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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group of Indians did Arthur Watkins target first in his work for the government?
(a) Southwest Indians.
(b) Indians east of the Mississippi.
(c) The Cheyenne.
(d) Indians in his home state of Utah.

2. How did the government get the Klamaths to agree to termination?
(a) They received a judgement against the U.S. for $2.6 million, but nneded enabling legislation to spend it.
(b) They gave back hunting and fishing rights on their land.
(c) They gave them new schools and built new roads.
(d) They offered to accept their tribal marriages.

3. What was the Senate Interior Committee afraid of after the passage of the Wheeler-Howard act?
(a) They were afraid of Indian unity.
(b) They were afraid of foreign influences.
(c) They were afraid of the Civil Rights Movement.
(d) They were afraid the French would want the land back.

4. 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 tries to help other countries, but sometimes oversteps their boundaries.
(c) As neighbors and friends.
(d) America has always honored other nations, but not the Indians.

5. What French rationalist did the House Interior Committee use as a basis for their study of Indian Affairs?
(a) Fred Callings.
(b) Rene Descartes.
(c) Blount Concur.
(d) Mme. Frankser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the oldest, continuous Indian-run organization?

2. Which American Indian tribe is the author a member of?

3. By 1943, what was the Senate Interior Committee convinced should happen?

4. What important work has the American Indian Historical Society of San Francisco done?

5. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?

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