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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sioux call the Black Hills?

2. According to Chapter 20, what two Sioux leaders were jealous of each other?

3. Who is Medicine Bill?

4. One of the boys who listened to Crazy Horse tell stories became a famous holy man. Who was it?

5. Who does Crazy Horse marry in 1872?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the real purpose of inviting Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, and other Indian leaders to Washington in 1870?

2. How does Sitting Bull describe Custer's death?

3. Sitting Bull is referred to as the most famous Native American ever. Why?

4. What did Crazy Horse's friend, He Dog, decide to do before the battle at Rosebud?

5. In Chapter 21, the author relates that large numbers of Native Americans are leaving the agencies in 1875. There were "almost as many motives for going north as there were Indians making the trek." What are some of the reasons?

6. Why was Custer's desertion rate in Kansas so high?

7. Crazy Horse becomes a leader of a band of Sioux in Chapter 20. Explain what this means.

8. What happened in 1840 when some Sioux brought yellow nuggets of gold to Father De Smet?

9. Describe Little Bighorn.

10. By the spring of 1866, what progress has been made on the railroads, and what are the future plans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the economic depression of 1873. Contrast it with a later economic depression in the United States.

Essay Topic 2

Libbie Bacon is described as a progressive woman. Discuss why the author states this. Do you agree? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Both Crazy Horse and Custer came from patriarchal societies. Discuss the effect this had on both men.

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