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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What year did Gran-Columbia splinter into five separate states?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1764.
(c) 1808.
(d) 1826.

3. What was the name for land-poor settlers who wanted Lincoln to "open" Indigenous territories west of the Mississippi?
(a) Free-landers.
(b) Boundary-breakers.
(c) Open-sky settlers.
(d) Free-soilers.

4. What was the U.S. population in 1860?
(a) About 22 million.
(b) About 28 million.
(c) About 26 million.
(d) About 32 million.

5. Which individual spearheaded the 1968 Poor People's Campaign?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Malcom X.
(d) Muhammad Ali.

6. What periodical published The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone?
(a) Harper's Weekly.
(b) The Illustrated London News.
(c) American Magazine.
(d) Godey's Lady's Book.

7. What was the name of the Sauk leader in 1832?
(a) Little Turtle.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) Tecumseh.
(d) Black Hawk.

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

9. What percentage of the Philipino population died due to the U.S. army's action ins the late 1800s/early 1900s?
(a) 10%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 5%.

10. What was the name of the annual ceremony that brought the Sioux together and reinforced their national unity?
(a) The Heavenly Dance.
(b) The Moon Dance.
(c) The Ghost Dance.
(d) The Sun Dance.

11. What state was Jackson senator of?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Tennessee.

12. What was the name for people in escapee communities in the Caribbean and Brazil?
(a) Maroons.
(b) Castaways.
(c) Forsaken.
(d) Deserters.

13. Which of the following Native nations was a member of the Five Civilized Tribes?
(a) Odawa.
(b) Seminole.
(c) Apache.
(d) Osage.

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

15. Which Secretary of War advocated for the absolute extinction of Native communities?
(a) Henry Knox.
(b) James Madison.
(c) James Monroe.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What was the name of the Nez Pierce chief who tried to lead his people from Idaho to Canada?

3. What year did Minnesota become a non-slavery state?

4. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, the U.S. military often abbreviates the term "Indian Country." What is the shortened version of this term?

5. What percentage of the 16,000 Cherokees who were forced onto the Trail of Tears perished on the journey?

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