Chapter 15

Quiz for Document 15-4: Francis A. Walker, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1872)

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Question 1

In his Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1872, Francis Walker suggests that the U.S. approach to the “Indian problem” was nearing a crossroads that would necessitate which action?A. A shift from military solutions to policies that promoted assimilation
B. Abandoning concentration policies in favor of military solutions
C. A transition from defensive to offensive strategies for fighting the Indians
D. An admission that the “Indian problem” was actually a “white problem”

Question 2

Walker characterizes the nature of Native American historical claims to the land asA. inaccurate.
B. irrelevant.
C. legitimate.
D. sentimental.

Question 3

Walker’s description of white public sentiment on the issue of government policy toward Native Americans best supports which of the following statements?A. Few white Americans were aware of government “Indian policy.”
B. Many white Americans felt the Native Americans had been treated unfairly.
C. Most white Americans were in favor of destroying Native American peoples.
D. Public opinion was irrelevant to government “Indian policy.”

Question 4

What, in Walker’s opinion, made the breaking of Native American resistance inevitable over the next few years?A. Continued expansion of white agricultural population and industrialization
B. Military superiority of government troops and weapons
C. Native American enthusiasm for settled agricultural life
D. Rapid declines in Native American birth rates