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How did the Union break its treaty with the Five Tribes when the Civil War started?

A
They refused to pay the Five Tribes annuities required by treaties.
B
They left the region and could no longer protect the tribes from attack.
C
They attacked forts controlled by the Five Tribes.
D
They drafted tribe members into Union regiments, sending them to fight against the Confederacy.
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What type of legislative branch, similar to that of the US government, did the Cherokee constitution create?

A
a single supreme court
B
a single elected council
C
a group of three district chiefs
D
a bicameral legislature
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All of the following were effects of the Civil War in the Indian Territory except __________.

A
property damage to homes, farms, schools, and businesses
B
looting
C
mass migration out of the area
D
increased cooperation among full- and half-bloods within tribes
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In Worcester v. Georgia, what was the Supreme Court’s ruling?

A
Samuel Worcester was required to pledge allegiance to Georgia’s government.
B
The Cherokee were a sovereign nation, and Georgia’s laws did not apply to them.
C
Missionaries and settlers could not visit Cherokee land legally.
D
Georgia could legally control the actions and laws of the Cherokee tribe.
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Which overland trail passed through the Oklahoma Panhandle on its way to New Mexico?

A
the Santa Fe Trail
B
the California Road
C
the Texas Road
D
the Butterfield Trail
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Which of the following best describes the goal of Grant’s peace policy?

A
to Americanize the Plains Indians
B
to convert the Plains Indians to Christianity
C
to educate the Plains Indians about Western culture
D
to educate the Plains Indians about tenant farming
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Which of the following groups was considered effective against the Union army but also very dangerous due to its use of guerilla tactics?

A
the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment
B
the Quantrill gang
C
the James gang
D
Stand Watie’s raiders
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Which of these actions is not an example of how the Five Tribes first reacted to the government’s plans for assimilation?

A
They carried out armed resistance and fought settlers.
B
They cooperated fully with the government’s program.
C
They worked to keep traditional ways of life.
D
They relocated to escape white settlement.
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Which of the following actions was not one of the most important ways tribes profited from expansion and westward trails?

A
collecting tolls along trails
B
trading and selling goods to travelers
C
selling land to travelers
D
guiding travelers on their journeys
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What was the goal of the Little Arkansas Council?

A
to create a peace treaty and resettle Plains tribes on reservations
B
to pacify Plains tribes and give them land
C
to acquire more land for white settlers
D
to punish Plains tribes that raided white settlements
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During the Civil War, __________.

A
the Five Tribes remained neutral
B
the Five Tribes allied themselves with the Confederacy
C
the Cherokee allied with the Union, while the other tribes allied with the Confederacy
D
the Five Tribes allied themselves with the Union
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As the tribe divided over voluntary removal, which two Cherokee emerged as leaders of opposite viewpoints?

A
Stand Waitie and Major Ridge
B
Elias Boudinot and John Ridge
C
Oceola and Dancing Rabbit
D
Major Ridge and John Ross
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Which of the following provided the first step in uniting the divided Cherokee Nation after the Civil War?

A
the election of Lewis Downing as chief in 1867
B
the death of Chief John Ross
C
the cession of Cherokee lands to the US and other tribes
D
the election of William Potter Ross as chief in 1866
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Which description applies to the Winter War best?

A
a military campaign to force southern Plains tribes to move onto reservations
B
a series of attacks on white settlements in Kansas and Texas
C
a military campaign to civilize the Five Tribes
D
a series of military engagements between the Cheyenne and the Fort Supply troops
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Which of the following was not one of the arguments the Five Tribes made in response to the United States’ demands during the Fort Smith Council?

A
that as sovereign tribes they had the right to make treaties with the Confederacy
B
that US troops had abandoned the territory during the war
C
that many tribe members had actually supported the Union
D
that they had never truly supported the Confederacy during the war
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How did the process of removal affect the Five Tribes?

A
It prevented the tribes’ societies from breaking apart.
B
It helped the tribes’ populations to grow as they traveled west.
C
It let the tribes keep their traditional homelands.
D
It caused the tribes to lose their culture as they assimilated.

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