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    AA America, 1840–1895: Expansion and consolidation - Part two: Conflict across America — AQA GCSE History

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    1. Increasing conflict on the Plains: the Fort Laramie Treaty (1851) and the failure of the policy of concentration; the Indian Wars (1862–1867): reasons for and consequences of the Wars; Sand Creek Massacre; Fetterman's Trap.

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