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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saved the Florida Seminoles from termination?
(a) Arthur Watkins.
(b) The governor of Florida.
(c) Congress.
(d) The D.A.R. or Daughters of the American Revolution.

2. 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.

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

4. Who was asked to testify before the Senate Civil Service Committee in 1947?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) Geronimo.
(c) William Zimmerman.
(d) Frank Wheeler.

5. What important work has the American Indian Historical Society of San Francisco done?
(a) Gathered a full history of the American Indian in California.
(b) Fought to establish the San Francisco Indian Reservation System.
(c) Published the finest contemporary material on Indians.
(d) Lectured across the country in colleges and universities about American Indians.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the main conflict of the Northwestern tribes and the government?

5. What does the author believe is active in the private sector?

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