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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 name did the Arapaho give to the attack of Connor's men on the Arapaho village that resulted in the slaughter of 50 Indians?
(a) The Massacre at Sand Creek
(b) The Battle of the Powder River and the Little Big Horn Mountain
(c) Battle of Tongue River that happened in the Moon when Geese shed their Feathers
(d) The Battle of the Washita

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

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

4. What was the name by which many Indian tribes called Andrew Jackson?
(a) Gray Ghost
(b) Sharp Knife
(c) Old Hickory
(d) Long Hair

5. The Wdewkantons, the Wahpetons, the Wahpekutes, and the Sissetons make up what Indian nation?
(a) The Navajo
(b) the Apache
(c) The Comanche
(d) The Santee Sioux

Short Answer Questions

1. At what fort did several Indian tribes sign a treaty reducing their lands?

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

3. What white man tries to help the Cheyennes end their conflict with the soldiers?

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

5. What event led to a widespread invasion of the West by white men?

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