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"Buffalo Soldiers" is a nickname originally bestowed upon the members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army by the Native American tribes they were fighting, the term eventually encompassed these units: * U.S. 9th Cavalry Regiment * U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment * 24th Infantry Regiment * 25th Infantry Regiment * 27th Cavalry Regiment * 28th Cavalry Regimen
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How did the us army affect the Native americans in the west?
The Native Americans were considered a foreign nation to the United States and the US Army fought them in the last quarter of the 1800s in order to use their lands for westward expansion.
What Native Americans served as scouts for the US army in the revolution?
The Apaches.
The last major conflict between the US Army and Native Americans took place at?
the battle of wounded knee
What did the American government do with the Native American populations after the army conquered them?
The Native Americans tried to defend their territory, but were not strong enough to protect themselves and their homes. They were either killed during the Indian Wars or moved to Indian Reservations. Even today many Native Americans still live on these Indian Reservations. The movement West displaced many Native Americans from their native homes. They were moved to Reservations that were often a long way from their native land. Not long after Congress herded the Native Americans onto Reservations, Congress enacted The Dawes Severalty Act (February 8, 1887) that deprived them of their legal status.
When did African Americans allowed to join the union army?
In 1862, Congress passed a law to allow African Americans to join the Union Army.
