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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fear of Chinese communist revolution was called what?
(a) Yellow peril.
(b) Red peril.
(c) White peril.
(d) Black peril.

2. Which permanent settlement eventually developed into the commonwealth of Virginia?
(a) Jamestown.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) Salem.
(d) Plymouth.

3. How many Dakota Sioux were killed during the largest mass hanging in U.S. history?
(a) 62.
(b) 74.
(c) 47.
(d) 38.

4. How did Europeans view the newly "discovered" Americas?
(a) As a confining spare or prison.
(b) As a complex civilization.
(c) As a barren wasteland.
(d) As a virgin land or wilderness.

5. What was the name of the Sauk leader in 1832?
(a) Black Hawk.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) Tecumseh.
(d) Little Turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was did the British withdrawal from the Americas have on Native people?

2. What year did Andrew Jackson become president?

3. What term did historian H. Craig Miner use to describe a society that "justified exploitation and destruction of whole societies" (168)?

4. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, the U.S. military often abbreviates the term "Indian Country." What is the shortened version of this term?

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, what motivated the U.S. to extend its military power in the Caribbean and Pacific?

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