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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. What large group of Indians lived about a thousand miles north of the Navajo?
(a) The Comanche
(b) The Santee Sioux
(c) The Cheyenne
(d) the Ute

2. What do the white men call these 5 Sioux chiefs?
(a) The Sand Creek survivors
(b) The Friends of Lincoln
(c) The Outlaws of Cheyenne
(d) The Laramie Loafers

3. Big Mouth, Big Ribs, Eagle Foot, Whirlwind, and Little Crow are Sioux Chiefs sent to talk other chiefs into doing what?
(a) Moving on into Canada
(b) Coming to Fort Laramie
(c) Surrendering to General Connor
(d) Moving to the reservation

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

5. What fort do the Navajos attack in retaliation for troops destroying crops?
(a) Fort Apache
(b) Fort Defiance
(c) Fort Sumpter
(d) The Alamo

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Little Crow finally defeated?

2. How long does Red Cloud's war last?

3. What causes the Santee Sioux to want to leave the reservation?

4. In 1868 what does Red Cloud do?

5. What did the chief who visited Lincoln receive as a gift?

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