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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sitting Bull die?

2. Where do Santana and Big Tree go to attend peace talks?

3. Where was Kintpuash's tribe moved to by the US government?

4. In 1894 where does Geronimo go to live?

5. Who launches a campaign to move the Utes all the way to the Indian territory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Given the pressure which was growing to settle the West, and given the refusal of Indian tribes to give up their ways of life, how would you have dealt with your role if you had been a military of civilian leader in the West in the mid 1800s? Choose specific events out of the book and explain how you feel the situation could have been handled in some better way, or how you feel the situation was handled in the best way possible.

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