bighorn

wounded knee massacre

sand creek massacre

a. u. s. soldiers surrounded this camp made up of mostly women and children and slaughtered them.

b. after a shot was fired, soldiers killed about 300 native americans, all because the military became fearful when they saw the lakotas perform a ghost dance.

c. this was a victory for the native americans led by sioux chief sitting bull.

here are some events that to cause increased conflict between the north and south

1) mexican cession- gaining modern day california, utah, arizona, and new mexico from mexico. caused southern and northern politicians to fight over whether or not there would be slavery in these newly acquired territories.

2) uncle tom's cabin- this famous book described the cruelty of slavery in the south during the antebellum period, causing more northerners to support abolition and southerners to resent the book as they felt it unfairly depicted southern society.

3) kansas- nebraska act- disagreements over whether or not kansas and nebraska would be free or slave states caused issues between northern and southern politicians in congress.

4) bleeding kansas- this fighting took place in kansas after congress allowed this territory to vote on whether or not they would have slavery. citizens were killed and buildings were destroyed during this fighting.