Little Big Horn

      The battle of Little Big Horn, also known as Custer's last stance, took place on June 25 to June 26, 1876. It was very short battle that only took a day to finish, however, this battle is remembered as one of the most important battle in american history. There are still ongoing debates about who and what is the actual cause of this war. According to American Anthem (Holt), it is US government that started the Battle of Little Bighorn because they were the ones who had been constantly pushed the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho to leave. It is arguable that that the Sioux were the ones that pulled the trigger looking at document A written by J.D. Cameron, secretary of war, that it is Sioux's full responsibility to take claim of the war. While the textbook describes the war from a standardized point of view therefore does not explain the significance of the war in detail and doesn't take any stance. However document A is quite racist therefore stereotypical because it is written from a secretary of war who is 100% for the nation. Document B would be the most neutral document out of all three because it is a exert from an interview. The primary cause for Custer's last stance would be the US government yet I believe that it was really the Sioux fault for letting this war take place. Because Sioux and two other tribes were the ones to pull the actual trigger. The US government are the ones that cause them to attack them but it was the native americans that attacked the group of americans.
 Since general Custer lost in very short amount of time and did not gain anything from the war, it is most likely that the government would have tried to cover this event up by wrapping it nicely blaming it all on the Indians. I am pretty sure that for very long period of time, many have believed that the government was the only innocent victim of this incident. However documents such as interview with the natives left the record that this wasn't the only case.

Emancipation Proclamation

Does President Lincoln deserve to be called the Great Emancipator?

I believe that president Lincoln does not deserve to be called the Great Emancipator. The definition of emancipation is  to free from restraint, influence, or the like. or to free (a slave) from bondage. Which is a good definition to give under Lincoln's name because his proclamations were very strong and it was through Lincoln's strong position on abolition of slavery that allowed . Lincoln's strong positions were that he was going to free the slaves no matter what. However unfortunately, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in the year 1865. The law that emancipated the slaves was created after the assassination of Lincoln therefore it wasn't Lincoln that freed the slaves as a result. The passing of 13 amendment (Document A) legally freed the slaves however those freed man were not actually not free at all even after the amendment passed the court. 
Document C strongly shows that followed up by document B. To be free is to be able to do what they want to do with no restriction and have right of their own. However these free man didn't have any of these. Lincoln only proclaimed the right of all men in the United States but couldn't let all the slaves be completely free until way later in history.