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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Name the chief who said the following statement: "The Cheyennes do not break their word."
(a) Chief Sitting Bull
(b) Chief Lean Bear
(c) Chief One Eye
(d) Chief Black Kettle

2. One of the Sioux's most famous warriors during the Powder River encounters goes by what name?
(a) Captain Jack
(b) Roman Nose
(c) Chief Joseph
(d) Little Horse

3. Cochise's tribe is offered protection at what fort?
(a) Fort Defiance
(b) Fort Tularosa
(c) Fort Wise
(d) Fort Apache

4. What government position does Donehogawa hold?
(a) Commissioner of Indian Affairs
(b) Secretary of State
(c) War Secretary
(d) Secretary of the Interior

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

6. What did the relocation of the Cherokee to Oklahoma become known as?
(a) Sorrowful Trail
(b) Chisholm Trail
(c) Buncombe Turnpike
(d) Trail of Tears

7. Who is Cochise's father in law?
(a) Geronimo
(b) Baja California
(c) Mangas Colorado
(d) Manuelito

8. What declaration did Colorado's governor, John Evans make?
(a) It was legal for any soldier to kill any indian
(b) It was legal for any white man to kill any hostile indian
(c) It was illegal for any indian to kill any white man
(d) It was illegal for any indian to reside in Colorado

9. News of what event angers Roman Nose?
(a) The establishment of a new fort
(b) The establishment of a cattle drive
(c) The assasination of Abraham Lincoln
(d) The establishment of a new stagecoach line

10. Who led a private expedition into the Powder River region in 1865?
(a) John Clark
(b) Patrick Connor
(c) John Bent
(d) James Sawyers

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

12. Who was the great Shawnee chief?
(a) Tsali
(b) Crazy Horse
(c) Tecumseh
(d) Sequoyah

13. Whose comment became the famous phrase, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian"?
(a) General Custer
(b) General Sheridan
(c) General Hancock
(d) General Sherman

14. In 1871 what Apache chief is killed?
(a) Geronimo
(b) Mangas Colorado
(c) Cochise
(d) Eskiminzin

15. How is Manuelito cheated in this event?
(a) His foot trail is longer
(b) His dueling gun is jammed
(c) The horse reins are cut
(d) His gun sights are changed

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Red Cloud's war last?

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

3. What does the term "Iron Horse" refer to?

4. What event in January of 1863 causes Cochise to go back on the war path?

5. What was located between the Pecos mountains and the Rio Grande?

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