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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On August 10, 1794, the Shawnee force was overpowered by U.S. forces. What was the location of this defeat?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Shining Waters.
(c) Black Hills.
(d) Falling Timbers.

3. What was the first U.S. university to offer a doctorate in Native American studies?
(a) University of California, Berkeley.
(b) University of California, Davis.
(c) University of California, Los Angeles.
(d) University of California, Santa Cruz.

4. What was the nickname of the U.S. naval fleet in the early 1900s?
(a) The Great Imperial Fleet.
(b) The Great Gray Fleet.
(c) The Great White Fleet.
(d) The Great American Fleet.

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

6. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, the U.S. military often abbreviates the term "Indian Country." What is the shortened version of this term?
(a) In country.
(b) Indian co.
(c) In. Co.
(d) I.C.

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

8. What statement did General Sherman issue to President Grant following the Fetterman Massacre?
(a) U.S. troops should kill all Natives, including women and children.
(b) The U.S. government should break treaties with Native nations.
(c) The U.S. army should receive additional training on Native customs.
(d) U.S. forces should withdraw from the West and cease hostilities.

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

10. What year did Congress pass the Homestead Act?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1890.

11. What was the first book in the Leatherstocking Tales series?
(a) The Pathfinder.
(b) The Deerslayers.
(c) The Pioneers.
(d) The Prairie.

12. To which country did the Muskogee nation ally itself in an attempt to stop the flow of squatters?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Spain.

13. What was the name of the settler-ranger who became president of the independent country of Franklin?
(a) William H. Seward.
(b) John Sevier.
(c) Daniel Boone.
(d) William Sherman.

14. What year was the Treaty of Fort Jackson signed?
(a) 1814.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1808.
(d) 1812.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Texas become a U.S. state?

2. What was the name of the Native leader known as "the Prophet"?

3. What was the effect of Public Law 91-550?

4. What was the name of the dance which was supposed to restore the Indigenous world to its pre-colonial state?

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

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