In 1875, who agreed to remove troops from the Black Hills after gold was discovered?
Grant, Belknap, and other members of Grant's administration
Abraham Lincoln and his administration
The Lakota
Gold miners
Answer
In 1875, President Ulysses S. Grant, Secretary of War William Belknap, and other members of Grant's administration agreed to remove troops from the Black Hills after gold was discovered there. This decision was met with outrage by Native Americans who had been living in the area for centuries, and led to the outbreak of the Great Sioux War.
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