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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which historian described U.S. history as constantly alternating between a "peace" policy and a "war" policy?
(a) Robert D. Kaplan.
(b) John Grenier.
(c) Mathew King.
(d) Roger Buffalohead.

2. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, what weakened Mexico in the 1800s, leaving the nation vulnerable to U.S. aggression?
(a) The Mexican War of Independence.
(b) Smallpox epidemics.
(c) Chronic food shortages.
(d) The Muskogee War.

3. Which nationality did Admiral George Dewey refer to as "Indians"?
(a) Filipinos.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Thai.
(d) Japanese.

4. What was the first U.S. university to offer a doctorate in Native American studies?
(a) University of California, Santa Cruz.
(b) University of California, Davis.
(c) University of California, Los Angeles.
(d) University of California, Berkeley.

5. What year was the Treaty of Fort Jackson signed?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1814.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the annual ceremony that brought the Sioux together and reinforced their national unity?

2. Which filmmaker helped create the documentary series The Untold History of the United States?

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

4. To which country did the Muskogee nation ally itself in an attempt to stop the flow of squatters?

5. What term does anthropologist Michael Wilcox use to describe the historical tendency to gloss over the "disappearance" of native people?

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