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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, which poet was an outspoken supporter of the war against Mexico in 1846?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Emily Dickenson.

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) $60,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $30,000.

3. Which term for robbers was often used by white settlers to describe Natives?
(a) Corsairs.
(b) Raiders.
(c) Bandetti.
(d) Maurauders.

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

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, how many U.S. presidents were of Ulster-Scots lineage?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries learn techniques used for long-distance sea travel?

2. What was the name of the settler who first received a bounty in exchange for Native scalps?

3. What was Andrew Jackson's background before his presidential run?

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

5. What Christian denomination did most Calvinists belong to?

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