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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Civil War, how much did the Seminoles have to sell their reservation for?
(a) 5 cents an acre.
(b) 20 cents an acre.
(c) 10 cents an acre.
(d) 15 cents an acre.

2. When did Blackfeet warrior and orator Crowfoot die?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1890.

3. Where was a large homeland secured for the Lakota in the second Treaty of Fort Laramie?
(a) Southwestern South Dakota and northern Nebraska.
(b) Northwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) South Dakota.

4. When were the Nez Perce forcibly removed from their ancestral lands in Oregon to Idaho?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1877.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1879.

5. When Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida in 1513, how long had Indians been living there?
(a) 11,000 years.
(b) About 10,000 years.
(c) At least 12,000 years.
(d) 15,000 years.

6. When was the battle of the Little Bighorn?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1871.

7. When would Treuer's father drive Indian kids to Bemidji and then bring them home again?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1950s.

8. When did the Spanish attempt to settle in what is present-day South Carolina?
(a) 1511 and 1521.
(b) 1530 and 1570.
(c) 1526 and 1566.
(d) 1498 and 1502.

9. When did Congress declare war on Germany during World War I?
(a) April 27, 1917.
(b) April 6, 1917.
(c) April 11, 1917.
(d) April 1, 1917.

10. In 1890, how many Indians did the U.S. Census Bureau tabulate?
(a) 180,000.
(b) Around 300,000.
(c) 220,000.
(d) Less than 200,000.

11. How early were two and then three agencies created to treat and trade with Indian tribes?
(a) 1783.
(b) 1786.
(c) 1770.
(d) 1775.

12. When did a party of Dakota attack a Ojibwe sugar camp near the Saint Croix River?
(a) April 1850.
(b) March 1850.
(c) June 1850.
(d) February 1850.

13. When did Indian tribes begin to organize themselves formally in spite of the Office of Indian Affairs and the federal government?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1921.

14. When did Arizona and New Mexico allow Indians to vote?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1943.

15. When was the first Homestead Act passed?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1861.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?

2. In 2002 when Indians in Minnesota made up one percent of the state population, what percent made up the prison population?

3. When were 173 Blackfeet Indians killed by U.S. troops when they were directed to the wrong camp?

4. During the first five years of the California gold rush, how many tons of gold were mined by placer mining?

5. When did Jack Wilson have a vision of the Ghost Dance?

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