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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 were the findings of the House Interior Committee headed by Karl Mundt?
(a) The Wheeler-Howard act was not accomplishing the task of bringing the Indian people up to the level of their white neighbors.
(b) The Wheeler-Howard act was a success.
(c) The Wheeler-Howard act was working well.
(d) The Wheeler-Howard act needed an amendment for money to build new schools.

2. How are the Indians of Canada different from the American Indians?
(a) They have not had their basic governmental forms disturbed.
(b) Their medical care is not as good as American Indians.
(c) They live in colder climates and have better housing.
(d) They are paid by the government NOT to grow crops.

3. 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.

4. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?
(a) The National Land Rights Owners.
(b) The National Water Rights of Indian Reservations.
(c) The National Congress of American Indians and the National Indian Youth Council.
(d) The National War Survivors of America.

5. How much was the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin awarded?
(a) $1.5 million.
(b) $500 thousand.
(c) $6 million.
(d) $2 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the government get the Klamaths to agree to termination?

2. What is the oldest, continuous Indian-run organization?

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

4. What act was passed by the American government in 1934?

5. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Frank Church's attitude towards the Indian? Why was this line of thought so harmful during the time of Termination?

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. Why are hunting and fishing rights important to the Indians of Idaho, Washington and Oregon at the time of this writing?

4. What criteria, according to the author, do whites use to say that they "understand" Indians?

5. What is paternalism?

6. What is the history of the Sioux who lived along the Missouri River?

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

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

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

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

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