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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to most of the treaties in the far west of the country?
(a) The field offices lost the written documents years ago.
(b) They were never ratified by Congress.
(c) They were never broken and followed carefully.
(d) The written documents never made it back to Washington.

2. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?
(a) The National Land Rights Owners.
(b) The National Water Rights of Indian Reservations.
(c) The National War Survivors of America.
(d) The National Congress of American Indians and the National Indian Youth Council.

3. What television series began in 1967 that Indians fought to have banned?
(a) A series on Lewis and Clark.
(b) A series on Custer.
(c) A series on Kennedy.
(d) A series on Davy Crockett.

4. How many tribal communities get federal services?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Thousands.

5. What year did the United States clear the eastern states of the former Indian allies?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1886.
(c) 2010.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did early treaties allow the tribes to do to white men violating their laws and borders?

2. When the frontier was closed in 1890, what did American enter into next?

3. What political aspirations did the Seneca's accuse the government of having regarding the oldest Indian treaty?

4. When the author says that whites claim Indian heritage, what side of their family tree do they claim it comes from?

5. Who did missionaries believe the American Indians were when they connected their religion with the tribes they encountered?

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