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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political aspirations did the Seneca's accuse the government of having regarding the oldest Indian treaty?
(a) President Kennedy needed the land to bargain with the Russians during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
(b) Senator Kennedy wanted to buy the land for his own family.
(c) The dam was part of the price of keeping Pennsylvania in line for John F. Kennedy at the 1960 Democratic Convention.
(d) President Kennedy wanted to add the land to Camp David.

2. What television series began in 1967 that Indians fought to have banned?
(a) A series on Lewis and Clark.
(b) A series on Davy Crockett.
(c) A series on Kennedy.
(d) A series on Custer.

3. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?
(a) United States v. Winans.
(b) United States v. Menominees.
(c) United States v. Zimmerman.
(d) United States v. Chippewa.

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?
(a) They have friends who are Indians.
(b) They understand Indians.
(c) They donate to Indian colleges.
(d) They ARE Indians.

5. What did treaties initially do?
(a) They promised ownership of land that still belonged to the French.
(b) They divided the church territories.
(c) They helped establish state lines.
(d) They marked the boundaries between the lands of the Indian nations and the U.S.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did the Congressional policy of termination begin?

2. When Watkins visited the Menominee, what did he compare the living conditions to?

3. Once Dillon Myer took over, what was the policy instated from Commissioner to field clerk regarding Indians?

4. What traditional Republican myth did Watkins insist on regarding the Indians?

5. What is the main conflict of the Northwestern tribes and the government?

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