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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the unfortunate provision in the Wheeler-Howard Act?
(a) There was a one year delay on all services while the tribe voted.
(b) The Indians would have to give up hunting rights.
(c) Once a reservation voted against the acceptance of the provisions of the act, they were forbidden from considering it again.
(d) The Indians would have to move again and give up more land.

2. What, according to the author at the end of chapter 1, should the government do about the Indians?
(a) Establish a cultural leave-us-alone agreement.
(b) Establish a cultural inclusion policy.
(c) Pass laws removing all federal government from Indian proceedings.
(d) Begin talks with the federal government on land rights.

3. When does the author believe was the last time that true democracy was alive among Indian tribes?
(a) Pre-Columbian days.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) 1756.
(d) 1885.

4. According to the author, for those whites who do not claim Indian heritage, what asset do they have that connects them with American Indians?
(a) They understand Indians.
(b) They donate to Indian colleges.
(c) They have friends who are Indians.
(d) They ARE Indians.

5. When the frontier was closed in 1890, what did American enter into next?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Spanish-American War.
(c) WWII.
(d) The Korean Conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the oldest, continuous Indian-run organization?

2. What is the main conflict of the Northwestern tribes and the government?

3. What happened to the oldest treaty between the U.S. and the Seneca tribe?

4. A 1791 Treaty with the Cherokees included what provision?

5. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?

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