Trading Posts, Forts, and Missions Answers

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3

Which organization established most of the missions in Indian Territory in the early to middle 1800s?

A
the Congregational Church of Andover Seminary
B
the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
C
the Baptist Church
D
the Methodist Church
4

Why were eastern American Indians more adaptable to the “civilizing” influence of Christian missions while Plains Indians were less adaptable?

A
Eastern American Indian belief systems resembled Christianity much more than Plains Indian belief systems, which tended to be atheistic.
B
Eastern American Indians had been in consistent contact with whites much longer than Plains Indians, who only met whites sporadically in trading.
C
Eastern American Indians had abandoned hunting practices for farming before European contact, while Plains Indians continued hunting.
D
Eastern American Indians had developed reading and writing skills, and Plains Indians used only spoken language.
7

American Indians were taught writing, reading, and mathematics at __________.

A
private schools
B
trading post schools
C
mission schools
D
public schools
8

Which of the following strategies was not a way that French traders and trappers established relations with American Indians in Oklahoma Territory in the early 1700s?

A
They battled local tribes for territory to establish trading posts.
B
They intermarried with American Indian women.
C
They succeeded in learning local American Indian languages.
D
They traveled to new territories from home bases in northern North America and the southern port of New Orleans.
9

A major purpose of Fort Gibson in Oklahoma Territory was to ___________.

A
hinder Plains Indians’ attempts to migrate to eastern United States territory
B
coordinate the resettlement of American Indians arriving from the American southeast during the early to mid-1800s
C
civilize native American Indian tribes by providing them American schooling and religion
D
register American Indians with the federal government in order to establish clear property claims
10

What movement from the late 1700s through the mid-1800s coincided with the federal project to “civilize” American Indians?

A
an anti-alcohol movement
B
a religious revival movement
C
a progressive reform movement
D
a civil rights movement
15

Which organization established most of the missions in Indian Territory in the early to middle 1800s?

A
the Congregational Church of Andover Seminary
B
the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
C
the Baptist Church
D
the Methodist Church

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