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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 Lakota survived Wounded Knee?

2. When did English fishing fleets begin fishing in Newfoundland waters?

3. When did Columbus make a fourth voyage to the Caribbean?

4. When would Treuer's father drive Indian kids to Bemidji and then bring them home again?

5. When did Indian tribes begin to organize themselves formally in spite of the Office of Indian Affairs and the federal government?

Short Essay Questions

1. By the beginning of the seventeenth century, how was the North American continent divided?

2. What did Indian Rights groups in the 1880s say about the reservation system?

3. What was allotment?

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

5. What disease did Treuer believe his cousin Sam battled when he fought?

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

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

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

9. What type of structures did the Nasaazi construct?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After the treaty period ended, the goal was to assimilate Indians into American society. Why were policies created to integrate Indians into American culture, rather than allow them to retain tribal structures and Indian culture? What were the motives and results of assimilation?

Essay Topic 2

Migration is the movement of people from one place to another. How did war cause a migration of the Indian people? How was that different from migrations of Indians in the past?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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