Question

The significance of the Battle of Wounded Knee was that______________.
A. It dramatically showed the failure of the Dawes Act.
B. It led to a movement by natives to move to Canada where there was no such governmental prosecution of the native.
C. It showed the importance of railroads in bringing troops quickly to save US Army men pinned down after a weeks-long siege.
D. It was the last major military encounter between the Plains Native and the United States Army.

Answer 1

Hint: The Battle of Wounded Knee was also known as the Wounded Knee Massacre. It was a domestic massacre of 300 Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army.

Complete answer: The Battle of Wounded Knee occurred on December 29, 1890, at Wounded Knee Creek in the Lakota region in the US state of South Dakota which resulted in an attempt to disarm the Lakota camp.
It was believed that one of the men was reluctant to give up his rifle claiming that he had paid for it and there was another man who was performing a ritual of the ghost dance. In retaliation, the US Army shot native Americans and by the time the massacre was over more than 250 men, women and children of the Lakota had been killed.
 Looking at the options given:
Option A. Dawes act of 1887 gave the right to the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning into individual plots but it was a failed attempt as it ended natives tradition of farming. It is an incorrect option.
Option B. It is an incorrect option because after the battle of wounded knees 300 people died instead of migrating.
Option C. It is also an incorrect option.
Option D. This is the correct answer as it was the last major military encounter between the Plains native and the United States army.
Therefore, option D is the right answer.

Note: Because of the 1890 camp the US Army awarded 20 medals of honour which is the highest commendation but in 2001 the National Congress of American Indians passed a resolution condemning the medals of honour award.