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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 term, designed to "diffuse the locus of guilt" (4), does Bernard Sheehan use to describe Native-Euro-American relations?
(a) Cultural conflict.
(b) Relational conflict.
(c) Regional conflict.
(d) Interracial conflict.

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

3. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, who were the "foot soldiers of the British Empire building" (52)?
(a) The English peasantry.
(b) The Scots-Irish.
(c) The German peasantry.
(d) The Irish Catholics.

4. Which of the following Native nations was a member of the Five Civilized Tribes?
(a) Odawa.
(b) Seminole.
(c) Osage.
(d) Apache.

5. What was the name of the settler-ranger who became president of the independent country of Franklin?
(a) Daniel Boone.
(b) William Sherman.
(c) John Sevier.
(d) William H. Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of warfare did Major General Jeffery Amherst infamously support using against Native people?

2. Which U.S. president ordered the Pike expedition?

3. What term refers to the the use of economic and political pressures to control foreign countries?

4. Dunbar-Ortiz describes settler colonialism as a certain type of political policy. What adjective does she use to describe this policy?

5. Which philosopher and theologian influenced the Puritans as they formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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