LAS Exam 3 Questions with Complete
Solutions18
Which of the following is NOT a region where large areas of Native American lands were lost
between 1850 and 1890? - ANSWERS-East of the Mississippi River
These ARE regions where land was lost
A. In the Plains region
B. On the West Coast
C. In the Southwest
E. In the Great Basin
When did the US end its policy of making treaties with Native American tribes? - ANSWERS-
1871
What were three elements of President Grant's policy of Native American assimilation during
the 1870s? - ANSWERS-Education,
Religious conversion,
Promotion of agriculture.
What are three ways that Indian boarding schools promoted forced assimilation on Native
American children? - ANSWERS-Indian boarding schools separated children from their families
and imposed new clothing,
beliefs,
and the English language on them.
Which of the following is an artifact found at the Sand Creek Massacre site that is considered
unique to 19th century Native American sites? - ANSWERS-Metal arrowheads
,What are five kinds of goods that appear on annuity lists of the supplies the US government was
obliged by treaty to pay the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes? - ANSWERS-Tin cups, bowls, plates,
coffee grinders, coffee pots, kettles, pans, knives, forks, spoons, fleshers, axes, butcher knives,
horse tack, guns, lead, and bullets, flour, sugar, salt, dresses
So dishes, tools, weapons, food, clothing.
What single artifact provides the best evidence that the indigenous village was attacked? -
ANSWERS-Cannonball fragments
What are three restrictions to Native American religious freedom from the late 1800s and early
1900s? - ANSWERS-1882: US Secretary of the Interior orders an end to "heathenish dances."
1884: Bureau of Indian Affairs publishes "Regulations of the Indian Office": traditional religious
participation punishable by 30 days in jail.
1910: Sun Dance outlawed.
Approximately how many acres of reservation lands were taken from Native American tribes
between the Dawes Act (1887) and the Indian Reorganization Act (1934)? - ANSWERS-90 million
What are four indigenous rights organizations founded in the first years of the 20th century? -
ANSWERS-1911: Society of American Indians founded
1912: Alaska Native Brotherhood founded
1923: American Indian Defense Association founded
1926: National Council of American Indians
What are blood quantum rules? - ANSWERS-The minimum percentage of "native" blood needed
for tribal citizenship
, Who are two groups that some Americans argued were the builders of ancient Native American
mounds in the Eastern Woodlands? - ANSWERS-Phoenicians,
Israelites
How early did Americans begin to collect Native American skulls for race-based studies? -
ANSWERS-Native American burials were being dug to collect skulls by the time of the 1830
Indian Removal Act
When did the Bureau of American Ethnology begin to send researchers to catalog Native
American customs? - ANSWERS-1873
What are six American museums founded before 1900? - ANSWERS-Smithsonian Institution
Peabody Museum, Harvard
American Museum of Natural History
Bureau of American Ethnology
Field Museum of Natural History
Peabody Museum, Yale
How did the non-indigenous population in California change from 1850 to 1890? - ANSWERS-It
grew from 93,000 to 1.21 million
How did the indigenous population of California change during the early years of the Gold Rush,
from 1845 to 1855? - ANSWERS-It fell from 150,000 to 50,000
What are three laws (and their dates) that broadened civil rights for Native Americans in the
1960s and 1970s? - ANSWERS-1968: Indian Civil Rights Act
Indian Self-Determination and Assistance Act of 1975
1978: American Indian Religious Freedom Act
Solutions18
Which of the following is NOT a region where large areas of Native American lands were lost
between 1850 and 1890? - ANSWERS-East of the Mississippi River
These ARE regions where land was lost
A. In the Plains region
B. On the West Coast
C. In the Southwest
E. In the Great Basin
When did the US end its policy of making treaties with Native American tribes? - ANSWERS-
1871
What were three elements of President Grant's policy of Native American assimilation during
the 1870s? - ANSWERS-Education,
Religious conversion,
Promotion of agriculture.
What are three ways that Indian boarding schools promoted forced assimilation on Native
American children? - ANSWERS-Indian boarding schools separated children from their families
and imposed new clothing,
beliefs,
and the English language on them.
Which of the following is an artifact found at the Sand Creek Massacre site that is considered
unique to 19th century Native American sites? - ANSWERS-Metal arrowheads
,What are five kinds of goods that appear on annuity lists of the supplies the US government was
obliged by treaty to pay the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes? - ANSWERS-Tin cups, bowls, plates,
coffee grinders, coffee pots, kettles, pans, knives, forks, spoons, fleshers, axes, butcher knives,
horse tack, guns, lead, and bullets, flour, sugar, salt, dresses
So dishes, tools, weapons, food, clothing.
What single artifact provides the best evidence that the indigenous village was attacked? -
ANSWERS-Cannonball fragments
What are three restrictions to Native American religious freedom from the late 1800s and early
1900s? - ANSWERS-1882: US Secretary of the Interior orders an end to "heathenish dances."
1884: Bureau of Indian Affairs publishes "Regulations of the Indian Office": traditional religious
participation punishable by 30 days in jail.
1910: Sun Dance outlawed.
Approximately how many acres of reservation lands were taken from Native American tribes
between the Dawes Act (1887) and the Indian Reorganization Act (1934)? - ANSWERS-90 million
What are four indigenous rights organizations founded in the first years of the 20th century? -
ANSWERS-1911: Society of American Indians founded
1912: Alaska Native Brotherhood founded
1923: American Indian Defense Association founded
1926: National Council of American Indians
What are blood quantum rules? - ANSWERS-The minimum percentage of "native" blood needed
for tribal citizenship
, Who are two groups that some Americans argued were the builders of ancient Native American
mounds in the Eastern Woodlands? - ANSWERS-Phoenicians,
Israelites
How early did Americans begin to collect Native American skulls for race-based studies? -
ANSWERS-Native American burials were being dug to collect skulls by the time of the 1830
Indian Removal Act
When did the Bureau of American Ethnology begin to send researchers to catalog Native
American customs? - ANSWERS-1873
What are six American museums founded before 1900? - ANSWERS-Smithsonian Institution
Peabody Museum, Harvard
American Museum of Natural History
Bureau of American Ethnology
Field Museum of Natural History
Peabody Museum, Yale
How did the non-indigenous population in California change from 1850 to 1890? - ANSWERS-It
grew from 93,000 to 1.21 million
How did the indigenous population of California change during the early years of the Gold Rush,
from 1845 to 1855? - ANSWERS-It fell from 150,000 to 50,000
What are three laws (and their dates) that broadened civil rights for Native Americans in the
1960s and 1970s? - ANSWERS-1968: Indian Civil Rights Act
Indian Self-Determination and Assistance Act of 1975
1978: American Indian Religious Freedom Act