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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did treaties initially do?
(a) They marked the boundaries between the lands of the Indian nations and the U.S.
(b) They helped establish state lines.
(c) They promised ownership of land that still belonged to the French.
(d) They divided the church territories.

3. What is the purpose of the Oklahoma Original Cherokee Community Organization?
(a) Defending hunting and treaty rights of the Cherokee.
(b) Defending marriages on the Cherokee Reservation performed by Native American Ministers.
(c) Defending school financing on the Cherokee Reservation.
(d) Defending water rights for the Cherokee Nation.

4. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?
(a) White America.
(b) The United States Government.
(c) The Reorganization Act.
(d) The Indians.

5. Who was Arthur Watkins?
(a) President Truman's Chief of Staff.
(b) A poet who wrote about the Indian problems.
(c) The chairman appointed to run the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(d) A Mormon named as head the Indian subcommittees in the Senate and House.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Klamath Bill have to be amended?

2. What principle did the case of Lone Wolf vs. Hitchcock put forth?

3. Which group of Indians did Arthur Watkins target first in his work for the government?

4. Who was asked to testify before the Senate Civil Service Committee in 1947?

5. How did Utah get the Indians in their state to agree to termination?

(see the answer key)

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