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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Purgatory: 1891-1934.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1863, how much land were the Red Lake Band and Pembina Band of Ojibwe coerced into signing away?
(a) 9 million acres.
(b) 5 million acres.
(c) 11 million acres.
(d) 16 million acres.

2. When were the last compulsory boarding school programs suspended?
(a) Late 1930s.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1938.
(d) Late 1920s.

3. Since what time were spices traded from east to west via coastal routes?
(a) 3500 BCE.
(b) 1980 BCE.
(c) Around 2000 BCE.
(d) At least 3000 BCE.

4. How many students died at the Carlisle school?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) 150.
(d) 135.

5. When did the judge come back with a verdict on the case of Standing Bear vs. Crook?
(a) June 3, 1879.
(b) July 19, 1879.
(c) May 12, 1879.
(d) April 9, 1879.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Spanish attempt to settle in what is present-day South Carolina?

2. What was the estimated population of Cahokia around 1050-1250 CE?

3. When did Richard Henry Pratt open the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania?

4. Where did Columbus land in 1492?

5. How many Lakota survived Wounded Knee?

(see the answer key)

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