15. Document Project 15: American Indians and Whites in the West

Quiz for Document 15.6 Helen Hunt Jackson, Challenges to Indian Policy, 1881

Quiz for Document 15.6: Helen Hunt Jackson, Challenges to Indian Policy, 1881

Document 15.6: Helen Hunt Jackson, Challenges to Indian Policy, 1881

Choose the best answer to the question.

Question 1.5

1. What does Helen Hunt Jackson believe has been most detrimental to the Indians of the West?

Buffalo hunting

The Transcontinental Railroad

Chinese immigration

The Gold Rush

Question 1.6

2. What seemingly sympathetic approach to the Indian question did Jackson oppose?

Elimination of all reservations

Immediate universal citizenship

Universal suffrage for Indians

Provision of lands to all Indians

Question 1.7

3. Although Helen Hunt Jackson disagreed with the swift grant of complete citizenship to all Indians, what did she view as the main advantage in allowing Indians citizenship?

Indians would be protected from unlawful search and seizure.

The native population would have redress for criminal acts against them.

Individual Indians would be able to own land.

Indian women would be granted suffrage.

Question 1.8

4. What perspective does Jackson hold regarding the “savagery” of the Indians?

Some Indians are more civilized than others.

None of the Indians deserves citizenship.

All Indians deserve citizenship equally.

Only a small number of Indians are Christian.

Question 1.9

5. What does Jackson insinuate by sending copies of her book to all members of Congress?

She did not think they are doing a good job dealing with the Indian question.

She was trying to make more money on book sales.

She wanted to run for a seat in Congress and hoped for support.

She supported all of their plans to date but wanted to help in the future.

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