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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does Dunbar-Ortiz use for the specific type of colonialism used to form the United States?
(a) Exploitation colonialism.
(b) Imperialist colonialism.
(c) Surrogate colonialism.
(d) Settler colonialism.

2. How did the European aristocracy characterize the peasants who resisted the privatization of land?
(a) As intelligent, savvy, and cunning.
(b) As greedy, selfish, and avaricious.
(c) As brave, courageous, and capable.
(d) As violent, lazy, and stupid.

3. How many future states developed in the territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase?
(a) 6.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

4. The American bison was indigenous to what region?
(a) The eastern seaboard.
(b) The northern and southern plains.
(c) The southwestern deserts.
(d) The southeastern swampland.

5. How does corn differ from most grains?
(a) It germinates beneath the soil.
(b) It cannot grow in the wild.
(c) It cannot be eaten raw.
(d) It's harvested by flooding the land.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which ideology stated that the U.S. had a God-given right to spread across the continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean?

3. Which individual spearheaded the 1968 Poor People's Campaign?

4. What statement did General Sherman issue to President Grant following the Fetterman Massacre?

5. Which U.S. president publicly defended Lieutenant William "Rusty" Calley, an active participant in the My Lai massacre?

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