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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the author says that whites claim Indian heritage, what side of their family tree do they claim it comes from?
(a) Their grandmother's.
(b) Their uncle's.
(c) Their grandfathers.
(d) Their aunt's.

3. What "Civilized" Tribe is among the poorest people in America?
(a) The Choctaw.
(b) The Cherokee.
(c) The Apache.
(d) The Zuni.

4. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?
(a) The National Land Rights Owners.
(b) The National War Survivors of America.
(c) The National Congress of American Indians and the National Indian Youth Council.
(d) The National Water Rights of Indian Reservations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A 1791 Treaty with the Cherokees included what provision?

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

3. What principle did the case of Lone Wolf vs. Hitchcock put forth?

4. What does not overlap across state boundaries?

5. When the Wheeler-Howard act was passed, what did the Indians experience for the first time in half a century?

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