9. DEFENDING AND REDEFINING THE NATION, 1809

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 9.1 Tecumseh, Speech to William Henry Harrison, 1810

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 9.1: Tecumseh, Speech to William Henry Harrison, 1810

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Of what does Tecumseh accuse William Henry Harrison?

Withholding gifts

Burning Indian villages

Instigating war

Targeting Indian chiefs

2. According to Tecumseh, how do the Indians view land ownership?

As communal

As individual

As nonexistent

As familial

3. Why might Harrison have invited Tecumseh to visit the president of the United States?

To offer him a position as an advisor

To pressure him to accept the sale of lands

To imprison him far from his homeland

To assimilate him to Western ideologies

4. In the encounter between Harrison and Tecumseh, what leverage did Harrison have over the Indians?

Military strength and numbers

Knowledge of the landscape

Ancestral traditions

Presidential authority

5. How might Tecumseh define the Indians compared to the Americans, based on his speech?

They were more aggressive.

They were more deceptive.

They were more intelligent.

They were more dependable.

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