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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did the Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople?
(a) 1453.
(b) 1438.
(c) 1411.
(d) 1494.

4. When did Ely Parker become the first Indian to be placed in charge of the Office of Indian Affairs?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1878.
(d) 1869.

5. On December 20, 1890, how many followers left Standing Rock Reservation with Spotted Elk?
(a) 460.
(b) 280.
(c) 120.
(d) 350.

6. When were 173 Blackfeet Indians killed by U.S. troops when they were directed to the wrong camp?
(a) October 1869.
(b) December 1869.
(c) January 1870.
(d) March 1870.

7. When was an order for Sitting Bull's arrest issued?
(a) September 30, 1890.
(b) October 11, 1890.
(c) November 9, 1890.
(d) December 15, 1890.

8. Where was the author raised?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) North Dakota.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Wisconsin.

9. When did Jack Wilson have a vision of the Ghost Dance?
(a) April 7, 1889.
(b) January 1, 1889.
(c) February 17, 1889.
(d) March 11, 1889.

10. What is Treuer's ancestral village?
(a) Mission.
(b) Inger.
(c) Bena.
(d) Ball Club.

11. About how large is Leech Lake Reservation?
(a) 30 by 30 miles.
(b) 60 by 60 miles.
(c) 50 by 50 miles.
(d) 40 by 40 miles.

12. How long did Canada have a boarding school system for Indians?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1970s.

13. How far back may humans have lived at the site found at Meadowcroft Rockshelter?
(a) 15,000 years.
(b) 19,000 years.
(c) 9,000 years.
(d) 7,000 years.

14. During the first five years of the California gold rush, how many tons of gold were mined by placer mining?
(a) More than 370.
(b) 410.
(c) 355.
(d) About 290.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the judge come back with a verdict on the case of Standing Bear vs. Crook?

2. In 1890, how many Indians did the U.S. Census Bureau tabulate?

3. How many square miles do the Great Plains cover?

4. When did Sitting Bull formally surrender to government forces?

5. Within a couple of decades after allotment, what percent of Indian land passed into white ownership?

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