Native Americans/Mexicans

Question 1

1887 general allotment act

Answer 1

proposed by Richard Daws which gave homesteads to the Indians.

Question 2

AIM American Indian movement

Answer 2

the Indians form of organized protest against discrimination

Question 3

2 non-viable responses to discrimination used by native americans

Answer 3

withdrawal and war

Question 4

2 viable responses to discrimination used by native americans

Answer 4

organized protest and assimilation

Question 5

native American grave protection and repatriation act

Answer 5

protected graves and artifacts

Question 6

name an offense against indians

Answer 6

grave-digging

Question 7

Kennewik man

Answer 7

oldest man found in the US

Question 8

name the two places in the US constitution where it names native americans

Answer 8

1. congress regulates commerce with Indians 2. not counted in the population.

Question 9

Indians were regarded as foreign nations

Answer 9

treaties

Question 10

1830 indian removal act

Answer 10

trail of tears

Question 11

treaty of Larami

Answer 11

gave a large land mass including parts of Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas to the Indians.

Question 12

manifest destiny

Answer 12

Americans will grow from sea to sea

Question 13

Indian placement program

Answer 13

Mormon adoption of Native americans

Question 14

Larry Ecohawk

Answer 14

held highest state elected office of any Indian as attorney general.

Question 15

gambling

Answer 15

considered by native americans as a “fix all”

Question 16

life expectancy

Answer 16

average number of years one lives.

Question 17

infant mortality rate

Answer 17

of infants dying at birth

Question 18

native American adoption act

Answer 18

both parents are required to give consent for the adoption of a native American child.

Question 19

NAC native American church

Answer 19

movement connected with peyote that tried to popularize native American customs.

Question 20

peyote

Answer 20

a hallucinogen from the bud of a cactus used in a vision quest.

Question 21

3 largest Spanish speaking groups in the US

Answer 21

Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Cubans

Question 22

chicanos

Answer 22

name given to people born in the US of Mexican decent.

Question 23

1840 treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 23

gave California to the US and ended the war

Question 24

Mariel boatlift

Answer 24

brought criminals and emigrants from Cuba to the US by the boat load.

Question 25

1986

Answer 25

immigration reform act directed at mexicans

Question 26

Chinese exclusion act 1882

Answer 26

first immigration law passed

Question 27

18th amendment

Answer 27

prohibition of alcohol

Question 28

1917

Answer 28

date that an immigration act was passed excluding the Japanese.

Question 29

cold war

Answer 29

indirect fight against communism.

Question 30

Red scare

Answer 30

the fear of world wide communism.

Question 31

holocaust

Answer 31

genocide of the Jews by the Nazis

Question 32

entrepreneurial skills

Answer 32

jews common talent

Question 33

what are the different sects within jewish order?

Answer 33

Orthodox (51), conservative (52), and reformed (53)

Question 34

executive order 9066

Answer 34

FDR’s order that deported the Japanese to internment camps during the war.

Question 35

model minority

Answer 35

stereotype for asians