Native American Leaders After the Civil War Quiz

Which Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux leader was a spiritual guide who led the victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

• Crazy Horse

• Geronimo

• Chief Joseph

• Sitting Bull

The Oglala Lakota warrior famous for refusing to be photographed and who is now honored with a massive mountain carving is...

• Standing Bear

• Crazy Horse

• Geronimo

• Sitting Bull

Geronimo was a famed medicine man and leader of which tribe?

• Ponca

• Nez Perce

• Hunkpapa Lakota

• Bedonkohe Apache

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce is best known for what incredible feat?

• Defeating General Custer at the Little Bighorn.

• Leading his people on a 1,170-mile fighting retreat toward Canada.

• Winning the right for Native Americans to be considered "persons."

• Signing the Fort Laramie Treaty.

What was Standing Bear's reason for leaving the reservation, which led to his arrest?

• He was leading a war party.

• He was going to a Ghost Dance ceremony.

• He was taking his deceased son to their ancestral homeland for burial.

• He was hunting buffalo off-reservation.

What precious metal was discovered in the Black Hills, leading the U.S. to break the Fort Laramie Treaty?

• Silver

• Copper

• Gold

• Iron

The Dawes Act of 1887 authorized the U.S. government to do what?

• Create larger, more secure reservations.

• Break up communal tribal lands into individual plots.

• Protect the buffalo from extinction.

• Grant all Native Americans immediate U.S. citizenship.

Approximately how many acres of land did Native American tribes lose as a result of the Dawes Act?

• 10 million

• 50 million

• Over 90 million

• 1 million

The landmark case Standing Bear v. Crook established what crucial legal precedent?

• Treaties could be broken if gold were found.

• An Indian was a "person" with rights under the law.

• The buffalo were protected animals.

• Native Americans could not own land.

How was Sitting Bull killed?

• He was executed by the U.S. Army.

• He died of starvation in Canada.

• He was shot and killed during an arrest attempt.

• He died of old age on the reservation.