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Ch 9 U.S. Dakota War

Quiz by Scott Burns

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  • Q1
    Saved and protected Mary Schwandt during the Dakota War
    John Other Day
    Wounded Man
    Good Star Woman
    Snana
    20s
  • Q2
    Called Dutch Charley resident of Cottonwood County
    Charles Petra
    Charles Zierke
    Charles Van Ede
    Charley Goodard
    20s
  • Q3
    Fled 75 miles to safety with two small boys
    Alomina Gerhard
    Alomina Hurd
    Alomina Davis
    Alomina Cash
    20s
  • Q4
    Dakota group adapting white ways in Minnesota
    Educated Dakota
    Farm Dakota
    Traditional Dakota
    Pleasant Dakota
    20s
  • Q5
    Created for caring for U.S. Dakota relations
    Upper Sioux and Lower Sioux Agencies
    Northern agency and Southern agency
    Dakota Agency and Ojibwe Agency
    Western agency and Eastern agency
    20s
  • Q6
    Dakota were exiled here after the war
    Eagle Creek
    Turkey Creek
    Crow Creek
    Buzzard Creek
    20s
  • Q7
    Main reasons the Dakota went to war in 1862
    Hunger and broken promises
    Whites destroying Dakota crops
    Government threats
    Kidnapping of Dakota youth
    20s
  • Q8
    Indian Agent that pushed for assimilation
    Thomas Riggs
    Thomas Worthington
    Thomas Carnahan
    Thomas Galbraith
    20s
  • Q9
    Trader that helped start the war by refusing the Dakota food
    Andrew Knottingham
    Andrew Riggs
    Andrew Worthington
    Andrew Myrick
    20s
  • Q10
    missionaries at the Lower Sioux Agency
    Samuel Hinman and John Williamson
    Samuel Hinman and John Huss
    Samuel Hinman and John Smith
    Samuel Hinman and John Carpenter
    20s
  • Q11
    traders at agencies cut this off in 1862
    Credit
    Cash sales
    business hours
    short term loans
    20s
  • Q12
    Big problem with the government's annuity payments
    Lateness
    the government kept losing money
    Thieves stole the government money
    on time
    20s
  • Q13
    Argued against war, but agreed to fight
    Little Crow
    Little Six
    Big Eagle
    Shakopee
    20s
  • Q14
    First killings in the U.S. Dakota War happened here
    Acton
    Fulda
    Worthington
    West Brook
    20s
  • Q15
    larger town the Dakota tried to take
    Mankato
    St. Paul
    Owatonna
    New Ulm
    20s

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