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

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

3. 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.

4. What year did Minnesota become a non-slavery state?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1857.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the Spanish name for the Indigenous client class?

4. Who allegedly claimed that "the only good Indian is a dead Indian" (139)?

5. How does the Dunbar-Ortiz describe the Iraq War?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was the Roosevelt Corollary?

7. What strategies did the U.S. military use against both Native populations and the Filipinos?

8. Following the Civil War, why did the U.S. government frequently assign Black troops to the West?

9. In Chapter 8, Dunbar-Ortiz responds to the popular argument that the Civil War was fought over "state's rights." What is her opinion on this issue?

10. Who were the Colorado Volunteers?

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