Why was wounded knee, south dakota, a significant place for american indians?
it was the site of a massacre of lakota sioux by us troops in 1890.
it was the focus of a broken treaty between the government and american indians.
it was the birthplace of community organizer cesar chavez.
it was where riots led by the american indian movement took place during the 1960s.

It was the site of a massacre of Lakota Sioux by US troops in 1890

Explanation:

Wovoka, a Paiute in western Nevada, had a famous delirium about a prophecy that would rescue the Indians and restore their lands. But in order to achieve this goal, the Indians must take up a ceremonial dance at each new moon. This message spread rapidly within the Lakota Sioux and their fervor manifestations alarmed the white authorities. They banned the dance on Lakota reservations, but this had little effect in the Indigenous side. The Wounded Knee massacre occurred on December 29, 1890, when an accidental rifle shooting ignited nervous soldiers to open fire against a group of Indians who had come to surrender themselves. The aftermath was catastrophic with almost 200 Indians murdered and 25 soldiers in the other side.

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.

sitting in that one chair where he could get shot at was his worst decision.