Native America: 1730-1800

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Native America: 1730-1800

Quiz Number: 7 Course Name: History of the Indians of the United States Course No.Hist 16 Quiz N0. = 7 Teacher: Dr. Eric Mayer Teacher's Home Page: http://www.emayzine.com Teacher's Email: emayvvc@earthlink.net

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1. At the time Jefferson's Indian policy fit well with Anglo-American pioneers because

a) Settlers were sympathetic to the plight of the Indian

b) It stressed extermination as the ultimate goal of Indian policy

c) It accepted as inevitable that whites would settle in and eventually own Native American lands

d) New settlement zones would be created as Indians were persuaded to abandon their lands

e) C and D

2. In the Treaty of Holston

a) Native American leaders ceded land west of the Mississippi

b) recognized the boundaries set by the Treaty of New York

c) Allowed the Cherokee three tracts of land in Tennessee

d) Cherokee leaders ceded land on the Tennessee-North Carolina border

e) Native Americans ceded lands on the Holston river

3. After the Battle of Horseshoe Bend Andrew Jackson

a) Made it clear that he held the entire Cherokee nation responsible for the actions of some renegades

b) Took 22 million acres of land from the Cherokee

c) Forced even loyal tribes to surrender their lands to whites

d) All of the above

e) B and C

4. All of the following are true except:

a) The "Red Sticks" were an anti-American faction of the Creek tribe

b) The war captain Menewa was a leader of the pro-American faction of the Creeks

c) Chief Weatherford and a anti-American war party attacked Fort Mims

d) William Macintosh was a pro_American leaders of the Creeks

e) Menewa's real name was "Hothlepoya"

5. Tecumseh and the Prophet urged their followers

a) To adopt the culture and life style of whites

b) To adopt pan-Indianism and reject whites in every way

c) To follow the Jeffersonian policy of assimilation

d) To wear textile clothing as a symbol of Indian pride

e) None of the above

6. President Jefferson was a firm believer in

a) Extermination and dispossession of tribal lands

b) Coexistence and gradualism brought about by the transforming process of civilization

c) Enslavement and Christianization of Native Americans

d) The policies of Andrew Jackson

e) None of the above

7. Sequoya was famous for

a) Leading raiding parties against the Dutch

b) Negotiating with the British in the Seven Years War

c) Creating a Cherokee alphabet and tribal literacy

d) Promoting pan-indianism

e) Fighting the Spanish Florida

8. By 1828 the Cherokee

a) Had built schools, churches and roads

b) Owned plantations

c) The women wore European style dresses and gowns

d) Adopted a political system modeled after that of the United States

e) All of the above

9. Tecumseh argued for all of the following except:

a) Each warrior was to reform his personal conduct and recover physical, moral and spiritual strength

b) Abstaining from alcohol consumption

c) That no one person or tribe owned the land and therefore could not make treaties granting it to whites

d) A new way of life for Indians as well as purification

e) It was permissible to trade with whites as long as one did not adopt their culture

10. In the southeast a great many Englishmen married into Native American tribes in the 1730's to

a) Gain status and wealth by manipulating tribal politics and economy

b) Recruit soldiers for the war against the French

c) Help Native Americans acculturate into white society

d) Find new passages to the West

e) Prevent the French from making inroads in the southeast

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1.	At the time Jefferson's Indian policy fit well with Anglo-American pioneers because

	a)	Settlers were sympathetic to the plight of the Indian
	b)	It stressed extermination as the ultimate goal of Indian policy
	c)	It accepted as inevitable that whites would settle in and eventually own Native American lands
	d)	New settlement zones would be created as Indians were persuaded to abandon their lands
	e)	C and D


2.	In the Treaty of Holston

	a)	Native American leaders ceded land west of the Mississippi
	b)	recognized the boundaries set by the Treaty of New York
	c)	Allowed the Cherokee three tracts of land in Tennessee
	d)	Cherokee leaders ceded land on the Tennessee-North Carolina border
	e)	Native Americans ceded lands on the Holston river


3.	After the Battle of Horseshoe Bend Andrew Jackson

	a)	Made it clear that he held the entire Cherokee nation responsible for the actions of some renegades
	b)	Took 22 million acres of land from the Cherokee
	c)	Forced even loyal tribes to surrender their lands to whites
	d)	All of the above
	e)	B and C


4.	All of the following are true except:

	a)	The "Red Sticks" were an anti-American faction of the Creek tribe
	b)	The war captain Menewa was a leader of the pro-American faction of the Creeks
	c)	Chief Weatherford and a anti-American war party attacked Fort Mims
	d)	William Macintosh was a pro_American leaders of the Creeks
	e)	Menewa's real name was "Hothlepoya"


5.	Tecumseh and the Prophet urged their followers

	a)	To adopt the culture and life style of whites
	b)	To adopt pan-Indianism and reject whites in every way
	c)	To follow the Jeffersonian policy of assimilation
	d)	To wear textile clothing as a symbol of Indian pride
	e)	None of the above


6.	President Jefferson was a firm believer in

	a)	Extermination and dispossession of tribal lands
	b)	Coexistence and gradualism brought about by the transforming process of civilization
	c)	Enslavement and Christianization of Native Americans
	d)	The policies of Andrew Jackson
	e)	None of the above


7.	Sequoya was famous for

	a)	Leading raiding parties against the Dutch
	b)	Negotiating with the British in the Seven Years War
	c)	Creating a Cherokee alphabet and tribal literacy
	d)	Promoting pan-indianism
	e)	Fighting the Spanish Florida


8.	By 1828 the Cherokee

	a)	Had built schools, churches and roads
	b)	Owned plantations
	c)	The women wore European style dresses and gowns
	d)	Adopted a political system modeled after that of the United States
	e)	All of the above


9.	Tecumseh argued for all of the following except:

	a)	Each warrior was to reform his personal conduct and recover physical, moral and spiritual strength
	b)	Abstaining from alcohol consumption
	c)	That no one person or tribe owned the land and therefore could not make treaties granting it to whites
	d)	A new way of life for Indians as well as purification
	e)	It was permissible to trade with whites as long as one did not adopt their culture


10.	In the southeast a great many Englishmen married into Native American tribes in the 1730's to

	a)	Gain status and wealth by manipulating tribal politics and economy
	b)	Recruit soldiers for the war against the French
	c)	Help Native Americans acculturate into white society
	d)	Find new passages to the West
	e)	Prevent the French from making inroads in the southeast