Question 1
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The relocation of all Eastern tribes across the Mississippi River that lasted more than a decade is called _______________.
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the Walk for Justice
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the Trail of Tears
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pan-Indianism
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the Ghost Dance
Question 2
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Which of the following statements is true of the early European explorers and immigrants of the Western hemisphere?
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Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to reach North America.
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The Europeans were hunters in search of wild game, including mammoths and long-horned bison.
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The Europeans had superior weaponry which gave them an advantage over the Native Americans.
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The indigenous people were immune to the diseases the explorers brought with them.
Question 3
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs, created in 1824, was part of the _____________.
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Department of Interior
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Department of Education
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Department of Justice
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Department of War
Question 4
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Which of the following statements is true of the National Congress of American Indians?
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It was registered as a lobby in Washington, D.C.
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It brought out the sentiments of the Whites in America.
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It was formed in the aftermath of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.
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It was recommended that both Indian and non-Indian members pay equally in dues.
Question 5
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Wounded Knee, South Dakota, is the site of the infamous assault in 1890 by ________________.
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White ranchers
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the Iroquois tribe
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the Choctaw tribe
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the U.S. Army
Question 6
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Which of the following statements regarding the social-economic status of Native Americans is accurate?
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The contemporary Native American population lives entirely on reservations.
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The Native Americans living on reservations have good-quality houses.
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Native Americans are a highly employed people.
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Native Americans are an impoverished people.
Question 7
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A particularly repugnant legal device for relegating African Americans to second-class status was the ____________.
Question 8
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Which of the following features of the slave codes demonstrates the subjugation of Africans in the United States?
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A slave could not possess property even if it was allowable by his or her owner.
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A slave could not testify in court against another slave.
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A slave could not legally buy or sell anything by special arrangement.
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A slave could not marry or even meet with a free Black.
Question 9
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Antislavery advocates, including Whites and free Blacks, were called ______________.
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White primaries
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abolitionists
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covenants
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assimilationists
Question 10
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The period from 1867 to 1877 is called _______________.
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Regeneration
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Revolutionary Decade
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Decade of Equality
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Reconstruction
Question 11
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Jim Crow refers to ___________.
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folk heroes of West Africans
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emancipation proclamations
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theories of the talented tenth
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racial segregation laws
Question 12
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The _____________ forbade Black voting in election primaries.
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restrictive covenant
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de jure segregation
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Black primary
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White primary
Question 13
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The Ku Klux Klan had its largest membership just after ___________.
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World War I
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Reconstruction
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Regeneration
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World War II