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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What was the name of the Native leader known as "the Prophet"?
(a) Tenskawatawa.
(b) Little Crow.
(c) Little Wolf.
(d) Tecumseh.

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

4. 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.

5. 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) U.S. forces required Natives to reseed and replant the land.
(b) The U.S. government forcibly moved Native communities elsewhere.
(c) The U.S. government passed legislation restricting grazing animals.
(d) U.S. forces rounded up and killed all the Natives' grazing animals.

6. What animal served as the economic base of the Plains Nations?
(a) The horse.
(b) The cow.
(c) The buffalo.
(d) The pig.

7. What year did Minnesota become a non-slavery state?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1858.

8. What decade was the New Deal implemented?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1910s.
(c) The 1940s.
(d) The 1920s.

9. What was did the British withdrawal from the Americas have on Native people?
(a) It was the birth of a pan-Indian resistance movement.
(b) It was the prelude to complete Native genocide.
(c) It sparked an alliance between the French and the Natives.
(d) It sparked an alliance between the British and the French.

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

11. What was the average interval between filing a claim under the Indian Claims Court and receiving an award?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

12. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, what event kickstarted the U.S. government's attempts to annex former Spanish territories in the Americas?
(a) The Gold Rush.
(b) The Lewis and Clark Expedition.
(c) The Pike Expeditions.
(d) The Louisiana Purchase.

13. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1801.

14. The siege of Wounded Knee coincided with the fifth anniversary of which historical event?
(a) The Kennedy inauguration.
(b) The My Lai massacre.
(c) The end of the Vietnam War.
(d) The moon landing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Spanish name for the Indigenous client class?

2. What was the primary revenue source for the newly formed U.S. government?

3. How many Dakota Sioux were killed during the largest mass hanging in U.S. history?

4. What was the name for land-poor settlers who wanted Lincoln to "open" Indigenous territories west of the Mississippi?

5. How did a small group of "elite" Native people accumulate personal wealth during the 1800s?

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