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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Wheeler-Howard act was passed, what did the Indians experience for the first time in half a century?
(a) New schools.
(b) Social welfare.
(c) Social services.
(d) Self-government.

2. What "Civilized" Tribe is among the poorest people in America?
(a) The Choctaw.
(b) The Apache.
(c) The Cherokee.
(d) The Zuni.

3. According to the author, where should the Bureau of Indian Affairs be transferred?
(a) To the War Department.
(b) To the Foreign Service Department.
(c) To the Interior Department.
(d) To the Commerce Department.

4. By 1943, what was the Senate Interior Committee convinced should happen?
(a) The Indian Bureau should be abolished.
(b) Indians should be abolished.
(c) All land should be taken from Indians.
(d) Indians should be compensated for land loss.

5. How many area offices does the Bureau of Indian Affairs have throughout the country?
(a) 51.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have tribes discovered that they must do to make themselves heard?

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

3. How, according to the author, has America always viewed other nations?

4. When the frontier was closed in 1890, what did American enter into next?

5. Who signed the original treaties with the Northwest Coast American Indians?

(see the answer key)

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