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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How, according to the author, has America always viewed other nations?
(a) As a militantly imperialistic world power eagerly grasping for economic control over weaker nations.
(b) America has always honored other nations, but not the Indians.
(c) As neighbors and friends.
(d) America tries to help other countries, but sometimes oversteps their boundaries.

2. What happened to most of the treaties in the far west of the country?
(a) The field offices lost the written documents years ago.
(b) The written documents never made it back to Washington.
(c) They were never broken and followed carefully.
(d) They were never ratified by Congress.

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

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

5. How do most American Indians feels about taxes?
(a) They feel they owe taxes.
(b) They pay state taxes, but refuse to pay federal taxes.
(c) They feel, like other Americans, that they must pay taxes that are due.
(d) They feel they paid when they gave up two billion acres of land to the U.S.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did early treaties allow the tribes to do to white men violating their laws and borders?

2. What is regarded as utter hypocrisy by the Indian people?

3. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?

4. What, according to the author at the end of chapter 1, should the government do about the Indians?

5. What did Lake Superior hold that the government wanted?

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