UNIT 4 part 1: NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
1.
President Andrew Jackson's policy toward the Native Americans included:
a. an attempt to declare the Indians a separate nation.
b. the establishment of government missions to each Indian tribe.
c. a more coercive removal policy.
d. a desire to encourage their culture.
2.
The institution of the encomienda system allowed the:
a. native people to enslave members of other tribes.
b. Europeans to marry Native Americans.
c. Spanish colonists to essentially enslave the Indians
d. governments of Europe to abolish the practice of Indian slavery and to establish
African slavery.
3.
How was eighteenth-century colonial settlement affected by the Native American
populations?
a. Resistance from various Native American tribes limited the growth of European
settlements.
b. Native Americans encouraged English settlement as a way of protecting themselves from
the French and Spanish.
c. Native Americans negotiated treaties that contained European settlers to a 100 mile wide
strip along the Atlantic Coast.
d. Through the depopulation and dislocation of Native Americans, European colonial
settlements were able to expand rapidly.
4. To assimilate Indians into American society, the Dawes Act did all of the following except:
a. impose a system of individual land ownership for natives.
b. outlaw the sacred Sun Dance.
c. try to make assimilate or “Americanize” the Indians.
d. provide money for health, social welfare and eduacation on the reservations.
5. Which of the following statements is accurate regarding the Pueblo Revolt?
a. It was caused by the harsh restrictions the Spanish imposed on the Native religious
practices.
b. It was the most successful Native rebellion in colonial history.
c. It was a well coordinated event, led by a religious leader, Popé.
d. All of the above are accurate.
e. None of the above are accurate.
SHORT ANSWER:
6. What was the most significant cause of the decrease in Native populations in the 16th and
17th centuries?
7. Explain how Manifest Destiny became not just an idea but a government policy.
8. What was Lewis & Clark’s mission (given by President Jefferson) regarding Native
Americans?
9. Give 2 specific examples of how the Corps of Discovery succeeded because of Native
American assistance?
10. What was Bartolome de Las Casas’ main argument against the way the Spanish
conquistadors were treating the native populations?
11. Explain what the painting “Trail of Tears” reveals regarding the history of the treatment
of Native Americans.
12. How does the Transcontinental Railroad and the Industrial Revolution drastically
change the West and the Native American’s way of life?
13. Explain one similarity and one difference between the interactions that the Spanish,
French and English had with the Native Americans.