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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Klamath Bill have to be amended?
(a) To prevent collapse of the lumber industry on the west coast.
(b) To prevent them from living in a national park.
(c) To prevent the extinction of salmon.
(d) To prevent tourists from overrunning their fishing areas.

2. What traditional Republican myth did Watkins insist on regarding the Indians?
(a) The Indians would be better off on their own, without government involvement.
(b) That the state would be more efficient than the Federal Government in caring for them.
(c) The Indians want to control their own destiny.
(d) The Indians should become Christian.

3. What has created a feeling of unity among American Indians?
(a) The Native American College system.
(b) The betrayal of treaty promises.
(c) Need for social services.
(d) Brotherhood with a similar history.

4. What had Dillon Myer been in charge of during World War II?
(a) The attack on Tokyo.
(b) Japanese internment camps.
(c) The Manhattan Project.
(d) Pearl Harbor security.

5. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?
(a) United States v. Zimmerman.
(b) United States v. Menominees.
(c) United States v. Winans.
(d) United States v. Chippewa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What provision did Watkins attach to the bill for the Menominee distribution of judgment money?

2. According to the author, for those whites who do not claim Indian heritage, what asset do they have that connects them with American Indians?

3. What does not overlap across state boundaries?

4. When the author says that whites claim Indian heritage, what side of their family tree do they claim it comes from?

5. What is the oldest Indian treaty between the United States and the Seneca tribe?

(see the answer key)

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