What Made the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado So

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Multiple Choice

What made the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado so atrocious?

• A) Most of the victims were defenseless Cheyenne women and children whose bodies were scalped and mutilated.
• B) Federal agents intentionally gave the Cheyenne tribe blankets infected with smallpox, which led to many deaths in a short amount of time.
• C) Over 800 Cheyenne men were gunned down while they were hunting buffalo.
• D) Colonel John M. Chivington's entire military force was ambushed and killed by Cheyenne warriors.

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