English 103 - Composition and Critical Thinking » Fall 2020 » American Indians in Historical Perspective
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Question #1
Why did Deloria and Lytle write the essay?
A.
To offer an official account of Native American history.
B.
Historically, Native history has been told from a non-Native perspective, which has led to cultural misunderstandings. Thus, they seek to recount Native American history from a Native American perspective.
C.
To bore their readers.
D.
None of these.
Question #2
What did Franciso de Vitoria conclude regarding land ownership in the New World?
A.
He said that only God owned the land.
B.
He concluded that natives were true owners of the land.
C.
All of these.
D.
He said that the Spanish could claim ownership of the land by right of discovery.
Question #3
In what way did Chief Justice John Marshall amend Vitoria's theory for the domestic law of the United States in the Supreme Court's ruling on Johnson v. McIntosh?
A.
He suggested that discovery did indeed give title to the land, thereby superseding any rights that Natives had to the land.
B.
He privileged the land rights of specific tribes the Cherokee.
C.
He said that only land west of the Appalachians could be claimed by the US by right of discovery.
D.
None of these.
Question #4
Why were Indians often at a disadvantage when negotiating treaties with the US government?
A.
The treaty documents were often written in English and weren't always honestly translated.
B.
All of these.
C.
Treaties were approved by selected chiefs rather than by the entire tribe. leading to intra-tribal disputes.
D.
Treaties were often amended by the Senate after they had been signed.
Question #5
The term "removal" refers to
A.
The relocation of southern/eastern tribes to reservations in the west.
B.
None of these
C.
The stripping away of US citizenship.
D.
The deliberate genocide of certain tribes.
Question #6
Underlying the concept of allotment was the assumption that ___________________________
A.
Indians wanted to become day laborers.
B.
Indians wanted to become miners.
C.
Indians wanted to become farmers and had the capacity to do so
D.
Indians wanted an education.
Question #7
The Meriam Report was important because __________________________.
A.
It showed that Indians could be effectively assimilated through boarding school education programs.
B.
It showed that US policy toward Indians had largely been ineffective and that the government had not appropriated enough funds to permit the Indian Service to do its job effectively.
C.
It showed that US government allotment and assimilation policy had been effective.
D.
It showed that Indians were incapable of becoming part of American society.
Question #8
The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) effected positive change by
A.
Enabling tribes to organize for their common welfare
B.
Preventing the transfer of Indian land to anyone but the tribe itself.
C.
All of these.
D.
Minimizing federal control of tribal affairs by empowering tribal governments
Question #9
Broadly conceived, the goal of the Termination Era (1945-1961) was to grant Native Americans all the rights and privileges of citizenship, reduce their dependence on a bureaucracy whose mismanagement had been documented, and eliminate the expense of providing services for native people.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
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