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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. Which presidential administration was responsible for the Louisiana purchase?
(a) The Johnson administration.
(b) The Jefferson administration.
(c) The Jackson administration.
(d) The Buchanan administration.

2. What decade was the New Deal implemented?
(a) The 1940s.
(b) The 1910s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1920s.

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

4. In the 1930s, the U.S. government decided that soil erosion was caused by Natives' goats and sheep. What action did the government take to address this "problem"?
(a) The U.S. government passed legislation restricting grazing animals.
(b) The U.S. government forcibly moved Native communities elsewhere.
(c) U.S. forces rounded up and killed all the Natives' grazing animals.
(d) U.S. forces required Natives to reseed and replant the land.

5. Which Secretary of War advocated for the absolute extinction of Native communities?
(a) James Madison.
(b) James Monroe.
(c) Henry Knox.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year did the Trail of Tears take place?

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

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

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 purpose of the Buffalo Soldiers and other Western armies?

2. Who were the Colorado Volunteers?

3. What was Benjamin Hawkins' mission as an "Indian agent" for the U.S. government?

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

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

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

7. Dunbar-Ortiz describes an exodus of landless poor from the East toward the seized Indigenous territories. She characterizes this exodus as an "escape valve." What does she mean by that?

8. 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?

9. Why did the U.S. extend its military power in the Caribbean and Pacific during the late 1800s?

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

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