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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 Roosevelt.
(b) President Truman.
(c) President Eisenhower.
(d) President Nixon.

2. How does the author believe that America should view the Indian wars of the past?
(a) As Civil Wars.
(b) Not as wars.
(c) As conflicts, not wars.
(d) As the first foreign wars of American history.

3. What had Dillon Myer been in charge of during World War II?
(a) Japanese internment camps.
(b) The Manhattan Project.
(c) Pearl Harbor security.
(d) The attack on Tokyo.

4. When Watkins visited the Menominee, what did he compare the living conditions to?
(a) War torn Italy.
(b) Hiroshima after the atomic bomb.
(c) Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack.
(d) The refugee camps of the Near East after World War II.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has created a feeling of unity among American Indians?

2. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?

3. How many tribal communities get federal services?

4. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?

5. How long did the Indians have under the Wheeler-Howard Act to make a decision about their reservation?

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