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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which tribe listed below was not living in the Southeast region of the US when their land was taken?
(a) Seminole
(b) Creek
(c) Iroquois
(d) Chickasaw

2. What large group of Indians lived about a thousand miles north of the Navajo?
(a) The Cheyenne
(b) The Santee Sioux
(c) the Ute
(d) The Comanche

3. During what war was Tecumseh killed?
(a) War of 1812
(b) 100 Years War
(c) French and Indian War
(d) Revolutionary War

4. Who declared that all land west of the Mississippi was Indian land?
(a) Andrew Johnson
(b) John Adams
(c) John Quincy Adams
(d) Andrew Jackson

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What declaration did Colorado's governor, John Evans make?

3. What famous scout gains the trust of the Navajo?

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

5. Red Cloud and Dull Knife do what with James Sawyers?

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