History GCSE
Conflict
What Conflict means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Conflict
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Escalated on the Plains as white settlement encroached on Indigenous lands, with Little Crow's War, the Sand Creek Massacre and Red Cloud's War as examples.
Topics that use Conflict
- Option P3: Key topic 2: Development of the Plains, c1862–c1876 - 3 Changes in the ways of life of Indigenous peoples of the Plains (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Assimilation
- Broken treaties
- Cultural destruction
- Environmental change
- Government policy
- Impact on Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous resistance
- Military strategy
Using Conflict in the exam
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