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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the primary revenue source for the newly formed U.S. government?
(a) Tobacco sales.
(b) Logging operations.
(c) Mining operations.
(d) Land sales.

3. What was the surname of the U.S. senator who used the press to entice settlers to the Oregon Territory and the Mexican province of California?
(a) Benton.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Fremont.
(d) Houston.

4. Following the 1969 seizure of Alcatraz, Indigenous people (Indians of All Tribes) occupied it for some time. How long?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 14 months.

5. What year did the Sand Creek Massacre take place?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1873.

6. What was the Spanish name for the Indigenous client class?
(a) Caciques.
(b) Propietarios.
(c) Luchadores.
(d) Conversos.

7. How many future states developed in the territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

8. Which term for robbers was often used by white settlers to describe Natives?
(a) Corsairs.
(b) Maurauders.
(c) Bandetti.
(d) Raiders.

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

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

11. What was the name of the priest who was an instrumental part of the Mexican independence movement?
(a) Juan Ponce de Leon.
(b) Junipero Serra.
(c) Miguel Hidalgo.
(d) Mari Sandoz.

12. 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 prelude to complete Native genocide.
(c) It was the birth of a pan-Indian resistance movement.
(d) It sparked an alliance between the French and the Natives.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the nickname of the U.S. naval fleet in the early 1900s?

3. Fear of Chinese communist revolution was called what?

4. In 1805, the Choctaws ceded most of their land to the U.S. government. How much did they receive in compensation?

5. What year was President Lincoln inaugurated?

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