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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between 1616 and 1619, what percent of the population of the New England tribes was wiped out by disease?
(a) About 70%.
(b) 65%.
(c) 95%.
(d) As much as 90%.

2. When did the Otoe chief Medicine Horse tell the federal commissioner trying to take his land that Indians were not children, but men?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1870.
(d) 1869.

3. Where was Black Elk born?
(a) Near the Green River.
(b) Near the Snake River.
(c) Near the Niobrara River.
(d) Near the Powder River.

4. During the battle with Custer and the Seventh Cavalry, what did Black Elk take from a dying soldier?
(a) Gold watch.
(b) Gun.
(c) Pocket knife.
(d) Sword.

5. In 2002 when Indians in Minnesota made up one percent of the state population, what percent made up the prison population?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Tulalip Resort Casino located?

2. When did the Black Panthers cease to exist as a viable political force?

3. When was the first transcontinental telegraph line completed?

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

5. How many Indian men were drafted during World War I?

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