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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Red Cloud's War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who turns their backs on John Bent?
(a) The Cheyenne nation
(b) His Indian wife
(c) The US soldiers
(d) His own sons

2. What is the name of the Fort where the Santee Sioux are kept until they are finally put on a reservation?
(a) Fort Sherman
(b) Fort Snelling
(c) Fort Defiance
(d) Fort Ridgely

3. In 1868 what does Red Cloud do?
(a) Leaves the Powder River territory
(b) Agrees to a peace treaty
(c) Attacks Fort Laramie
(d) Moves into Canada

4. What is Manifest Destiny?
(a) The idea that the white man was destined to control from sea to shining sea
(b) The idea that Native Americans are the
(c) The idea that Native Americans would conquer the white man
(d) The idea that Mexico would one day be part of the US

5. What ultimately happens after the Navajo discover they have been cheated?
(a) Chief Manuelito is hanged
(b) Chief Manuelito's prize horse is butchered
(c) The soldiers run the Navajo out of the fort
(d) The soldiers kill all of the Navajo

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What event does Manuelito challenge a US officer to compete in?

3. What famous chief was leading the Navaho nation in 1860?

4. What event brought in an unexpected influx of white men to Colorado in 1858?

5. What fort do the Navajos attack in retaliation for troops destroying crops?

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