The Dawes Act of 1887 Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Dawes Act of 1887? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Who thought that "We must make the Indian more intelligently selfish before we can make him unselfishly intelligent?"
Merrill Gates X
Bill Gates
Tecumseh
Andrew Jackson
Q. What were some of the key indicators of being civilized, according to Dawes?
Knowledge of exotic cheeses and which fine wines to pair with them
The ability to recite all of the state capitals
Owning a Studebaker wagon and drinking whiskey
Wearing trousers
Q. Who said "The provisions for the apparent benefit of the Indians are but the pretext to get at his lands and occupy them…If this were done in the name of Greed, it would be bad enough; but to do it in the name of Humanity…is infinitely worse"?
Henry Teller
Henry Dawes
President Cleveland
Sitting Bull
Q. William McKinley said that "The mission of the United States is one of __________."
Guns, Beer, and Fast Cars
Manifest Destiny
A chicken in every pot
Benevolent Assimilation
Q. Who said that the only way to civilize the Indian was to "lead him out into the sunshine, and tell him what the sunshine is for, and what the rain comes for, and when to put his seed in the ground?"
President Cleveland
Johnny Appleseed
General Custer
Henry Dawes