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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 is Cochise's father in law?
(a) Mangas Colorado
(b) Geronimo
(c) Manuelito
(d) Baja California

2. What declaration did Colorado's governor, John Evans make?
(a) It was legal for any soldier to kill any indian
(b) It was legal for any white man to kill any hostile indian
(c) It was illegal for any indian to kill any white man
(d) It was illegal for any indian to reside in Colorado

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Cochise's tribe is allowed to go live in what area?

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

3. Who said, "When the white man comes in my country he leaves a trail of blood."?

4. Who receives the credit for naming Native Americans "Indians?"

5. Why do the Sioux move into the Black Hills?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did European ideas about land ownership and the sovereignty of the crown conflict with the Native American ideas about the use of the land?

3. Who is Hooker Jim?

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

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

6. What is unique about Meeker's approach?

7. What happens when some Cheyenne are allowed to leave the reservation in search of buffalo?

8. Who is Standing Bear?

9. How does the repeated government actions establishing "permanent Indian territory" characterize a deep rooted problem with relationships between the United States and and the Indian tribes?

10. Who is Kit Carson different from other soldiers who deal with the Navajos?

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