- 1. In what year did Custer's Last Stand take place?
A) 1881
B) 1865
C) 1898
D) 1876
- 2. Which regiment did Custer command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
A) 1st Infantry
B) 10th Dragoon
C) 3rd Artillery
D) 7th Cavalry
- 3. Who was Custer's second in command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
A) General George Meade
B) Colonel Philip Sheridan
C) Major Marcus Reno
D) Chief Joseph
- 4. What is the common nickname for the event in which Custer fell at Little Bighorn?
A) Custer's Last Stand
B) Custer's Folly
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) Red Cloud
B) Sitting Bull
C) Crazy Horse
D) Chief Joseph
- 6. What was the military rank of George Armstrong Custer at the time of his death?
A) Lieutenant Colonel
B) Captain
C) Brigadier General
D) Major
- 7. Before joining the Union Army during the Civil War, Custer attended which military academy?
A) Virginia Military Institute
B) Annapolis
C) West Point
D) Citadel
- 8. Where did Custer graduate in his class at West Point?
A) 50th
B) Last
C) 1st
D) 34th
- 9. Which famous Sioux warrior and chief led his people in the Battle of the Little Bighorn but was killed later during arrest?
A) Gall
B) Rain-in-the-Face
C) Crazy Horse
D) Sitting Bull
- 10. In which state did the Battle of Little Bighorn take place?
A) Colorado
B) South Dakota
C) Wyoming
D) Montana
- 11. Who led the US Army at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand?
A) Chief Joseph
B) Sitting Bull
C) Crazy Horse
D) George Armstrong Custer
- 12. At which river did Custer's Last Stand occur?
A) Ohio River
B) Little Bighorn River
C) Missouri River
D) Colorado River
- 13. Who was the US President at the time of Custer's Last Stand?
A) Rutherford B. Hayes
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) Andrew Johnson
- 14. Before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer split his forces, dividing them into how many battalions?
A) 3
B) 2
C) 5
D) 4
- 15. Where was George Armstrong Custer born?
A) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
B) Nashville, Tennessee
C) New Rumley, Ohio
D) Boston, Massachusetts
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