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