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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did the Klamath Bill have to be amended?
(a) To prevent tourists from overrunning their fishing areas.
(b) To prevent collapse of the lumber industry on the west coast.
(c) To prevent the extinction of salmon.
(d) To prevent them from living in a national park.

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

5. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?
(a) The Indians.
(b) White America.
(c) The Reorganization Act.
(d) The United States Government.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year did the United States clear the eastern states of the former Indian allies?

3. Who saved the Florida Seminoles from termination?

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

5. What political aspirations did the Seneca's accuse the government of having regarding the oldest Indian treaty?

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