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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was asked to testify before the Senate Civil Service Committee in 1947?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) William Zimmerman.
(c) Frank Wheeler.
(d) Geronimo.

2. What is the best way for tribes to handle their reservation conflicts?
(a) With government intervention.
(b) With outside help.
(c) With new rules established by white men.
(d) In traditional Indian fashion.

3. What, according to the author at the end of chapter 1, should the government do about the Indians?
(a) Establish a cultural inclusion policy.
(b) Establish a cultural leave-us-alone agreement.
(c) Begin talks with the federal government on land rights.
(d) Pass laws removing all federal government from Indian proceedings.

4. What important work has the American Indian Historical Society of San Francisco done?
(a) Fought to establish the San Francisco Indian Reservation System.
(b) Published the finest contemporary material on Indians.
(c) Lectured across the country in colleges and universities about American Indians.
(d) Gathered a full history of the American Indian in California.

5. How, according to the author, has America always viewed other nations?
(a) America tries to help other countries, but sometimes oversteps their boundaries.
(b) As a militantly imperialistic world power eagerly grasping for economic control over weaker nations.
(c) As neighbors and friends.
(d) America has always honored other nations, but not the Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do most American Indians feels about taxes?

2. How did Utah get the Indians in their state to agree to termination?

3. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?

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

5. What television series began in 1967 that Indians fought to have banned?

(see the answer key)

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