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

2. What term is used to describe the historical and cultural region encompassing North America?
(a) Pseudoamerica.
(b) Primitive America.
(c) Mesoamerica.
(d) Ancient America.

3. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1801.
(d) 1798.

4. What was the first book in the Leatherstocking Tales series?
(a) The Pathfinder.
(b) The Pioneers.
(c) The Deerslayers.
(d) The Prairie.

5. What was the surname of the U.S. senator who used the press to entice settlers to the Oregon Territory and the Mexican province of California?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Fremont.
(c) Houston.
(d) Benton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to the Colonial era, how many Native people inhabited the region that is now part of the U.S.?

2. How did a small group of "elite" Native people accumulate personal wealth during the 1800s?

3. What percentage of the population of the Thirteen Colonies was made up of Ulster-Scots?

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

5. How does corn differ from most grains?

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