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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the decision about the Pottawatomie of Kansas during the time of termination?
(a) Better to have them expire as private citizens than let anyone know how badly they had been treated.
(b) To combine them with tribes in Oklahoma.
(c) To move them to Missouri.
(d) To get them better hospitals and roads.

3. What happened to the oldest treaty between the U.S. and the Seneca tribe?
(a) The government built a dam, which flooded the major part of the Seneca reservation and the treaty was broken.
(b) The government passed a new law in 1869 abolishing the treaty.
(c) Nothing, it still exists.
(d) The government gave the land away after the Civil War to former slaves.

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

5. How is the top job in the Bureau of Indian Affairs filled?
(a) The House picks the person.
(b) The Senate picks the person.
(c) By appointment.
(d) The person is voted in by the Indians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the best way for tribes to handle their reservation conflicts?

3. Why did the Oglala Sioux become a favorite subject for study by anthropologists?

4. What does not overlap across state boundaries?

5. How do most American Indians feels about taxes?

(see the answer key)

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