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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. When the Wheeler-Howard act was passed, what did the Indians experience for the first time in half a century?
(a) Self-government.
(b) Social services.
(c) Social welfare.
(d) New schools.

2. What is the purpose of the Oklahoma Original Cherokee Community Organization?
(a) Defending marriages on the Cherokee Reservation performed by Native American Ministers.
(b) Defending hunting and treaty rights of the Cherokee.
(c) Defending water rights for the Cherokee Nation.
(d) Defending school financing on the Cherokee Reservation.

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

4. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The Reorganization Act.
(c) White America.
(d) The United States Government.

5. What year did the Congressional policy of termination begin?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have tribes discovered that they must do to make themselves heard?

2. What important work has the American Indian Historical Society of San Francisco done?

3. What kind of hats to anthropologists wear?

4. How did Utah get the Indians in their state to agree to termination?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the history of the Sioux who lived along the Missouri River?

2. What was the term "dependency," as used in the Delaware Treaty of September 17, 1778?

3. How did William Zimmerman, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs classify existing tribes into categories for Termination?

4. What are the Five Civilized Tribes and why are they referred to in this way?

5. Describe the treatment of the Choctaws. Why was their treatment worse when compared to other Indian peoples?

6. When the anthropologists stated that the Oglala Sioux need to be warriors, what was really happening to the Oglala Sioux?

7. How did Indians become citizens and what effect did this have on Termination?

8. What did anthropologists find about alcoholism on the reservation? What does the author think of this finding?

9. What happened to the Seneca Nation of New York?

10. What was the Pickering Treaty? Why was it thus named? What was the final outcome of the Pickering Treaty?

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