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Quiz for American Indians and Whites on the Frontier

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1. In his speech (Document 15.6), James Michael Cavanaugh supports the extermination of the Indians because “you cannot civilize them.” What do you think Cavanaugh means by the term civilize?

Those who do not ascribe to violent strategies to further their aims

People who understand the importance of honoring the terms of a treaty

Groups whose morals and customs are most aligned with his own

Cultures who have a written language and Judeo-Christian theology

Correct: The answer is c. Cavanaugh views those who are civilized as those whose morals and customs are most aligned with his own.

Incorrect: The answer is c. Cavanaugh views those who are civilized as those whose morals and customs are most aligned with his own.

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2. Thomas Nast depicts Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz counseling patience to western settlers (Document 15.7). What can you infer about what Schurz means by patience, based on the cartoon?

Allow time for the federal government to educate and refine the Indians.

Give the U.S. Army the opportunity to secure the West.

Wait for industrialization to spread to settlers of the West Coast.

Let the western settlers and Indians learn to understand each other’s customs.

Correct: The answer is a. Patience means allowing the federal government time to educate and refine the Indians.

Incorrect: The answer is a. Patience means allowing the federal government time to educate and refine the Indians.

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3. Although Helen Hunt Jackson disagreed with the swift grant of complete citizenship to all Indians (Document 15.8), 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.

Correct: The answer is c. Jackson believed it would be useful for Indians to have citizenship rights because they would then be able to own land.

Incorrect: The answer is c. Jackson believed it would be useful for Indians to have citizenship rights because they would then be able to own land.

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4. What is the indignity Zitkala-Ša describes in Document 15.9 that caused her to lose her spirit?

Being forced to partake in a Christian prayer

Having her hair cut against her will

Taking away her Indian name given to her by her Father

Requiring her to take off her clothes and moccasins

Correct: The answer is b. Having her hair cut against her will caused Zitkala-Ša to lose her spirit.

Incorrect: The answer is b. Having her hair cut against her will caused Zitkala-Ša to lose her spirit.

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5. How did Chief Joseph attempt to persuade government officials to return tribal lands to his people (see Document 15.10)?

He promised that his tribe would not perpetrate any more violence against white men.

He agreed to assimilate his people into American culture.

He offered goods as a means to trade for a new favorable treaty.

He argued that Indians and white men should be treated equally under the law.

Correct: The answer is d. Chief Joseph argued that Indians and white men should be treated equally under the law. He recognized that his people had to adjust to the white men's ways, but he asked that this people be recognized as men and asked that both Indians and whites be subject to the same laws.

Incorrect: The answer is d. Chief Joseph argued that Indians and white men should be treated equally under the law. He recognized that his people had to adjust to the white men's ways, but he asked that this people be recognized as men and asked that both Indians and whites be subject to the same laws.