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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. In 1871 what Apache chief is killed?

2. Most of the Apache have moved to reservations or have left Arizona by what year?

3. Where does the author, Dee Brown say the Indians learned their savage practices?

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. During what war was Tecumseh killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does General Hancock predict will lead to more whites intruding on Indian territory?

2. What is the most significant event that follows the failed treaty conference?

3. Who is Kit Carson different from other soldiers who deal with the Navajos?

4. What is unique about Meeker's approach?

5. What happens in 1858 that changes the status of the treaties between the Cheyennes and the white men?

6. How does Edward Wynkoop try to help the Indians?

7. What ultimately happens to Little Crow?

8. In what way is the story of Lean Bear similar to that of Little Crow?

9. How does the repeated government actions establishing "permanent Indian territory" characterize a deep rooted problem with relationships between the United States and and the Indian tribes?

10. Who is Standing Bear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Given the pressure which was growing to settle the West, and given the refusal of Indian tribes to give up their ways of life, how would you have dealt with your role if you had been a military of civilian leader in the West in the mid 1800s? Choose specific events out of the book and explain how you feel the situation could have been handled in some better way, or how you feel the situation was handled in the best way possible.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the differences in how whites and Indians viewed land ownership and how these two views are in conflict with each other. Explain how the Indian view help to lead to the removal of the Indians.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the events surrounding the battle of the Little Big Horn brought about the closing chapter on the fate of the Plains Indians.

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