- 1. In what year did Custer's Last Stand take place?
A) 1876
B) 1881
C) 1865
D) 1898
- 2. Which regiment did Custer command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
A) 10th Dragoon
B) 1st Infantry
C) 7th Cavalry
D) 3rd Artillery
- 3. Who was Custer's second in command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
A) Major Marcus Reno
B) General George Meade
C) Colonel Philip Sheridan
D) Chief Joseph
- 4. What is the common nickname for the event in which Custer fell at Little Bighorn?
A) Custer's Folly
B) Custer's Last Stand
C) Custer's Retreat
D) Custer's Triumph
- 5. Which Native American leader famously said 'I will fight no more forever' during a different conflict?
A) Chief Joseph
B) Crazy Horse
C) Sitting Bull
D) Red Cloud
- 6. What was the military rank of George Armstrong Custer at the time of his death?
A) Captain
B) Brigadier General
C) Lieutenant Colonel
D) Major
- 7. Before joining the Union Army during the Civil War, Custer attended which military academy?
A) Citadel
B) West Point
C) Annapolis
D) Virginia Military Institute
- 8. Where did Custer graduate in his class at West Point?
A) 34th
B) 1st
C) 50th
D) Last
- 9. Which famous Sioux warrior and chief led his people in the Battle of the Little Bighorn but was killed later during arrest?
A) Rain-in-the-Face
B) Crazy Horse
C) Gall
D) Sitting Bull
- 10. In which state did the Battle of Little Bighorn take place?
A) South Dakota
B) Colorado
C) Montana
D) Wyoming
- 11. Who led the US Army at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand?
A) George Armstrong Custer
B) Chief Joseph
C) Crazy Horse
D) Sitting Bull
- 12. At which river did Custer's Last Stand occur?
A) Little Bighorn River
B) Ohio River
C) Missouri River
D) Colorado River
- 13. Who was the US President at the time of Custer's Last Stand?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Rutherford B. Hayes
D) Andrew Johnson
- 14. Before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer split his forces, dividing them into how many battalions?
A) 5
B) 3
C) 2
D) 4
- 15. Where was George Armstrong Custer born?
A) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
B) Nashville, Tennessee
C) Boston, Massachusetts
D) New Rumley, Ohio
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