6. Which statement best shows how the death of Geronimo’s family played a role in his war against
the Mexicans and, later, the Americans?
A. Over the next five years, Geronimo and a small band of Chiricahua fought what proved to be
the last of the Native American wars against the U.S.
B. But the Chiricahua leader, Cochise, could see where the future was headed.
C. Feeling the power of these words, Geronimo rounded up a force of 200 men and hunted
down the Mexican soldiers who killed his family.
D. Over the next several years Geronimo and his people were first sent to a prison in Florida,
then a prison camp in Alabama, and then Fort Sill in Oklahoma.