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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the reservation where the Navajo are forced to live?

2. Who was chief of the Wdewkantons?

3. At what location are most of the Cheyennes Indians massacred?

4. What is the name of the Wampanoag chief who was killed in 1675?

5. What does the term "Iron Horse" refer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What turned Cochise from a peaceful Indian to a notorious renegade?

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

3. Why was the way that Red Cloud traveled to Washington so ironic?

4. What ultimately happens to Little Crow?

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

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

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

8. How does Edward Wynkoop try to help the Indians?

9. What does Sitting Bull do that leads to several years of peace with the white man?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did prejudice and a lack of understanding and appreciation of the Indian way of life play in the evolving policies of the white government during the years of struggle to remove the Indians so that whites could settle our country? Give examples and fully explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the idea of Manifest Destiny and discuss how this idea played a part in the removal of all Indian civilizations.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the basic tenets of the Ghost Dance religion. Why do you think this religion was seen as such a threat by whites? How did this religion help and/or hinder the plight of the Indians.

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