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

2. What other name is the Wheeler-Howard Act known by?
(a) The Howard- Wheeler Act.
(b) The Indian Encampment Act.
(c) The Reorganization Act of 1934.
(d) The Cavalry Act.

3. Once Dillon Myer took over, what was the policy instated from Commissioner to field clerk regarding Indians?
(a) Get them money as quickly as possible.
(b) Get their land as quickly as possible.
(c) Get them health care as quickly as possible.
(d) Get rid of them as quickly as possible.

4. What had Dillon Myer been in charge of during World War II?
(a) Japanese internment camps.
(b) Pearl Harbor security.
(c) The attack on Tokyo.
(d) The Manhattan Project.

5. What is the fundamental thesis of the anthropologist?
(a) That people are lost in this world and need saving.
(b) That people are objects for observation.
(c) That people are different and deserve study.
(d) That people are human and have a range of emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Meriam Report of 1928 show?

2. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?

3. Who was Arthur Watkins?

4. What phrases does Mr. Farb continue to use when talking about Indians?

5. When Watkins visited the Menominee, what did he compare the living conditions to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Pickering Treaty? Why was it thus named? What was the final outcome of the Pickering Treaty?

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

3. What did anthropologists find about alcoholism on the reservation? What does the author think of this finding?

4. How did Indians become citizens and what effect did this have on Termination?

5. Describe the treatment of the Choctaws. Why was their treatment worse when compared to other Indian peoples?

6. In February 1954, approval was granted for Termination of Indians. Why were the four factors, which Zimmerman implemented in 1947 to classify tribal readiness for termination, not used?

7. What is unique about the Apache of the Southwest?

8. How did William Zimmerman, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs classify existing tribes into categories for Termination?

9. 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?

10. What are the myths associated with Indian Affairs?

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