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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 Dakota Sioux were killed during the largest mass hanging in U.S. history?

2. What year did the Sand Creek Massacre take place?

3. What was the name of the U.S. military reservation located near Fort Lyon in Colorado?

4. What was the name of the Lakota Sioux's sacred land, where Mount Rushmore is now located?

5. What was the name of the annual ceremony that brought the Sioux together and reinforced their national unity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who were the Colorado Volunteers?

4. What tactics did President Washington use in his campaigns against Native people?

5. After incarcerating Native people in Fort Sumner, Congress eventually decided to let these individuals return to their homes. What prompted this decision?

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

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

8. What was the environmental impact of the white settlers' destruction of the buffalo?

9. How did Franciscan missionaries in the U.S. treat Native inhabitants?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Territories within North American were required to achieve a certain demographic balance to attain statehood. How did these requirements lead to an ethnic cleansing of Native populations? Write an essay discussing the impact of these policies on both settler groups and Native communities.

Essay Topic 2

Dunbar-Ortiz states that "In the Civil War, [Irregular warfare] played a prominent role on both sides" (94). Using the information presented in An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, write an essay discussing how irregular warfare was used against minority communities during the 1800s.

Essay Topic 3

Dunbar-Ortiz asserts that "The most revered [U.S.] presidents...have each advanced popular imperialism" (108). What does she mean by the term "popular imperialism"? Are these beliefs harmful to the fabric of U.S. society? What impact do these beliefs have on minority groups? Write an essay examining this statement.

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