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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dance of the Ghosts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event led to a widespread invasion of the West by white men?
(a) California Gold rush
(b) Oklahoma Claims
(c) Lewis and Clark Expedition
(d) Cattle Drives

2. How does Chief Santana die?
(a) He jumps from a prison hospital window
(b) He dies of old age on the reservation
(c) He is killed by Lone Wolf
(d) He is killed in a raid on Fort Richardson

3. Who is the Indian agent who develops a plan to move the Utes to a reservation?
(a) Denver
(b) Meeker
(c) Stuart
(d) Sutton

4. What chief works to keep the Indians in the Black Hills at peace with the soldiers?
(a) Crazy Horse
(b) Sitting Bull
(c) Red Cloud
(d) Kicking Bird

5. What item of clothing are followers of the Ghost Dance supposed to possess?
(a) Ghost hats
(b) Ghost gloves
(c) Ghost shirts
(d) Ghost shoes

Short Answer Questions

1. Cochise's tribe is offered protection at what fort?

2. The Navajo said of one white man, "his name reaches the sky." Who does this refer to?

3. What happens to Standing Bear when he refuses to sign a treaty with the government?

4. After a treaty meeting between US soldiers and Cheyennes chief's this man said, " I felt myself in the presence of superior beings:"

5. Why did more federal troops come to the Colorado area in the mid to late 1860s?

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