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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the unfortunate provision in the Wheeler-Howard Act?
(a) The Indians would have to move again and give up more land.
(b) Once a reservation voted against the acceptance of the provisions of the act, they were forbidden from considering it again.
(c) The Indians would have to give up hunting rights.
(d) There was a one year delay on all services while the tribe voted.

2. When the frontier was closed in 1890, what did American enter into next?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Spanish-American War.
(c) The Korean Conflict.
(d) WWII.

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

4. 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) The dam was part of the price of keeping Pennsylvania in line for John F. Kennedy at the 1960 Democratic Convention.
(c) Senator Kennedy wanted to buy the land for his own family.
(d) President Kennedy wanted to add the land to Camp David.

5. How long did the Indians have under the Wheeler-Howard Act to make a decision about their reservation?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other name is the Dawes Act known by?

2. What "first" did the Treaty of August 5, 1826 enact?

3. What other name is the Wheeler-Howard Act known by?

4. When does the author believe was the last time that true democracy was alive among Indian tribes?

5. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?

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