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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The Muskogee War.
(c) Smallpox epidemics.
(d) Chronic food shortages.

2. What was the name of the multiethnic resistance movement supported by the Working Class Union?
(a) The Red River Rebellion.
(b) The Crazy Snake Rebellion.
(c) The Four Corners Rebellion.
(d) The Green Corn Rebellion.

3. In the 1930s, the U.S. government decided that soil erosion was caused by Natives' goats and sheep. What action did the government take to address this "problem"?
(a) The U.S. government passed legislation restricting grazing animals.
(b) The U.S. government forcibly moved Native communities elsewhere.
(c) U.S. forces rounded up and killed all the Natives' grazing animals.
(d) U.S. forces required Natives to reseed and replant the land.

4. What was the outcome of the Treaty of Paris?
(a) France ceded Canada and the territory east of the Mississippi to the British.
(b) France claimed Canada and all western territories within the Americans.
(c) Britain reclaimed all territories within the Americas from France and Spain.
(d) Britain ceded Canada and territory west of the Mississippi to the French.

5. What idea suggested that late nineteenth-century social problems were the result of the closing of the Western frontier?
(a) The Turner Argument.
(b) The Turner Proposal.
(c) The Turner Thesis.
(d) The Turner Hypothesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, what event kickstarted the U.S. government's attempts to annex former Spanish territories in the Americas?

2. Which permanent settlement eventually developed into the commonwealth of Virginia?

3. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, why did the British withdraw their forces from the Americas in 1783?

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

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, who was an outspoken supporter of American overseas imperialism in the mid-to-late 1800s?

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