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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the oldest treaty between the U.S. and the Seneca tribe?
(a) The government built a dam, which flooded the major part of the Seneca reservation and the treaty was broken.
(b) The government passed a new law in 1869 abolishing the treaty.
(c) The government gave the land away after the Civil War to former slaves.
(d) Nothing, it still exists.

2. What was one emphasis outlined in the Termination Act?
(a) For the state governor to oversee the Indians.
(b) For the state to assume responsibility for the tribes and its members.
(c) For the state to play no role in termination.
(d) For the state Senate to rule over the Indians.

3. Which American Indian tribe is the author a member of?
(a) The Sioux.
(b) The Senecas.
(c) The Kiowa.
(d) The Cherokees.

4. What provision did Watkins attach to the bill for the Menominee distribution of judgment money?
(a) A provision of termination.
(b) A provision for mineral rights.
(c) A provision for hunting rights.
(d) A provision for water rights.

5. Which group of Indians did Arthur Watkins target first in his work for the government?
(a) Indians in his home state of Utah.
(b) The Cheyenne.
(c) Southwest Indians.
(d) Indians east of the Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin awarded?

2. What, according to the author, is one of the finest things about being an Indian?

3. By 1943, what was the Senate Interior Committee convinced should happen?

4. According to the author, for those whites who do not claim Indian heritage, what asset do they have that connects them with American Indians?

5. What other name is the Wheeler-Howard Act known by?

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