Question 1

What immediately followed the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

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Forced migration of indigenous people from southern states, the expansion of slavery and cash crop plantations across the south

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Creation of a permanent homeland for Native people west of the Mississippi River

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Independence from Britain

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The building of the railroad across the Great Plains, connecting US states west of the Mississippi River  to US states east of the Mississippi River

Question 2

Which of the following tribal nations was split up due to settler colonialism into the Upper ________  and  Lower ________?

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Muskogee/Creek

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Choctaw

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Seminole

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Cherokee

Question 3

In 1907, "Indian Territory" would become what state?

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Oklahoma

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Texas

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Florida

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Georgia

Question 4

What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 give President Andrew Jackson the power to do?

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Set aside land west of the Mississippi river to divide up and give to tribal nations who agreed to trade their ancestral land

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To build cash crop plantations all over the east and west coasts.

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Declare war on American Indian nations in areas the US wanted to expand into and take control of.

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Build railroads across the Great Plains to transport settlers from the US to the west.

Question 5

The "Red Sticks" were...

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A resistance group of Creek warriors who found who fought against US settlers, US soldiers, and their Creek allies

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A group of Plains Native Americans who fought back against the railroad companies during the building of the transcontinental railroad

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A group of Black and indigenous Seminoles who raided white American settlements in Florida and Georgia

Question 6

The Choctaw are considered one of the oldest Indigenous Nations in the United States... What was true of their ancestral homeland?

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It had very rich, fertile soil where, in the eyes of the US, many desirable, profitable crops could grow.

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It was a hideout and safe haven for formerly enslaved African people.

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It was very dry and was not a place where, in the eyes of the US, desirable, profitable crops could grow.

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Gold was found in it.

Question 7

Which of the following treaties set off the "Trail of Tears," or the Cherokee's forced march to Indian Territory?

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Treaty of New Echota 1835

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Treaty of Fort Jackson 1814

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Treaty of Payne’s Landing 1834

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Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek 1831

Question 8

True or False: The Seminole wars were the most costly American Indian wars the US fought, and cost the US government &#36;40 million dollars.

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True

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False

Question 9

True or False: In 1832,  the US Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee Nation and stated it was "unconstitutional" for Georgia to push the Cherokee Nation off their land.

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True

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False

Question 10

True or False: Rather than violent resistance, the Cherokee utilized "assimilation" to gain political power and, for a time, maintain independence in the US.

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True

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False

Question 11

True or False: After the Creek Red Sticks lost at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend to the US and its Creek allies (which Andrew Jackson fought at before becoming president), Creek people who had assimilated and fought on the side of the US got to keep their land.

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False

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True

Question 12

Enslaved Africans considered this tribal nation a safe haven, and often ran away from plantations to live here.

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Seminole

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Muskogee/Creek

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Choctaw

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Cherokee

Question 13

Which of the following Cherokee leaders signed a treaty with the US WITHOUT the consent of the head chief and rest of the Cherokee tribal nation?

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John Ridge

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John Ross

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Andrew Jackson

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Tecumseh

Question 14

All of the following were terms of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek EXCEPT...

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The Choctaw would build schools that taught English and Christianity

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Choctaw would give 11 mil. acres of traditional Choctaw lands to US.

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The US would give 15 mil. acres of land in “Indian Territory” to the Choctaw.

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The Choctaw were promised political autonomy (independence) in Indian Territory.

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The Choctaw were promised the most desirable land in Indian Territory

Question 15

What does Puritan leader John Winthrop mean when he says that the Puritans "shall be as a City upon a Hill" in 1630?

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The Puritans' society would be a model society for all people to look up to.

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The Puritans' society would be a society where those who behaved poorly would be punished appropriately.

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The Puritans' society would be a place where Europeans and indigenous people could live together in peace.

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The Puritans' society would be wealthy and militarily powerful.

Question 16

The phrase "as long as water runs and grass grows" would be remembered bitterly by indigenous people since it ultimately came to symbolize...

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President Jackson's broken promises

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The Gold Rush

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Assimilation

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Climate change

Question 17

The English colony of Jamestown is significant for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...

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It was the first English colony to separate from Great Britain (England) in 1776.

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The first ship with 20 enslaved West African people arrived here in 1619, demonstrating the future US was reliant on the transatlantic slave trade since its origins.

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Its inhabitants resorted to cannibalism, which demonstrates how ill-prepared these colonists were upon their arrival.

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It was the first English colony established in North American in 1607.

Question 18

Mercantilism can best be described as...

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System in which the British colonies served as money makers for the mother country, Britain, and provided Britain with resources like gold, silver, food, and raw materials.

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System through which the British colonies protested against Britain in order to achieve their freedom and independence

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System in which an invasive settler population seeks to replace an indigenous population

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System in which the British provided its colonies with resources like gold, silver, food, and raw materials in exchange for their loyalty.

Question 19

In the last two paragraph's of Andrew Jackson's State of the Union address, he makes all of the following claims EXCEPT:

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The migration of indigenous people to the area west of the Mississippi River would happen by force if necessary.

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The migration of indigenous people to this area should be their choice.

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If indigenous people decide to stay within the territory of the United States, they must follow US and state laws.

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An area of land west of the Mississippi River should be set aside for Native American nations.

Question 20

In the FIRST paragraph of his speech, Black Hawk's TONE can best be described as...

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Proud

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Demoralized

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Eager

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Regretful

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Defeated

Question 21

In the LAST paragraph of his speech, Black Hawk's message can best be summarized as...

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Black Hawk will die pleased because he fought bravely as long as he could, and for that he has nothing to be ashamed of.

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Black Hawk will continue fighting proudly no matter what.

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Black Hawk's people are in an impossible situation and, as a result, they must surrender.

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Black Hawk and his people had been lied to over and over and now the environment they loved so much was dying too.

Question 22

Settler colonialism can best be described as...

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The policy or practice of replacing an indigenous population with members or settlers of one's own group

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The forced or chosen process by which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a dominant group or culture in terms of values, behaviors, and beliefs

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The policy or practice of taking political or cultural control over an area or indigenous population and exploiting it economically

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The belief that it was America’s right to expand westward, due to feelings of superiority in religion, economics, technology/ transportation, arts/literature (culture), government, and race

Question 23

True or false: The population of the buffalo in North American decreased from around 100 million to 750 in roughly 150 years.

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True

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False

Question 24

Which of the following pieces of evidence could be used to prove that the US army committed genocide in the Great Plains by "deliberately inflicting conditions meant to destroy a group" (#3 on the genocide convention)?

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US military officer in 1867: " “Kill every buffalo you can! Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone.”

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Black Hawk in 1832: "The white men are bad schoolmasters; they carry false looks, and deal in false actions; they smile in the face of the poor Indian to cheat him; they shake them by the hand to gain their confidence, to make them drunk, to deceive them, and ruin our wives."

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Cherokee Chief John Ross in 1835: “The treaty in question is not the act of our Nation; we are not parties to its covenants (promises); it has not received the sanction (consent) of our people.”

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Andrew Jackson in 1829: "I informed the Indians inhabiting parts of Georgia and Alabama that their attempt to establish an independent government would not be allowed by the US, and advised them to emigrate beyond the Mississippi or submit to the laws of those States."

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