Part 6

Quiz for Document P6-6: Carlos Montezuma, What Indians Must Do (1914)

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Question 1

According to Carlos Montezuma, the Indian Bureau’s justification for commercializing Western resources was based on the argument that Native AmericansA. had sold them to the federal government.
B. required few natural resources to live.
C. violated land treaties with the federal government.
D. were incapable of making profitable use of resources.

Question 2

According to Montezuma, the Indian Bureau and reservation system has created among the Native Americans a spirit ofA. apathy and dependency.
B. cultural pride and continuity.
C. industry and ambition.
D. resistance and rebellion.

Question 3

In which of the following ways does Montezuma contrast the conditions on the reservations with those outside of the reservations?A. America, inside and outside the reservations, is being corrupted by materialism.
B. Native American communities are relatively materially poor but spiritually wealthy.
C. Reservations preserve a simpler, nobler, and more natural way of life.
D. White America have made material progress while dependent Native Americans have stagnated.

Question 4

Montezuma’s call on Native Americans of the reservations to claim their natural property and enter the struggle for success in the American economy is based on the philosophy known asA. Dependency Theory.
B. Mercantilism.
C. Social Darwinism.
D. Utopian Socialism.