What central idea about the government of the united states is expressed in the 1879 speech by chief joseph? a) the government has mis-understood the wishes of the american indians. b) the government has not even been willing to listen to the american indians. c) the government has made many false promises to the american indians. d) the government can never lessen the pain suffered by the american indians.

C) The government has made many false promises to the American Indians.

Explanation:

Born in Wallowa Valley, Oregon Territory, Chief Joseph was the chief of Nez Perces (nose-pierced Indians). A treaty was forged between the father of Chief Joseph and white settlers to create a reservation. But when Gold was discovered there conflict became unavoidable. In 1877  to avoid war, he agreed for a resettlement plan but before that happened, his band members killed some white settlers and there began the most memorable retreat in the history of America. His surrender in October 1877 was followed by two famous speeches one 1877 and one 1879, in which he addressed the issues with the U.S government.

one of the major compromises in the constitutional convention was between the small states and big states. the small states wanted each state to have the same number of representatives in congress. the big states wanted representation based on population.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: