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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When were the last compulsory boarding school programs suspended?

4. How many acres of land may have been irrigated by the Hohokam?

5. When did a group of Meskwaki get permission from the Iowa state legislature to buy land in Tama County?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did President Ulysses S. Grant change the ways the federal government worked with Indian tribes?

2. In 1883, what became Indian offenses, and what was the purpose of a bill passed to establish law and order among the Indians?

3. Why was Kevin Washburn a believer in tribal self-determination and self-governance from early in his life?

4. How did Treuer describe the Ojibwe and their beginnings?

5. What happened when Chief Standing Bear and his followers took the chief's eldest son's body to be buried in Nebraska on their ancestral homelands?

6. What was allotment?

7. Who survived the massacre at Wounded Knee, and what did they go on to do?

8. What was the Meriam Report, and what were its findings?

9. Why were Indians often found at the front when they fought for the U.S.?

10. Who was Sam Cleveland, and how did Treuer describe him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clyde Warrior wrote an essay that described “Five Types of Young Indians.” What were the five types of Indians that Warrior wrote about in his essay? What did his essay reveal about self-esteem and Indians?

Essay Topic 2

Many Indians struggled with life when they returned home after the war. How did Indians struggle with life when they returned home after the war? How did their war experiences and struggles symbolize the struggles of modern Indians in society?

Essay Topic 3

Archaeology and historical records can be used to uncover the past. What common misconceptions are there about Indians? How is new historical and archeological information being used to refute common misconceptions about Indians and their past?

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