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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 year was gold discovered in Georgia?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1828.

2. What was the Spanish name for the Indigenous client class?
(a) Luchadores.
(b) Caciques.
(c) Conversos.
(d) Propietarios.

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

4. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, why did the British withdraw their forces from the Americas in 1783?
(a) To fight a civil war.
(b) To conquer South Asia.
(c) To search for gold.
(d) To invade Japan.

5. What was the name of the priest who was an instrumental part of the Mexican independence movement?
(a) Junipero Serra.
(b) Mari Sandoz.
(c) Miguel Hidalgo.
(d) Juan Ponce de Leon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What idea suggested that late nineteenth-century social problems were the result of the closing of the Western frontier?

3. What year did Minnesota become a non-slavery state?

4. What was the name of the 1785 treaty, in which the U.S. government agreed to restrict settlement east of the Blue Ridge Mountains?

5. Which historian described U.S. history as constantly alternating between a "peace" policy and a "war" policy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the Colorado Volunteers?

2. 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?

3. What tactics did President Washington use in his campaigns against Native people?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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