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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1803.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1800.

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

3. During the first five years of the California gold rush, how many tons of gold were mined by placer mining?
(a) About 290.
(b) 410.
(c) More than 370.
(d) 355.

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

5. About how large is Leech Lake Reservation?
(a) 40 by 40 miles.
(b) 60 by 60 miles.
(c) 50 by 50 miles.
(d) 30 by 30 miles.

6. When was the second Treaty of Fort Laramie signed?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1857.

7. When was the first Homestead Act passed?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1862.

8. When was the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee published?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1980.

9. When did Sitting Bull formally surrender to government forces?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1881.

10. During what century did Leif Eriksson explore the northern Atlantic littoral?
(a) 13th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 10th.

11. By the late 1870s, approximately how many bison were killed per day?
(a) About 5,000.
(b) Around 4,500.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 3,200.

12. When did Columbus make a fourth voyage to the Caribbean?
(a) 1509.
(b) 1500.
(c) 1511.
(d) 1502.

13. When did the Spanish attempt to settle in what is present-day South Carolina?
(a) 1498 and 1502.
(b) 1526 and 1566.
(c) 1511 and 1521.
(d) 1530 and 1570.

14. What did Treuer study in college?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) History.
(d) Philosophy.

15. When were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Treuer's grandmother when she was sent to Tomah Indian Industrial School in Tomah, Wisconsin?

2. How early were two and then three agencies created to treat and trade with Indian tribes?

3. On December 20, 1890, how many followers left Standing Rock Reservation with Spotted Elk?

4. From what Indian tribe is Kevin Washburn from?

5. How old was Treuer's cousin Sam Cleveland in 2012?

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