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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who allegedly claimed that "the only good Indian is a dead Indian" (139)?
(a) John Mason.
(b) Philip Sheridan.
(c) John Perishing.
(d) James Mooney.

2. How many Dakota Sioux were killed during the largest mass hanging in U.S. history?
(a) 74.
(b) 62.
(c) 38.
(d) 47.

3. What was the effect of Public Law 91-550?
(a) Congress assigned U.S. citizenship to Native populations.
(b) Congress changed the borders of U.S. Indian reservations.
(c) Congress set aside reparation money for the Lakota Sioux.
(d) Congress agreed to return the land stolen from the Taos Pueblo.

4. What year did the Great Railroad Strike take place?
(a) 1877.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1883.

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, when did human societies migrate out of Africa?
(a) 50,000 years ago.
(b) 300,000 years ago.
(c) 200,000 years ago.
(d) 100,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first U.S. university to offer a doctorate in Native American studies?

2. What was the name for the two all-African-American cavalry regiments stationed in the West?

3. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, which poet was an outspoken supporter of the war against Mexico in 1846?

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

5. The siege of Wounded Knee coincided with the fifth anniversary of which historical event?

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