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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much was the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin awarded?
(a) $1.5 million.
(b) $2 million.
(c) $6 million.
(d) $500 thousand.

2. What had Dillon Myer been in charge of during World War II?
(a) Japanese internment camps.
(b) The attack on Tokyo.
(c) The Manhattan Project.
(d) Pearl Harbor security.

3. What is the fundamental thesis of the anthropologist?
(a) That people are different and deserve study.
(b) That people are human and have a range of emotions.
(c) That people are lost in this world and need saving.
(d) That people are objects for observation.

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

5. How, according to the author, has America always viewed other nations?
(a) As neighbors and friends.
(b) America tries to help other countries, but sometimes oversteps their boundaries.
(c) America has always honored other nations, but not the Indians.
(d) As a militantly imperialistic world power eagerly grasping for economic control over weaker nations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Arthur Watkins?

3. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?

4. What did Lake Superior hold that the government wanted?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In February 1954, approval was granted for Termination of Indians. Why were the four factors, which Zimmerman implemented in 1947 to classify tribal readiness for termination, not used?

2. Why are the American Indians lost when, in Congressional hearings, the chairman of the committee talks about the Anglo-Saxon heritage of law and order?

3. Describe the treatment of the Choctaws. Why was their treatment worse when compared to other Indian peoples?

4. What was the term "dependency," as used in the Delaware Treaty of September 17, 1778?

5. What is the Treaty of August 5, 1826 with the Chippewa tribe known for?

6. What are the myths associated with Indian Affairs?

7. What happened to the Seneca Nation of New York?

8. What did anthropologists find about alcoholism on the reservation? What does the author think of this finding?

9. What is unique about the Apache of the Southwest?

10. How did William Zimmerman, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs classify existing tribes into categories for Termination?

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