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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 percentage of the 16,000 Cherokees who were forced onto the Trail of Tears perished on the journey?
(a) 40%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 20%.

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

3. Which actor provided support for the 1960s Indigenous fishing movement in Washington State?
(a) Humphrey Bogart.
(b) Clint Eastwood.
(c) Paul Newman.
(d) Marlon Brando.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?

2. What year did Congress pass the Homestead Act?

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

4. What military euphemism is used to describe bombs?

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, where was "the pseudoscience of eugenics and racial purity" (170) particularly robust in the 1920s?

Short Essay Questions

1. What factors led the Sioux to become economically dependent on the U.S. government during the 1800s?

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

3. Who were the Colorado Volunteers?

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

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

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

7. What was the Trail of Broken Treaties?

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

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

10. How did Franciscan missionaries in the U.S. treat Native inhabitants?

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