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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once a church was assigned to a reservation, what happened to the other churches?
(a) Other churches could invite Indians to worship on their reservation.
(b) They could also build a church on the same reservation.
(c) Other churches could talk to members of the reservation to try to gain access.
(d) They were prohibited from entering a reservation.

2. What traditional Republican myth did Watkins insist on regarding the Indians?
(a) The Indians want to control their own destiny.
(b) That the state would be more efficient than the Federal Government in caring for them.
(c) The Indians should become Christian.
(d) The Indians would be better off on their own, without government involvement.

3. What did Popovi Da say about the Indians being the first people in American?
(a) "We love the reservation, what's not to love?"
(b) "We saw it first."
(c) "We knew a good thing when we saw it."
(d) "We had reservations."

4. What was the Senate Interior Committee afraid of after the passage of the Wheeler-Howard act?
(a) They were afraid the French would want the land back.
(b) They were afraid of foreign influences.
(c) They were afraid of Indian unity.
(d) They were afraid of the Civil Rights Movement.

5. Who was Arthur Watkins?
(a) A Mormon named as head the Indian subcommittees in the Senate and House.
(b) A poet who wrote about the Indian problems.
(c) President Truman's Chief of Staff.
(d) The chairman appointed to run the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened over time to young Indian men who wanted to enter the ministry?

2. What was one emphasis outlined in the Termination Act?

3. In 1964, what percentage of Indian thought the United States should get out of America?

4. In 1966, what did the secret Presidential Task Force recommend doing with the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

5. Who was asked to testify before the Senate Civil Service Committee in 1947?

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