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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did a small group of "elite" Native people accumulate personal wealth during the 1800s?
(a) By joining a Christian club.
(b) By marrying Anglos settlers.
(c) By paying a membership fee.
(d) By attending an Anglo university.

2. What year was gold discovered in Georgia?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1829.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1828.

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

4. How many indigenous people and their allies were killed when Jackson's forces attacked the Tohopeka stronghold at Horseshoe Bend?
(a) 700.
(b) 800.
(c) 600.
(d) 900.

5. 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 Sapiah.
(c) Chief Pontiac.
(d) Chief Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement did General Sherman issue to President Grant following the Fetterman Massacre?

2. Why did the U.S. army destroy the Prophet's Town?

3. What year did Congress pass the Homestead Act?

4. What belief structure promoted the idea that human societies were subject to "natural selection"?

5. What was the name of the settler-ranger who became president of the independent country of Franklin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did some Native people hope for a Confederate victory during the Civil War?

2. Who was Josiah Strong?

3. What was the outcome of the Indian Citizenship Act?

4. How did poor farmers in the U.S. view World War I?

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, what role does alcohol played in colonialization?

6. In 1871, Congress created a rider to the Indian Appropriation Act. What did this rider state?

7. What was the purpose of the Buffalo Soldiers and other Western armies?

8. In the 1800s, the Bureau of Indian Affairs used funds allocated for Native populations. What did they do with this money?

9. Who were the Colorado Volunteers?

10. What was the impact of the Pacific Railroad Act on Native people?

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