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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When whites claim Indian heritage, who do they believe was their ancestor?
(a) Pocahontas.
(b) An Indian Princess.
(c) Lewis and Clark.
(d) George Washington.

2. Who signed the original treaties with the Northwest Coast American Indians?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Isaac Stevens.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

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

4. What were the findings of the House Interior Committee headed by Karl Mundt?
(a) The Wheeler-Howard act was working well.
(b) The Wheeler-Howard act was a success.
(c) The Wheeler-Howard act was not accomplishing the task of bringing the Indian people up to the level of their white neighbors.
(d) The Wheeler-Howard act needed an amendment for money to build new schools.

5. As far as race relations were concerned, how were Indians classified?
(a) As non-whites.
(b) As redmen.
(c) As white.
(d) As Negros.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1964, what percentage of Indian thought the United States should get out of America?

2. What does the Native American Church use in its sacramental worship life?

3. Who does the area office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Aberdeen, South Dakota serve?

4. Blacks (African Americans) and Indians (American Indians) defines racial problems with one focal point. What is it?

5. Why did the Klamath Bill have to be amended?

(see the answer key)

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