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1
Which of the following statements best describes the tension between American liberals and Native American views on the concept of progress?
A)Native Americans were satisfied with the status quo as long as it had been rationally arrived at; liberals stood by the truths and classical liberal ideology as laid out by Jefferson.
B)Native Americans found truth in values handed down by ancestors; liberals sought social and technological change in the name of progress.
C)Liberals were interested in localized control and governance; Native Americans placed their decision-making powers in one centralized tribal government.
D)All the answers are correct.
2
According to the Supreme Court decisions in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia, Indian property, political rights, and resources
A)were not matters for state or federal power and were protected solely by the Indian tribes themselves.
B)were to be protected by a combination of state and federal powers.
C)were to be protected by the federal government, not the states.
D)were to be left alone by the federal government, which was ordered to respect Native American sovereignty.
3
The special "trust" relationship between Native Americans and the United States federal government arose as a result of
A)constitutional provisions.
B)Supreme Court action.
C)treaties.
D)All the answers are correct.
4
Which of the following was a direct result of the Dawes Allotment Act and its "ideology of compromise"?
A)Property was given to the more Euro-acculturated Indians.
B)Indians who proved their hunting skills were given prime property.
C)European Americans realized how much they could learn from Native Americans in the areas of farming and animal husbandry.
D)Land acreage owned by tribal members increased dramatically.
5
During his time as commissioner of Indian Affairs, John Collier's administration sought to
A)understand the diversity among the different Native American peoples and tribes.
B)dispel any notion of assimilating Native Americans into white culture.
C)sought to educate Native Americans for participation in two cultures.
D)All the answers are correct.
6
The goal of progressive Native American education under Willard Walcott Beatty was
A)to distance itself from the Tuskegee model of education by creating a more well-rounded approach.
B)to teach students a vocation and prepare them for the world of work.
C)to assure the maintenance of Native American culture and identity.
D)All the answers are correct.
7
Progressive educators believed that
A)assimilation was not necessary to achieve Native American social and educational progress.
B)forced assimilation was a type of discrimination that had no role in education.
C)the ultimate goal of Native American education was assimilation into the dominant white culture.
D)All the answers are correct.
8
Which of the following is a European value that educators hoped to instill in Native Americans through schooling?
A)the ability to live in harmony with the natural environment
B)primacy in the independent self
C)belief in communal property and labor
D)All the answers are correct.
9
The progressivism of Willard Walcott Beatty was most influenced by
A)modern liberalism.
B)anti-assimilation movements.
C)the concept of social efficiency.
D)All the answers are correct.
10
Which of the following is a way Progressive educators incorporated lessons from the Hawthorne experiments into their educational techniques?
A)the nurturing of the illusion that students had control in designing their own instruction
B)the focus on development of good work habits and attitudes that were meant to make students feel important
C)efforts to teach Indian language and culture so as to encourage participation in the "normal transition" to assimilation
D)All the answers are correct.





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