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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What Cheyennes chief tries to negotiate a truce in the increasing conflict?
(a) Black Kettle
(b) Crazy Horse
(c) Sitting Bull
(d) Lean Bear

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

5. Where is Little Crow finally defeated?
(a) The Little Big Horn River
(b) The Rio Grande River
(c) The Washita River
(d) The Yellow Medicine River

6. Where does the author, Dee Brown say the Indians learned their savage practices?
(a) From Spanish explorers
(b) From tribes to the north
(c) Ffrom the white soldiers
(d) From English settlers

7. Cochise finally reaches an agreement with what US General?
(a) General Howard
(b) General Taylor
(c) General Wise
(d) General Hood

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

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

10. Cochise is a chief for what tribe?
(a) Arapaho
(b) Santee Sioux
(c) Chiracahua Apache
(d) Nez Perce

11. 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 Battle of the Powder River and the Little Big Horn Mountain
(d) The Massacre at Sand Creek

12. Most of the remaining Cheyennes Indians are removed to an area along what river?
(a) Washita river
(b) Colorado river
(c) Arkansas river
(d) Rio Grande river

13. Big Mouth, Big Ribs, Eagle Foot, Whirlwind, and Little Crow are Sioux Chiefs sent to talk other chiefs into doing what?
(a) Surrendering to General Connor
(b) Moving to the reservation
(c) Moving on into Canada
(d) Coming to Fort Laramie

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Name the chief who said the following statement: "The Cheyennes do not break their word."

2. What is the name of the Fort where the Santee Sioux are kept until they are finally put on a reservation?

3. In 1865 what US General was preparing a new military initiative against the Indians near the Black Hills?

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

5. Why is a treaty not signed at Fort Laramie?

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