Chapter 15

Quiz for Chapter Fifteen Thinking Like a Historian: Representing Indians

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Question 1

How did the poster for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West (source 1) depict Native Americans?A. As complex people living in diverse tribal groupings
B. As belligerent savages intent on harming white settlers
C. As people who combined modern and traditional ways of life
D. As allies who guided white Americans’ adjustment to the West

Question 2

According to Lewis Henry Morgan (source 2), what factor determined a group’s ranking in the status of civilization?A. Its historical context
B. Geographic location
C. Technology
D. Racial characteristics

Question 3

For which of the following reasons did Lewis Henry Morgan suggest that Native Americans were unique?A. Native Americans occupying different ranks on the continuum of civilization coexisted on the same continent.
B. They lived in a modern era but continued to live in the ages of savagery and barbarism.
C. They had been introduced to writing, smelting, and iron tools, but rejected them.
D. Native Americans adopted some elements of civilization but rejected others.

Question 4

A historian would find this collection of documents useful because it conveys information about which of the following?A. The lives and experiences of Native Americans in the West in the nineteenth century
B. The historical and social experiences of Native Americans between 1500 and 1900
C. White Americans’ perceptions about Native Americans in the nineteenth century
D. Native Americans’ perceptions of and interactions with white Americans

Question 5

By what means did source 3 seek to lure white tourists into the West?A. The journal described the irresistible beauty of the region’s landscape.
B. It implied that the American Indians were increasingly civilized and less dangerous.
C. The text conveyed the notion that the American Indians and the Wild West would soon disappear.
D. It suggested that the experience would give whites a glimpse into their own historic past.