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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose comment became the famous phrase, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian"?
(a) General Hancock
(b) General Sherman
(c) General Sheridan
(d) General Custer

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

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

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

5. What Cheyennes warrior warns an Arapaho village of an impending attack by Connor's men?
(a) Little Tree
(b) Standing Deer
(c) Little Horse
(d) Dull Knife

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the white men call these 5 Sioux chiefs?

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

5. Along what river does Red Cloud want his people to reside?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe what caused the peace to breakdown between the Indians in the Black Hills and the whites in 1874.

2. What happens at Sand Creek that has long lasting consequences?

3. How does Custer deal with the Kiowa Indians?

4. Briefly summarize Little Crow's War.

5. What happens in 1858 that changes the status of the treaties between the Cheyennes and the white men?

6. What happens to the Santee Sioux after the death of Little Crow?

7. Briefly describe why Cheyennes are continually leaving the reservation?

8. What is the most significant event that follows the failed treaty conference?

9. Who is Edward R. S. Canby?

10. Who is Standing Bear?

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