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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lake Superior hold that the government wanted?
(a) Shipping rights.
(b) Water.
(c) Copper and other minerals.
(d) Fishing rights.

2. What did the Meriam Report of 1928 show?
(a) That Indian tribes were in the final stages of demise.
(b) That Indian tribes had great schools.
(c) That Indian tribes were unifying.
(d) That Indian tribes were flourishing.

3. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?
(a) The Reorganization Act.
(b) White America.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The United States Government.

4. According to the author, for those whites who do not claim Indian heritage, what asset do they have that connects them with American Indians?
(a) They donate to Indian colleges.
(b) They have friends who are Indians.
(c) They understand Indians.
(d) They ARE Indians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to most of the treaties in the far west of the country?

2. What "Civilized" Tribe is among the poorest people in America?

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

4. Which group of Indians did Arthur Watkins target first in his work for the government?

5. What two tribes seem to have traditional Indian values still intact?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is paternalism?

2. What is the problem with most books about American Indians, according to the author? What do the incorrect portrayals of the Indians do to harm the image of the Indian, and complicate understanding of the people by others?

3. What was the term "dependency," as used in the Delaware Treaty of September 17, 1778?

4. Why was Termination such a tragedy for the people of the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin?

5. How have the workshops offered by anthropologists affected the young Indians?

6. Who did the government go after first during the time of Termination?

7. What did the Treaty of August 5, 1826 with the Chippewa tribe do?

8. Why has the Indian Reorganization Act responded so well to fit the European white model?

9. What is the Treaty of August 5, 1826 with the Chippewa tribe known for?

10. Why are the American Indians lost when, in Congressional hearings, the chairman of the committee talks about the Anglo-Saxon heritage of law and order?

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