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

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

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

4. Fear of Chinese communist revolution was called what?
(a) Yellow peril.
(b) White peril.
(c) Black peril.
(d) Red peril.

5. What year did the U.S. annex Hawaii?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first U.S. university to offer a doctorate in Native American studies?

2. Which fur trapper and entrepreneur played a role in the U.S. invasion of northern Mexico?

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

4. Which Secretary of War advocated for the absolute extinction of Native communities?

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, what motivated the U.S. to extend its military power in the Caribbean and Pacific?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Trail of Broken Treaties?

2. What was the Roosevelt Corollary?

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

4. What was the environmental impact of the white settlers' destruction of the buffalo?

5. During the early 1800s, young Natives often opposed their elders' attitude toward settler-colonists. What did these young people believe?

6. After the Revolutionary War, what was the purpose of militias?

7. During the Confederation period, what was the relationship between British forces and Native communities?

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

9. Who was Josiah Strong?

10. What was Simon Bolivar's position on slavery?

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