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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11-Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What became of the descendants of European peasants who were exploited and thrown off their land?
(a) Many chose to open their own business.
(b) Many became European aristocracy.
(c) Many became settler-colonists in the Americas.
(d) Many chose to move to Asian and African regions.

2. Following the 1969 seizure of Alcatraz, Indigenous people (Indians of All Tribes) occupied it for some time. How long?
(a) 14 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 18 months.

3. What 1990 act aimed to restore the remains of Native people to their communities?
(a) The Indian Citizenship Act.
(b) The Indian Appropriations Act.
(c) The Indian Reorganization Act.
(d) The Native Americans Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

4. How did a small group of "elite" Native people accumulate personal wealth during the 1800s?
(a) By marrying Anglos settlers.
(b) By paying a membership fee.
(c) By joining a Christian club.
(d) By attending an Anglo university.

5. Which fur trapper and entrepreneur played a role in the U.S. invasion of northern Mexico?
(a) Simon Bolivar.
(b) Daniel Boone.
(c) John Sevier.
(d) Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson.

Short Answer Questions

1. On August 10, 1794, the Shawnee force was overpowered by U.S. forces. What was the location of this defeat?

2. What year did Gran-Columbia splinter into five separate states?

3. What was the name for land-poor settlers who wanted Lincoln to "open" Indigenous territories west of the Mississippi?

4. What information was included in the Treaty of Tordesillas?

5. In U.S. settler colonialism, what was the primary commodity?

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