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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. What has been the basis on which racial relations have been defined ever since the first settlers got off the boat?

2. What did the Supreme Court do in June of 1968?

3. In 1967, where was the conference on Manpower held?

4. What provides keen insight into a group's collective psyche?

5. Who is the prophet of peace on the Hopi reservation?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Indian history, when did the reservation system really begin to improve and what happened when it did?

2. What have been the views, according to the author, of Christianity regarding slavery, poverty and treachery?

3. What does the author believe that every group must have to become a reality?

4. What is welfare based on?

5. How does the Bureau of Indian Affairs give the Indians an advantage for services over other Americans in need?

6. Do the Indians deserve the services they get? Why? Why not?

7. What is the problem with earmarked money? What is earmarked money?

8. Why does the joke about Falling Rocks bridge the racial gap?

9. Why were other groups insulted by the cards that read "We Shall Overrun?"

10. What happened when the government decided to move the Bureau of Indian Affairs to Health, Education and Welfare?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the struggle of the American Indian to the African American. What are the similarities? What are the differences? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Is tribal unity an answer for the future? How has tribal unity been successful? What are the problems associated with tribal unity? What needs to happen in the future?

Essay Topic 3

How do Indians view the Kennedy's? Do they feel that the Kennedy administration helped or hurt them? How do they feel about Robert Kennedy? How do Indians view the Kennedy assassinations?

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