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Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 17

Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 17

Document Links

Document 17-1: Pun Chi Appeals to Congress in Behalf of Chinese Immigrants in California

Document 17-2: Mattie Oblinger Describes Life on a Nebraska Homestead

Document 17-3: Texas Rangers on the Mexican Border

Document 17-4: In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat Describes White Encroachment

Document 17-5: A Plea to "Citizenize" Indians

Question

1. Why did Pun Chi consider the treatment of the Chinese in California to be a "rebellion against Heaven"? (See Document 17-1: Pun Chi Appeals to Congress in Behalf of Chinese Immigrants in California)

Because Confucianism prohibited all types of violence against people

Because Confucianism considered all human beings of equal value and merit

Because he considered the Chinese to be the people most loved in Heaven

Because as a converted evangelical, Pun Chi felt that the abuse of the Chinese was not Christian

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Pun Chi considered the Chinese to be the people most loved in Heaven.

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2. Why did Mattie Oblinger think that her Nebraska homestead was not entirely away from all "civilization"? (See Document 17-2: Mattie Oblinger Describes Life on a Nebraska Homestead)

A Methodist preacher had visited the region and was considering building a preaching place there.

The nearby town had just built a new theater and small opera house.

The nearby town of Lawrence was building an agricultural college.

Her family enjoyed easy access to two different railroad stations.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. A Methodist preacher had visited the region and told Oblinger he contemplating building a preaching place in the area.

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3. What motivated many of the white residents of Nueces County to join vigilance committees in 1875? (See Document 17-3: Texas Rangers on the Mexican Border)

Decades of abuse by established Mexican farmers

The recent arrival of Mexicans from across the border

Anger and resentment against an intrusive federal government

The opportunity to settle old scores with Mexican neighbors

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. White residents of Nueces County were riding across the county in vigilance committees settling old scores with Mexican neighbors they suspected of stealing cattle and horses.

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4. Why did U.S. government officials insist that Chief Joseph and the Nez Percé leave their land? (See Document 17-4: In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat Describes White Encroachment)

They had bought the land from Chief Lawyer, leader of the tribe's treaty council.

The U.S. government had already sold the land to a railroad and property developer.

The father of Chief Joseph had sold the land to the U.S. government in the 1850s.

U.S. officials insisted that the Nez Percés had no rights white Americans ought to respect.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. The U.S. government insisted that Chief Joseph and the Nez Percés leave their land because they had bought the land from Chief Lawyer, leader of the tribe's treaty council, in 1863.

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5. Which of the following accurately describes Richard Pratt's concerns about the tribal schools that Native American children attended? (See Document 17-5: A Plea to "Citizenize" Indians)

He thought they tried hard but failed at teaching the principles of a modern society.

He feared that tribal schools reaffirmed Indian identities and produced a reluctance to give up native cultures.

He believed they used cruel and barbarous discipline compared to American schools.

He praised their effort at nurturing tribal culture and advocated for public funding for these schools.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. Pratt feared that tribal schools reaffirmed Indian identities and produced a reluctance to give up native cultures.

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6. Which of the following views might have been held in common by both Chief Joseph and Richard Pratt? (See Document 17-4: In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat Describes White Encroachment and Document 17-5: A Plea to "Citizenize" Indians)

Native American culture was distinctly superior to that of white Americans.

The conflict between prairie Indians and white Americans was the inevitable result of progress.

The U.S. government conducted itself honorably in treaty negotiations.

Reservations were ill suited solutions to the challenges of Anglo-Indian relations.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. Chief Joseph and Pratt agreed that reservations were ill-suited solutions to the challenges of Anglo-Indian relations.

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7. What plight did prairie Indians like the Nez Percés share with Chinese immigrants on the West Coast? (See Document 17-1: Pun Chi Appeals to Congress in Behalf of Chinese Immigrants in California and Document 17-4: In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat Describes White Encroachment)

Both found themselves in poorly paid jobs in western cities.

Both had lost their land in shady and fraudulent treaties.

Both were treated as inferiors by white Americans.

Both were isolated from their homes and families.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Both the Chinese immigrants on the nation's West Coast and prairie Indians like the Nez Percés suffered disparaging and discriminatory treatment at the hands of white Americans.