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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who receives the credit for naming Native Americans "Indians?"
(a) Marco Polo
(b) John Cabot
(c) Christopher Columbus
(d) Andrew Jackson

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

4. The chiefs are asked to come and meet with yet another white general to talk about peace, who is this person?
(a) Winfield Scott Hancock
(b) William Henry Harrison
(c) William Tecumseh Sherman
(d) George Armstrong Custer

5. After a treaty meeting between US soldiers and Cheyennes chief's this man said, " I felt myself in the presence of superior beings:"
(a) General Sheridan
(b) Chief One Eye
(c) Major Wynkoop
(d) Chief Lean Bear

6. The Sioux warriors force the soldiers to retreat to what fort?
(a) Fort Snelling
(b) Fort Defiance
(c) Fort Wise
(d) Fort Connor

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

8. What event in January of 1863 causes Cochise to go back on the war path?
(a) He is lied to at a treaty conference
(b) The capture and death of Mangus Colorado
(c) The murder of his wife
(d) He is recaptured and imprisoned

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

10. Some Cheyennes and Arapaho Indians move into what part of Kansas to hunt?
(a) Smoky Hill
(b) Powder River
(c) Little Big Horn Mountain
(d) Black Hills

11. What famous scout gains the trust of the Navajo?
(a) Cochise
(b) Meriweather Lewis
(c) Bat Masterson
(d) Kit Carson

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

13. What Indian chief always carried a flag and medals from President Lincoln because he thought that these would protect him?
(a) Red Cloud
(b) Running Bear
(c) Lean Bear
(d) Sitting Bull

14. Why is a treaty not signed at Fort Laramie?
(a) The indians are incited by a speech by Sitting Bull
(b) The indians learn about a road planned for Powder River
(c) The indians are tricked by General Sherman
(d) The indians are massacred in the fort

15. When Roman Nose refuses to return to talk to Hancock what does Hancock do?
(a) Goes back to Washington
(b) Hangs several chiefs
(c) Atttacks unsuspecting villages
(d) Declares war on all indians

Short Answer Questions

1. What event brought in an unexpected influx of white men to Colorado in 1858?

2. How long does Little Crow's War last?

3. What fort do the Navajos attack in retaliation for troops destroying crops?

4. Cochise finally reaches an agreement with what US General?

5. Where are most of the warring Sioux at this time?

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