The History of America’s Indian Boarding Schools: Ep 12 of Crash Course Native American History
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did President Joe Biden apologize to the Gila River Indian Community in 2024?
For breaking treaties with Native American nations.
For forcibly separating Native American children from their families into boarding schools.
For taking Native American land for mining.
For not allowing Native Americans to vote.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In 1883, a group called "Friends of the Indian" met to discuss how to help Native Americans. What idea did they eventually decide was the best way to "make things right"?
To honor all treaties and return stolen land.
To encourage Native Americans to live like settlers.
To provide financial aid and resources to Native communities.
To establish new, larger reservations for Native Americans.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main goal of Richard Henry Pratt's philosophy, "Kill the Indian, save the man," which he applied at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School?
To teach Native American children traditional tribal customs.
To help Native American children become leaders in their communities.
To erase Native American culture and make them live like white Americans.
To provide Native American children with a modern education while respecting their heritage.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887?
To protect Native American reservations from being taken by settlers.
To allow Native American tribes to govern themselves without U.S. interference.
To divide Native American reservation lands into smaller plots for individual ownership.
To establish new schools for Native American children on reservations.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main goal of the government's allotment policy for Native Americans?
To help Native Americans keep their traditional way of life.
To encourage Native Americans to live together in large communities.
To make Native Americans more like American settlers and open up land.
To give Native Americans more control over their own land.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Chief Ongpatonga (Big Elk) warn his people about before the Dawes Act?
A new hunting season was coming.
A flood that would destroy their homes.
A disaster that would erase Native identity.
A chance to gain more land.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How much land did Native Nations lose by 1934 due to the allotment policy?
A small portion of their land.
Half of their land.
Two-thirds of their land.
All of their land.
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