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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Becoming Indian: 1970-1990.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1945, how much of the U.S. was without flush toilets?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 2/5.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 1/3.

2. Where did thousands of Cherokee, Seminole, Creek, Choctaw, and Chicasaw families move to from Oklahoma and became homesteaders?
(a) Missouri and Texas.
(b) Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado.
(c) Nebraska, Colorado, and Utah.
(d) Wyoming and Montana.

3. In 1970, how many Indians, on or off the reservation, lived below the poverty level?
(a) 30%.
(b) 35%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 40%.

4. When was the Indian Rights Association formed in Philadelphia?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1882.

5. Where were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?
(a) Split Rock Creek.
(b) Skunk Creek.
(c) James Creek.
(d) Wounded Knee Creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Winnebago file a claim in the Court of Claims?

2. How many Lakota survived Wounded Knee?

3. At about what time was Acoma settled?

4. When did the American Indian Movement (AIM) take a caravan to Washington, D.C.?

5. When was the first Homestead Act passed?

(see the answer key)

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