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Quiz for Document 10–1: Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Governor William H. Harrison and Address to the Wolf and People of the Mandan Nation, 1803–1806

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What were the goals of Jefferson’s Indian policy that he stated to Harrison?

He wanted to force them to migrate to Canada.

He hoped they would initiate a war, which would justify their extermination.

He wanted them to adopt European agriculture and household production.

He wanted them to move into southern reservations peacefully.

2. What did Jefferson hope that achieving the goals of his Indian policy would accomplish?

The United States would respect the Indian tribes as independent nations.

The Indians would leave American settlers alone.

It would keep peace and strengthen the ties between the United States and the tribes.

It would get the Indians to accept the Constitution and form their own states.

3. What was Jefferson’s solution for dealing with the problem of any tribe revolting and attacking American settlers?

The United States would seize their lands and force them across the Mississippi.

They would imprison the leaders and force the rest of the tribe into slavery.

They would force them to live on a reservation.

The military would kill all the men in the tribe and force the women and children off their lands.

4. Which of the following describes how Jefferson spoke to the Mandan people?

As equals

As father to child

As master to slave

As a king to his loyal subjects