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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By 1943, what was the Senate Interior Committee convinced should happen?

3. What, according to the author at the end of chapter 1, should the government do about the Indians?

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

5. What other name is the Dawes Act known by?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Five Civilized Tribes and why are they referred to in this way?

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

3. According to the author, what European background is the law of the United States built on?

4. Describe what happens to the Virginia Indians each year at Thanksgiving. What is this in response to?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Johnson. What advances did the American Indian make during these times?

Essay Topic 2

How has the Christian church affected life on the reservation for Indians? How would the reservations be different today if the Christian church had never come to the reservations?

Essay Topic 3

Who was Oliver La Farge and why did he play a role in Indian affairs? How was he helpful to the American Indian? What does the author believe he was after?

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