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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 state was Jackson senator of?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Tennessee.

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

3. What year did Andrew Jackson become president?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1832.

4. During the War for Independence, what portion of the U.S. population lived within 50 miles of the Atlantic ocean?
(a) One half.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) One quarter.
(d) One third.

5. What was the name of the dance which was supposed to restore the Indigenous world to its pre-colonial state?
(a) The Ancestral Dance.
(b) The Dance of Repatriation.
(c) The Ghost Dance.
(d) The Dance of Sprits.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1805, the Choctaws ceded most of their land to the U.S. government. How much did they receive in compensation?

2. What year did Congress pass the Homestead Act?

3. What annual amount was promised to the Cherokees under the Treaty of Holston?

4. What was the primary revenue source for the newly formed U.S. government?

5. What was the nickname of the U.S. naval fleet in the early 1900s?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. The Virginia Tech shooting was often described as the "worst massacre in U.S. history" (195). Why does Dunbar-Ortiz object to this statement?

7. After incarcerating Native people in Fort Sumner, Congress eventually decided to let these individuals return to their homes. What prompted this decision?

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

9. What was the Roosevelt Corollary?

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

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