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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did missionaries believe the American Indians were when they connected their religion with the tribes they encountered?
(a) Russians.
(b) The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
(c) Mayans.
(d) The Spanish.

2. What was the result of Christian missions on the reservations?
(a) To uplift Indian society.
(b) To gather Indian ministers.
(c) To shatter Indian society.
(d) To re-establish the Native American Church.

3. What did Senator Clinton Anderson announce in 1968?
(a) That the federal government needed to close the reservations.
(b) That the federal government was spending nearly half a billion dollars a year on Indian people and therefore he did not think they were so neglected.
(c) That the federal government needed to spend more money on the Indian.
(d) That the federal government should support only those Indians living in urban areas.

4. What did Louie Sitting Crow do for fun?
(a) Tell tourists about Indian fokelore.
(b) Help tourists gas their vehicles.
(c) Watch the tourists who traveled Highway 16 on their way to the Black Hills.
(d) Give money and food to tourists.

5. What was one good, tangible result of Indian participation in the Poor People's Campaign?
(a) The Indian people began to question the nature of their situation.
(b) The Indian people began to hoard wealth.
(c) The Indian people began to see others' point-of-view.
(d) The Indian people began to question their love of the land.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the top job in the Bureau of Indian Affairs filled?

2. What had Dillon Myer been in charge of during World War II?

3. How do most American Indians feels about taxes?

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

5. What did the Supreme Court do in June of 1968?

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