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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the Senate Interior Committee afraid of after the passage of the Wheeler-Howard act?
(a) They were afraid of Indian unity.
(b) They were afraid the French would want the land back.
(c) They were afraid of foreign influences.
(d) They were afraid of the Civil Rights Movement.

3. Which group of Indians did Arthur Watkins target first in his work for the government?
(a) The Cheyenne.
(b) Indians east of the Mississippi.
(c) Indians in his home state of Utah.
(d) Southwest Indians.

4. What happened to the oldest treaty between the U.S. and the Seneca tribe?
(a) The government built a dam, which flooded the major part of the Seneca reservation and the treaty was broken.
(b) The government passed a new law in 1869 abolishing the treaty.
(c) Nothing, it still exists.
(d) The government gave the land away after the Civil War to former slaves.

5. Why do anthropologists believe Indians drink?
(a) Because they are alcoholics.
(b) Because they are caught between two worlds.
(c) Because they have weak father figures.
(d) Because life on the reservation is like a party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?

2. When Watkins visited the Menominee, what did he compare the living conditions to?

3. What did early treaties allow the tribes to do to white men violating their laws and borders?

4. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?

5. What were the findings of the House Interior Committee headed by Karl Mundt?

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