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Closing Check: Red Cloud's speech after Wounded Knee

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Red Cloud?

a)

An important leader of the Oglala Lakota

b)

A U.S. Army general

c)

A famous cowboy

d)

A government official

2.

What did Red Cloud argue about those involved in the Ghost Dance movement?

a)

They were not proponents of violence

b)

They wanted war

c)

They were government officials

d)

They signed treaties

3.

What did Red Cloud hope for his people’s future?

a)

To be as independent as whites and have a voice in the Government

b)

To move to another country

c)

To become government officials

d)

To stop farming

4.

Why did Red Cloud say the game on which they lived was disappearing?

a)

Whites were closing around them

b)

The government took all the animals

c)

The land was flooded

d)

The game migrated to other states

5.

Why did the rations begin to be reduced according to the text?

a)

They said the people were lazy

b)

There was a drought

c)

The government was generous

d)

The ponies were returned

6.

What were the ponies supposed to be replaced with?

a)

Oxen and large horses

b)

Cows and sheep

c)

Dogs and cats

d)

Buffalo and deer

7.

How did the people feel about the census men’s report?

a)

Mocked in their misery

b)

Happy and satisfied

c)

Excited for change

d)

Thankful for help

8.

According to the speech, what did the starving Indian children experience?

a)

Joy and laughter

b)

Trembling and weakness

c)

Strength and energy

d)

Curiosity and playfulness

9.

What does Red Cloud say about the hope of the starving Indians?

a)

They had plenty of hope

b)

There was no hope on earth

c)

Hope was growing

d)

Hope was found in the soldiers

10.

What did the Native Americans hope to do when the soldiers came?

a)

Attack the soldiers

b)

Tell them their suffering and get help

c)

Hide from the soldiers

d)

Trade with the soldiers