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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who said, "When the white man comes in my country he leaves a trail of blood."?
(a) Roman Nose
(b) Sitting Bull
(c) Crazy Horse
(d) Red Cloud

3. At what fort did several Indian tribes sign a treaty reducing their lands?
(a) Fort Ridgely
(b) Fort Snelling
(c) Fort Defiance
(d) Fort Wise

4. What 2 chiefs does Donehogawa invite to Washington?
(a) Dull Knife and Sitting Bull
(b) Roman Nose and Little Horse
(c) Chief Joseph and Captain Jack
(d) Red Cloud and Spotted Tail

5. What is the most infamous battle of Red Cloud's war?
(a) The Donnor massacre
(b) The Connor massacre
(c) The Washita massacre
(d) The Fetterman massacre

6. 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 hunt for Confederate soldiers
(d) To open up more forts

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

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

9. What fort is involved in Little Crow's War?
(a) The Alamo
(b) Fort Apache
(c) Fort Ridgely
(d) Fort Pierce

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

11. Red Cloud and Dull Knife do what with James Sawyers?
(a) Run him out of their territory
(b) Kill and mutilate him
(c) Sign a temporary treaty
(d) Make him an honorary member of their tribe

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

13. After his days in government, what does Donehogawa do?
(a) Becomes as movie star
(b) Returns to the military
(c) Becomes wealthy as a New York businessman
(d) Moves out west to live with other indians

14. Who are Red Cloud, Man Afraid of his Horses, and Dull Knife?
(a) Three prominant Sioux warrior chiefs
(b) Three surviving Arapaho chiefs
(c) Three chiefs who betray the Sioux nation
(d) Sitting Bull's most famous followers

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Manuelito challenge a US officer to compete in?

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

3. What Indian chief always carried a flag and medals from President Lincoln because he thought that these would protect him?

4. Who does Roman Nose specifically refuse to meet with?

5. What famous scout gains the trust of the Navajo?

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