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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lake Superior hold that the government wanted?
(a) Water.
(b) Copper and other minerals.
(c) Fishing rights.
(d) Shipping rights.

2. Once Dillon Myer took over, what was the policy instated from Commissioner to field clerk regarding Indians?
(a) Get them health care as quickly as possible.
(b) Get their land as quickly as possible.
(c) Get them money as quickly as possible.
(d) Get rid of them as quickly as possible.

3. What two tribes seem to have traditional Indian values still intact?
(a) The Nez Perce and the Sioux.
(b) Pueblos of New Mexico and the Apache of the Southwest.
(c) The Apaches of the Southwest and the Northwest Coast Indians.
(d) The Alaskan Inuits and the Pueblos of New Mexico.

4. What is regarded as utter hypocrisy by the Indian people?
(a) The government caring about the Indian People.
(b) The attempt of churches to appear relevant to the social needs of the 1960's.
(c) White Americans caring about the Indian People.
(d) Anthopologists caring about the Indian People.

5. What other name is the Dawes Act known by?
(a) The Indian Ownership Act.
(b) The Indian Referral Act.
(c) The Peace Act.
(d) The Allotment Act.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What "Civilized" Tribe is among the poorest people in America?

3. Who was Arthur Watkins?

4. What was the decision about the Pottawatomie of Kansas during the time of termination?

5. What year did the Congressional policy of termination begin?

(see the answer key)

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