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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. When was an order for Sitting Bull's arrest issued?
(a) December 15, 1890.
(b) October 11, 1890.
(c) November 9, 1890.
(d) September 30, 1890.

2. When was the battle of the Little Bighorn?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1872.

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

4. When did the state of Georgia agree to give up claims to land if the federal government would remove or reduce the Indians in Georgia?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1803.

5. When were peaceful Blackfeet massacred on the Marais River?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1878.
(d) 1876.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was a large homeland secured for the Lakota in the second Treaty of Fort Laramie?

2. Between 1616 and 1619, what percent of the population of the New England tribes was wiped out by disease?

3. How far back may humans have lived at the site found at Meadowcroft Rockshelter?

4. When did Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) land on the mainland of North America?

5. By the late 1870s, approximately how many bison were killed per day?

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