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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. What is Treuer's ancestral village?

2. During what century did Leif Eriksson explore the northern Atlantic littoral?

3. From what Indian tribe is Kevin Washburn from?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What was the Indian Reorganization Act?

4. What was the First Seminole War, and what happened after the war?

5. How did the Cherokee and other tribes take advantage of the Homestead Act?

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

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

8. Why did Indians resist the draft during World War I?

9. What was the purpose of the Indian boarding schools?

10. What type of structures did the Nasaazi construct?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

At the time the book was written, Indians were becoming more diverse. How were Indians becoming more diverse? What were the effects of diversity on Indians and their lives?

Essay Topic 3

David Treuer is an Ojibwe who grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation. Why did Treuer write The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee?

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