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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Doctrine of Discovery state?
(a) Canada was open to American expansion.
(b) The Americas were open to the Spanish conquest.
(c) The Philippines were open to American expansion.
(d) Africa was open to the Spanish conquest.

2. In 1805, the Choctaws ceded most of their land to the U.S. government. How much did they receive in compensation?
(a) $60,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $40,000.

3. Who was the governor of Virginia during the Revolutionary War?
(a) Benjamin Hawkins.
(b) John Murray.
(c) Ulysses Grant.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

4. What term is used for the Acadian diaspora that took place in the mid-1700s?
(a) The Great Trouble.
(b) The Great Disruption.
(c) The Great Upheaval.
(d) The Great Exodus.

5. What was the primary revenue source for the newly formed U.S. government?
(a) Tobacco sales.
(b) Mining operations.
(c) Logging operations.
(d) Land sales.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which stone did the Aztecs consider especially precious?

2. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, which population was the first to be forcibly organized and exploited by European aristocracy?

3. Which term for robbers was often used by white settlers to describe Natives?

4. What was the name of the settler-ranger who became president of the independent country of Franklin?

5. Which of the following tribes was a member of the Six Nations of the Iroquois confederacy?

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