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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) Roger Buffalohead.
(b) John Grenier.
(c) Mathew King.
(d) Robert D. Kaplan.

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

3. Prior to the Civil War, how many departments was the U.S. army divided into?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

4. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, how many U.S. presidents were of Ulster-Scots lineage?
(a) 21.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

5. Which Native nation holds the largest land base in the U.S.?
(a) Blackfeet.
(b) Hopi.
(c) Cheyenne.
(d) Navajos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What 1990 act aimed to restore the remains of Native people to their communities?

2. What was the name of the 1785 treaty, in which the U.S. government agreed to restrict settlement east of the Blue Ridge Mountains?

3. Which writer coined the term "the myth of the essential white American" (227)?

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

5. Dunbar-Ortiz argues that Europeans colonists conquered what, rather than land?

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