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Custer’s Last Stand can be described as neither a massacre nor a well-planned battle. For the United States Army, it was an embarrassing and tragic defeat. For the Sioux Indians, it was their last great victory before being permanently pressed into submission. On June 25, 1876, General Custer led his 7th Calvary towards what he thought was a small group of Indian warriors. The encampment was actually a major Sioux stronghold vastly outnumbering the men of the 7th Cavalry. Custer’s men hopelessly fought the great warriors of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse for two days. The conflict nearly annihilated Custer’s men and killed General Custer, his two brothers, his nephew, and his brother-in-law. The Battle of Little Big Horn secured Custer’s place in history and represents the last stand of the Sioux nation and its courageous chiefs.

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War and famine are generally associated with the loss of millions of lives. However, the influenza epidemic of 1918 killed more human beings than World War I altogether. One fifth of the world’s population was infected by the virus. It killed more people than any other disease on record. The flu not only infected children and the elderly, but also young adults who would typically survive diseases of this kind. The deaths of so many youth contributed to the “Lost Generation” after World War I, resulting in new movements within the 1920s culture. The influenza epidemic has great historical significance, for it was not only a great tragedy, but also resulted in social changes throughout the world.

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