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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did a small group of "elite" Native people accumulate personal wealth during the 1800s?
(a) By attending an Anglo university.
(b) By joining a Christian club.
(c) By paying a membership fee.
(d) By marrying Anglos settlers.

2. Which term for robbers was often used by white settlers to describe Natives?
(a) Bandetti.
(b) Corsairs.
(c) Maurauders.
(d) Raiders.

3. Which presidential administration was responsible for the Louisiana purchase?
(a) The Buchanan administration.
(b) The Johnson administration.
(c) The Jackson administration.
(d) The Jefferson administration.

4. Dunbar-Ortiz states that President Kennedy used settler-based terminology during his presidential campaign. What term does she point out?
(a) Kennedy's "new frontier."
(b) Kennedy's "native exploration."
(c) Kennedy's "Indian country."
(d) Kennedy's "modern colony."

5. Which individual spearheaded the 1968 Poor People's Campaign?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Malcom X.
(d) Muhammad Ali.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name was given to the Guardians of the Oglala Nation?

2. During the War for Independence, what portion of the U.S. population lived within 50 miles of the Atlantic ocean?

3. What was the name of the multiethnic resistance movement supported by the Working Class Union?

4. Fear of Chinese communist revolution was called what?

5. What percentage of the Philipino population died due to the U.S. army's action ins the late 1800s/early 1900s?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the Confederation period, what was the relationship between British forces and Native communities?

2. How did poor farmers in the U.S. view World War I?

3. After the Revolutionary War, what was the purpose of militias?

4. In the 1800s, the Bureau of Indian Affairs used funds allocated for Native populations. What did they do with this money?

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, what role does alcohol played in colonialization?

6. Why did the U.S. extend its military power in the Caribbean and Pacific during the late 1800s?

7. In Chapter 8, Dunbar-Ortiz responds to the popular argument that the Civil War was fought over "state's rights." What is her opinion on this issue?

8. The Virginia Tech shooting was often described as the "worst massacre in U.S. history" (195). Why does Dunbar-Ortiz object to this statement?

9. What was the outcome of the Indian Citizenship Act?

10. Why did some Native people hope for a Confederate victory during the Civil War?

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