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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 year did the Sand Creek Massacre take place?

2. Which individual spearheaded the 1968 Poor People's Campaign?

3. To which country did the Muskogee nation ally itself in an attempt to stop the flow of squatters?

4. Which permanent settlement eventually developed into the commonwealth of Virginia?

5. How many future states developed in the territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did rural white citizens hope would result from President Jackson's administration?

2. What was Benjamin Hawkins' mission as an "Indian agent" for the U.S. government?

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

4. What was the Trail of Broken Treaties?

5. In 1871, Congress created a rider to the Indian Appropriation Act. What did this rider state?

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

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

8. What strategies did the U.S. military use against both Native populations and the Filipinos?

9. What was Simon Bolivar's position on slavery?

10. Dunbar-Ortiz describes an exodus of landless poor from the East toward the seized Indigenous territories. She characterizes this exodus as an "escape valve." What does she mean by that?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Gold Rush prompted many white American settlers to head west in the 1800s. How were Native populations affected by the sudden influx of white settlers in their region? Write an essay exploring the Gold Rush's role in promoting settler-colonialism.

Essay Topic 2

Otto Von Bismark famously stated that "The colonization of North American has been the decisive fact of the modern world" (96). Write an essay exploring this statement. Use historical information from An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the text, Dunbar-Ortiz argues that assimilation functions as a form of genocide. Write an essay analyzing this statement. How does assimilation weaken or erode marginalized groups? Cite specific examples from the text to support your argument.

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