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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Powder River Invasion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event brought in an unexpected influx of white men to Colorado in 1858?
(a) Opening the Denver mint
(b) Buffalo hunting
(c) Pike's Peak gold rush
(d) California gold rush

2. Why did more federal troops come to the Colorado area in the mid to late 1860s?
(a) To hunt for Confederate soldiers
(b) To hunt down renegade indians
(c) To build a railroad
(d) To open up more forts

3. What is the name of the Wampanoag chief who was killed in 1675?
(a) King Phillip
(b) Tecumseh
(c) Captain Jack
(d) Red Cloud

4. Who absolves many of the Santee Sioux of their war crimes?
(a) Andrew Jackson
(b) Andrew Johnson
(c) William Sherman
(d) Abraham Lincoln

5. What fort do the Navajos attack in retaliation for troops destroying crops?
(a) Fort Sumpter
(b) Fort Defiance
(c) The Alamo
(d) Fort Apache

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tribe listed below was not living in the Southeast region of the US when their land was taken?

2. What US general declared war on the Navajo and Apache?

3. What fort is involved in Little Crow's War?

4. Who turns their backs on John Bent?

5. During what war was Tecumseh killed?

(see the answer key)

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