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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which U.S. president ordered the Pike expedition?
(a) James Monroe.
(b) William Henry Harrison.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

3. Which nationality did Admiral George Dewey refer to as "Indians"?
(a) Thai.
(b) Filipinos.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Chinese.

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

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

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

7. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, which poet was an outspoken supporter of the war against Mexico in 1846?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Emily Dickenson.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe

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

9. Who wrote the novel The Last of the Mohicans?
(a) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(b) Stephen Crane.
(c) D.H. Lawrence.
(d) James Fenimore Cooper.

10. What was the name of the Nez Pierce chief who tried to lead his people from Idaho to Canada?
(a) Chief Sitting Bull.
(b) Chief Joseph.
(c) Chief Sapiah.
(d) Chief Pontiac.

11. What was the name of the multiethnic resistance movement supported by the Working Class Union?
(a) The Green Corn Rebellion.
(b) The Four Corners Rebellion.
(c) The Red River Rebellion.
(d) The Crazy Snake Rebellion.

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

13. What military euphemism is used to describe bombs?
(a) Ordnance.
(b) Incursion.
(c) Detention.
(d) Liberation.

14. What was Andrew Jackson's background before his presidential run?
(a) He was a rancher in the Midwest.
(b) He was a southern plantation owner.
(c) He was a shipbuilder in New England.
(d) He was a farmer in the western territories.

15. During the War for Independence, what portion of the U.S. population lived within 50 miles of the Atlantic ocean?
(a) One third.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) One quarter.
(d) One half.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. What was the U.S. population in 1860?

4. Who allegedly claimed that "the only good Indian is a dead Indian" (139)?

5. What did the Wheeler-Howard bill eventually become?

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