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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 1868 what does Red Cloud do?
(a) Agrees to a peace treaty
(b) Moves into Canada
(c) Attacks Fort Laramie
(d) Leaves the Powder River territory

3. Under what President did Donehogawa serve?
(a) Johnson
(b) Jackson
(c) Lincoln
(d) Grant

4. When Cochise falls deathly ill, who tries to save him?
(a) An Apache medicine man
(b) A Doctor from Reno, Nevada
(c) A US Army Surgeon
(d) A Mormon missionary

5. What is the name of the Fort where the Santee Sioux are kept until they are finally put on a reservation?
(a) Fort Snelling
(b) Fort Sherman
(c) Fort Ridgely
(d) Fort Defiance

6. What ultimately happens after the Navajo discover they have been cheated?
(a) Chief Manuelito's prize horse is butchered
(b) The soldiers run the Navajo out of the fort
(c) Chief Manuelito is hanged
(d) The soldiers kill all of the Navajo

7. What is Manifest Destiny?
(a) The idea that the white man was destined to control from sea to shining sea
(b) The idea that Mexico would one day be part of the US
(c) The idea that Native Americans would conquer the white man
(d) The idea that Native Americans are the

8. 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

9. 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 Battle of the Washita
(b) Battle of Tongue River that happened in the Moon when Geese shed their Feathers
(c) The Massacre at Sand Creek
(d) The Battle of the Powder River and the Little Big Horn Mountain

10. One character is chapter has a name which means "Keeper of the Western Door of the Long House of the Iroquois." Who is this?
(a) William Sherman
(b) Ely Parker
(c) Winfield Scott
(d) US Grant

11. How long does Red Cloud's war last?
(a) About 2 years
(b) About 6 months
(c) About 10 years
(d) About 1 month

12. What event led to a widespread invasion of the West by white men?
(a) Lewis and Clark Expedition
(b) California Gold rush
(c) Cattle Drives
(d) Oklahoma Claims

13. Where does Red Cloud insist his people should be allowed to trade?
(a) Fort Connor
(b) Fort Wise
(c) Fort Snelling
(d) Fort Laramie

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The chiefs are asked to come and meet with yet another white general to talk about peace, who is this person?

4. At what location are most of the Cheyennes Indians massacred?

5. After a treaty meeting between US soldiers and Cheyennes chief's this man said, " I felt myself in the presence of superior beings:"

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