Part 5

Quiz for Document P5-2: Statutes of California, An Act for the Government and Protection of Indians (1850)

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Question 1

Section 2 of An Act for the Government and Protection of Indians requires white landowners to allow Native Americans to continue to live on portions of the lands that they had previously lived on and to support themselves on these lands, while also requiring that all apportionments and land disputes be settled by aA. committee of Native and white judges.
B. justice of the peace.
C. Native tribal leader.
D. state court.

Question 2

Based on Section 6 of the act, in which of the following ways were Native Americans and whites in California unequal before the justice of the peace and the law?A. Native Americans were not allowed to bring complaints to the justice of the peace.
B. Native Americans were subject only to tribal law and not charges brought by whites.
C. The U.S. Congress had exclusive jurisdiction over “Indian tribes” under the Constitution.
D. Whites could not be convicted on a charge based on the testimony of a Native American.

Question 3

Section 11 is intended to prevent whites from practicingA. chattel slavery.
B. mixed marriage.
C. Native religions.
D. vigilante justice.

Question 4

Taken together, Sections 14 and 20 could allow for the development of a social system based onA. chattel slavery and planter elites.
B. indentured servitude and forced labor.
C. lynching and mob violence.
D. manufacturing and wage labor.