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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. One of the leaders of the Sioux warriors is a Hunkpapa chief named what?
(a) Red Cloud
(b) Little Horse
(c) Sitting Bull
(d) Dull Knife

3. What event does Manuelito challenge a US officer to compete in?
(a) A shooting match
(b) A horse race
(c) A duel
(d) A foot race

4. Which warrior refuses to attend thus stopping the talks?
(a) Man Afraid of his Horses
(b) Red Cloud
(c) Roman Nose
(d) Dull Knife

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

6. How long does Little Crow's War last?
(a) 1 month
(b) 6 months
(c) 1 year
(d) 1 week

7. What is the name of the reservation where the Navajo are forced to live?
(a) Bosque Redondo
(b) Fort Defiance
(c) Amarillo
(d) Qualla Indian Boundary

8. Along what river does Red Cloud want his people to reside?
(a) Colorado river
(b) Raccoon river
(c) Missouri river
(d) Platte river

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

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

11. 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) Winfield Scott
(b) US Grant
(c) Ely Parker
(d) William Sherman

12. Where does Roman Nose die?
(a) Powder River
(b) Arikaree Valley
(c) Washita River
(d) Little Big Horn River

13. How many Indian nations comprised the Iroquios?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 2

14. What did the chief who visited Lincoln receive as a gift?
(a) Nothing
(b) An American flag
(c) A silver dollar
(d) A musket

15. The Arapahos scatter and join in with some Sioux Indians, their total number is about how many warriors?
(a) 1000
(b) 50
(c) 100
(d) 400

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1868 what does Red Cloud do?

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

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

4. Most of the remaining Cheyennes Indians are removed to an area along what river?

5. Who led a private expedition into the Powder River region in 1865?

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