Words Do Not Pay

In 'Words Do Not Pay,' what is the main problem that Chief Joseph has with the 'good words' that he has heard?

• They are spoken in an unfamiliar language.

• They are good only for white Americans.

• They do not recognize property rights of white men

• They are not backed up by deeds of white men

In 'Words Do Not Pay,' what does Chief Joseph most clearly indicate that white Americans must do in order to live in peace with Native Americans?

• build Native American schools

• treat Native Americans as equals

• adopt Native American traditions

• return Native Americans to their homelands

In 'Words Do Not Pay,' what does Chief Joseph most clearly indicate about the human condition at birth?

• All human beings are born to be free.

• All human beings are born to be faithful.

• All human beings are born to suffer harm.

• All human beings are born to want greatness.

According to 'Words Do Not Pay,' which of the following should a free person be able to enjoy? Choose three options.

• freedom of the press

• freedom from the law

• freedom of religion

• freedom from poverty

• freedom to trade

What do the details in 'Words Do Not Pay' suggest about American laws at the time Chief Joseph made the speech?

• They were not written down.

• They treated every adult American equally.

• They were made and enforced by members of the U.S. military.

• They were not the same for white Americans and Native Americans.

In 'Words Do Not Pay,' what does Chief Joseph most clearly indicate that all human beings share?

• the same needs

• the same creator

• the same problems

• the same memories

Which persuasive technique does this sentence from “Words Do Not Pay” most clearly illustrate? Good words will not give me back my children.

• repetition

• appeal to reason

• appeal to emotion

• appeal to authority

Which of these sentences from “Words Do Not Pay” most clearly uses the persuasive technique of an appeal to authority?

• [Words] do not pay for my country, now overrun by white men.

• Good words will not make good the promise of your war chief General Miles.

• Give them [white Americans and Native Americans] all the same law.

• All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief.

Which of these quotations from “Words Do Not Pay” most clearly uses the persuasive technique of an appeal to reason?

• I do not understand why nothing is done for my people. I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.

• I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises.

• Too many misrepresentations have been made, too many misunderstandings have come up between the white men about the Indians.

• If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law.

Which word best describes Chief Joseph’s tone in these sentences from “Words Do Not Pay”? I do not understand why nothing is done for my people. I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done. Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.

• patient

• cheerful

• hopeless

• faith