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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who appointed Dillon Myer as Commissioner of Indian Affairs?
(a) President Nixon.
(b) President Roosevelt.
(c) President Truman.
(d) President Eisenhower.

2. What, according to the author, is one of the finest things about being an Indian?
(a) It is lucrative to be an American Indian.
(b) People are always interested in your "plight."
(c) People like you on sight.
(d) You get to live on a reservation.

3. What is the oldest Indian treaty between the United States and the Seneca tribe?
(a) The Church Treaty.
(b) The Dawes Treaty.
(c) The Pickering Treaty.
(d) The Allotment Treaty.

4. What French rationalist did the House Interior Committee use as a basis for their study of Indian Affairs?
(a) Blount Concur.
(b) Rene Descartes.
(c) Fred Callings.
(d) Mme. Frankser.

5. How much was the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin awarded?
(a) $500 thousand.
(b) $6 million.
(c) $2 million.
(d) $1.5 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the author believe was the last time that true democracy was alive among Indian tribes?

2. What happened to the oldest treaty between the U.S. and the Seneca tribe?

3. When the Wheeler-Howard act was passed, what did the Indians experience for the first time in half a century?

4. What did early treaties allow the tribes to do to white men violating their laws and borders?

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

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