Correct. The answer is b. The poster presents a simplistic, racist, and stereotypical portrayal of Native Americans as violent savages whose primary goal was to harm white Americans.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The poster presents a simplistic, racist, and stereotypical portrayal of Native Americans as violent savages whose primary goal was to harm white Americans.

Correct. The answer is c. Morgan classified groups along the continuum from “savagery” to “civilization” according to their level of technological development, emphasizing food acquisition, tools, and symbolic representation.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Morgan classified groups along the continuum from “savagery” to “civilization” according to their level of technological development, emphasizing food acquisition, tools, and symbolic representation.

Correct. The answer is a. Morgan believed that Native Americans “exemplified the condition of mankind in three successive ethnical periods” at the time of European contact. Some, he suggested, were in the upper state of savagery, whereas others were in the lower and middle states of barbarism.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Morgan believed that Native Americans “exemplified the condition of mankind in three successive ethnical periods” at the time of European contact. Some, he suggested, were in the upper state of savagery, whereas others were in the lower and middle states of barbarism.

Correct. The answer is c. A historian would use these documents to consider questions about the ways white Americans in the nineteenth century perceived and understood Native Americans during that time. They are useful for reflecting particular individuals’ perceptions, and also for shedding light on the factors that shaped popular notions about Native Americans.

Incorrect. The answer is c. A historian would use these documents to consider questions about the ways white Americans in the nineteenth century perceived and understood Native Americans during that time. They are useful for reflecting particular individuals’ perceptions, and also for shedding light on the factors that shaped popular notions about Native Americans.

Correct. The answer is b. The journal emphasized the economic development of the West—including the American Indians—implying that its “wildness” and savagery were well on the way to becoming a thing of the past.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The journal emphasized the economic development of the West—including the American Indians—implying that its “wildness” and savagery were well on the way to becoming a thing of the past.