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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the effect of Public Law 91-550?
2. 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"?
3. What was the name of the Native leader known as "the Prophet"?
4. Which actor provided support for the 1960s Indigenous fishing movement in Washington State?
5. What was the name for the forced march of 8,000 Navajos to a military concentration camp in New Mexico?
Short Essay Questions
1. What tactics did President Washington use in his campaigns against Native people?
2. What was the environmental impact of the white settlers' destruction of the buffalo?
3. 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?
4. What strategies did the U.S. military use against both Native populations and the Filipinos?
5. In 1871, Congress created a rider to the Indian Appropriation Act. What did this rider state?
6. What was the Trail of Broken Treaties?
7. Following the Civil War, why did the U.S. government frequently assign Black troops to the West?
8. In the 1800s, the Bureau of Indian Affairs used funds allocated for Native populations. What did they do with this money?
9. What was Simon Bolivar's position on slavery?
10. What factors led the Sioux to become economically dependent on the U.S. government during the 1800s?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Otto Von Bismark famously stated that "The colonization of North American has been the decisive fact of the modern world" (96). Write an essay exploring this statement. Use historical information from An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Territories within North American were required to achieve a certain demographic balance to attain statehood. How did these requirements lead to an ethnic cleansing of Native populations? Write an essay discussing the impact of these policies on both settler groups and Native communities.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 5, Dunbar-Ortiz states that "Ruthless leaders like [John] Sevier were not the exception, but the rule" (90). In your opinion, is this an accurate assessment of pioneers and frontiersmen? Write an argumentative essay supporting or refuting Dunbar-Ortiz's assertion.
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