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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Indian Nonintercourse Act declared that all Indian land deals were invalid unless they occurred with what?
(a) Congressional approval.
(b) Popular vote.
(c) Presidential approval.
(d) Judicial approval.

2. A speech by a Chippewa chief named what rejected the presumption that the English were simply going to inherit Indian lands gained by the French in Chapter 4?
(a) Garangula.
(b) Minavavana.
(c) Atiwaneto.
(d) Cheda.

3. Chief Pontiac was a leader of what Native American tribe?
(a) The Ouachita people.
(b) The Cherokee people.
(c) The Ottawa people.
(d) The Apache people.

4. The Walking Purchase was a purported agreement from what year?
(a) 1715.
(b) 1769.
(c) 1737.
(d) 1785.

5. Deliberations on the Treaty of Lancaster ended on what date?
(a) June 12, 1754.
(b) November 23, 1746.
(c) July 4, 1744.
(d) October 15, 1669.

6. The Indian Nonintercourse Act is the collective name given to how many statutes passed by the United States Congress?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

7. When did the American Revolutionary War end?
(a) 1783.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1775.

8. Joseph Mittark was the sachem of what tribe?
(a) The Cherokee Indians.
(b) The Delaware Indians.
(c) The Gay Head Indians.
(d) The Apache Indians.

9. In the "Act of Submission" printed in Chapter 3, the Native American tribe formally submitted themselves as subjects of what?
(a) The Spanish Crown.
(b) The French Crown.
(c) The American President.
(d) The English Crown.

10. In 1778, a chief named what, ceding no land, allowed Americans to cross Delaware country?
(a) Black Lion.
(b) White Dove.
(c) Black Bear.
(d) White Eyes.

11. In an address to whom in Chapter 5 does Joseph Brant reiterate support for Great Britain?
(a) Jeffery Amherst.
(b) Eleazar Wheelock.
(c) William Johnson.
(d) Lord Germain.

12. Joseph Brant had been taught at whose school?
(a) William Johnson's.
(b) Jeffery Amherst's.
(c) Eleazar Wheelock's.
(d) Lord Germain's.

13. In what year were 96 Delaware Indians murdered by American militia because the militia believed the Indians were plotting against them?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1778.
(d) 1777.

14. Joseph Mittark was accused of illegitimately selling the lands of his people to the governor of what state?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) New York.
(d) Virginia.

15. One instance of land abuse was the "guardian system," put in place by Massachusetts in what year?
(a) 1737.
(b) 1746.
(c) 1768.
(d) 1711.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year was it clear the French were defeated by the English, and that Indians allied with the French were soon going to have to deal with the English, according to the author in Chapter 4?

2. When did Phineas Stevens die?

3. The Walking Purchase gave Pennsylvania as much land as a person could walk in how much time?

4. What act among Indian tribes was a crucial part of any diplomatic efforts, as it symbolized friendship and sincerity?

5. When was Dragging Canoe born?

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