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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. Who went to visit Abraham Lincoln in Washington?
(a) Little Crow
(b) Crazy Horse
(c) Red Cloud
(d) Sitting Bull

2. Why did more federal troops come to the Colorado area in the mid to late 1860s?
(a) To hunt for Confederate soldiers
(b) To open up more forts
(c) To build a railroad
(d) To hunt down renegade indians

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

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

5. Cochise's tribe is offered protection at what fort?
(a) Fort Wise
(b) Fort Tularosa
(c) Fort Apache
(d) Fort Defiance

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Manuelito cheated in this event?

3. Some Cheyennes and Arapaho Indians move into what part of Kansas to hunt?

4. When Cochise falls deathly ill, who tries to save him?

5. Cochise is a chief for what tribe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly explain who Mangas Colorado is?

2. What is particularly ominous about the intentions of General Connor?

3. What attitude does General Sheridan take towards the Indians and their way of life?

4. Why did many Indian tribes side with England during the Revolutionary War and again in the War of 1812?

5. Briefly describe the events surrounding the horse race between Chief Manuelito and the US soldier.

6. In what way is the story of Lean Bear similar to that of Little Crow?

7. How does the way Red Cloud deals with the Sawyer party contrast with the intentions of General Connor?

8. What happens to most of the Apaches after the death of Cochise?

9. What tactic does the US Army employ to try to get the Navajo Indians to move to the reservation?

10. Why was the election of U. S. Grant seen as a good thing for in plight of the American Indians?

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