Question 1

What did settlers passing through the western portion of Kansas and Nebraska and the eastern portion of Colorado in the years after 1870 call the area?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Comstock Lode 
B)  Homestead Act Lands 
C)  The Great American Desert 
D)  The Near West Plains 
A)  The Comstock Lode 
B)  Homestead Act Lands 
C)  The Great American Desert 
D)  The Near West Plains C

Question 2

What did the Homestead Act of 1862 promise to potential migrants to the West?

Accepted Answer

A)  160 acres to any southerner who promised to defect from the Confederacy and move West 
B)  160 acres free to any citizen or prospective citizen who settled on land west of the Mississippi River for five years 
C)  Free agricultural implements and enough money to live for one year to all citizens willing to cultivate land west of the Mississippi River 
D)  160 acres to any citizen or prospective citizen at a guaranteed price of $2 an acre 
A)  160 acres to any southerner who promised to defect from the Confederacy and move West 
B)  160 acres free to any citizen or prospective citizen who settled on land west of the Mississippi River for five years 
C)  Free agricultural implements and enough money to live for one year to all citizens willing to cultivate land west of the Mississippi River 
D)  160 acres to any citizen or prospective citizen at a guaranteed price of $2 an acre B

Question 3

What occurred after Geronimo surrendered to General Miles in 1886?

Accepted Answer

A)  The U.S.government resettled the Apaches in Mexico. 
B)  The Apache warriors were tried as war criminals and executed. 
C)  The Apaches were allowed to remain on their ancestral land in the Southwest. 
D)  The government sent nearly five hundred Apaches to prisons in the South. 
A)  The U.S.government resettled the Apaches in Mexico. 
B)  The Apache warriors were tried as war criminals and executed. 
C)  The Apaches were allowed to remain on their ancestral land in the Southwest. 
D)  The government sent nearly five hundred Apaches to prisons in the South. D

Question 4

What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

Accepted Answer

A)  To respond to Chinese laborers' demands for higher wages and better working conditions 
B)  To decrease the Chinese population of the American West 
C)  To limit the number of Chinese immigrants to America for a period of three years 
D)  To reduce anti-Asian prejudice in California and other areas of the West 
A)  To respond to Chinese laborers' demands for higher wages and better working conditions 
B)  To decrease the Chinese population of the American West 
C)  To limit the number of Chinese immigrants to America for a period of three years 
D)  To reduce anti-Asian prejudice in California and other areas of the West

Question 5

Which of the following explains why the U.S.army gunned down unarmed Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek,South Dakota in 1890?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was rumored that the Indians were waiting to ambush the troops. 
B)  American soldiers feared an uprising provoked by a militant interpretation of the Ghost Dance religion. 
C)  The Sioux had refused to sign a new treaty that relinquished land surrounding the Creek. 
D)  Troops had been ordered to wipe out all Native Americans in the area. 
A)  It was rumored that the Indians were waiting to ambush the troops. 
B)  American soldiers feared an uprising provoked by a militant interpretation of the Ghost Dance religion. 
C)  The Sioux had refused to sign a new treaty that relinquished land surrounding the Creek. 
D)  Troops had been ordered to wipe out all Native Americans in the area.

Question 6

What was the outcome of the transformation of agriculture to big business in the South and West during the post-Civil War era?

Accepted Answer

A)  An increasing number of laborers worked land they would never own 
B)  Agricultural yields fell dramatically overall 
C)  The widespread use of machinery halved the size of the agricultural labor force 
D)  The total number of farms fell by more than half 
A)  An increasing number of laborers worked land they would never own 
B)  Agricultural yields fell dramatically overall 
C)  The widespread use of machinery halved the size of the agricultural labor force 
D)  The total number of farms fell by more than half

Question 7

What did the state and federal governments do to encourage railroad construction in the decades after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  They gave railroad companies 180 million acres of public land. 
B)  They gave railroads rights-of-way across homesteaders' land. 
C)  They sold land to railroad companies at bargain prices. 
D)  They reclaimed acreage already settled by farmers and sold it to the railroads. 
A)  They gave railroad companies 180 million acres of public land. 
B)  They gave railroads rights-of-way across homesteaders' land. 
C)  They sold land to railroad companies at bargain prices. 
D)  They reclaimed acreage already settled by farmers and sold it to the railroads.

Question 8

According to Map 17.2: Western Mining,1848-1890,in which state did the most "gold bonanzas" occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  California 
B)  Arizona 
C)  South Dakota 
D)  Colorado 
A)  California 
B)  Arizona 
C)  South Dakota 
D)  Colorado

Question 9

Which group or groups composed the population of the area from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean during the last decades of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native-born whites 
B)  African Americans fleeing the oppression of the South 
C)  People from various parts of Europe,Asia,and the Americas 
D)  Waves of Mexican refugees 
A)  Native-born whites 
B)  African Americans fleeing the oppression of the South 
C)  People from various parts of Europe,Asia,and the Americas 
D)  Waves of Mexican refugees

Question 10

Which statement describes the U.S.government's Indian policy during the middle of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The government was more willing than ever to grant Indians the rights enjoyed by whites. 
B)  The government cleared Indian land for white settlement but lived up to most of the promises it made to the Indians. 
C)  The government pushed Indians off their lands and into reservations. 
D)  The government attempted to prevent white settlers from taking more Indian land. 
A)  The government was more willing than ever to grant Indians the rights enjoyed by whites. 
B)  The government cleared Indian land for white settlement but lived up to most of the promises it made to the Indians. 
C)  The government pushed Indians off their lands and into reservations. 
D)  The government attempted to prevent white settlers from taking more Indian land.

Question 11

Henry Miller and Charles Lux fit into which of the following categories?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pioneers in the field of agribusiness 
B)  Small ranchers threatened by the consolidation of the ranching business 
C)  Enlightened benefactors of migrant laborers. 
D)  Adherents to the old Republican ideal of the self-sufficient yeoman farmer 
A)  Pioneers in the field of agribusiness 
B)  Small ranchers threatened by the consolidation of the ranching business 
C)  Enlightened benefactors of migrant laborers. 
D)  Adherents to the old Republican ideal of the self-sufficient yeoman farmer

Question 12

In what manner did William Tecumseh Sherman successfully defeat the Comanchería?

Accepted Answer

A)  Using the scorched-earth policy he'd perfected during his March to the Sea 
B)  Committing the largest mass execution in American history 
C)  Creating the U.S.Bureau of Indian Affairs 
D)  Herding the Comanche onto the reservation at Fort Sill 
A)  Using the scorched-earth policy he'd perfected during his March to the Sea 
B)  Committing the largest mass execution in American history 
C)  Creating the U.S.Bureau of Indian Affairs 
D)  Herding the Comanche onto the reservation at Fort Sill

Question 13

Why did the Plains Indians sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie,which ceded some of their land to allow the passage of wagon trains?

Accepted Answer

A)  They depended on trade with white settlers. 
B)  They wanted to protect their favored status with the U.S.government. 
C)  They believed it would help them to displace weaker tribes. 
D)  They hoped to preserve their culture in the face of white onslaught. 
A)  They depended on trade with white settlers. 
B)  They wanted to protect their favored status with the U.S.government. 
C)  They believed it would help them to displace weaker tribes. 
D)  They hoped to preserve their culture in the face of white onslaught.

Question 14

Of the 2.5 million farms established between 1860 and 1900,homesteading accounted for what proportion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Three-quarters 
B)  Two-thirds 
C)  One-half 
D)  One-fifth 
A)  Three-quarters 
B)  Two-thirds 
C)  One-half 
D)  One-fifth

Question 15

Who eventually replaced Chinese workers,especially in agriculture,after the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  Japanese workers 
B)  White southerners 
C)  Black southerners 
D)  Mexican workers 
A)  Japanese workers 
B)  White southerners 
C)  Black southerners 
D)  Mexican workers

Question 16

What did historian Frederick Jackson Turner argue about the importance of the western frontier in American history in 1893?

Accepted Answer

A)  It made the United States different from Europe. 
B)  It provided a focus for American imperialism. 
C)  It promoted conflict between the North and the South. 
D)  It disproved Buffalo Bill's version of American history. 
A)  It made the United States different from Europe. 
B)  It provided a focus for American imperialism. 
C)  It promoted conflict between the North and the South. 
D)  It disproved Buffalo Bill's version of American history.

Question 17

Who led the Great Sioux Uprising in 1862?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sitting Bull 
B)  Little Crow 
C)  Red Cloud 
D)  Crazy Horse 
A)  Sitting Bull 
B)  Little Crow 
C)  Red Cloud 
D)  Crazy Horse

Question 18

Between 1870 and 1900,the population of rural America shrank from 80 percent to 66 percent while the agricultural sector of the economy experienced what change?

Accepted Answer

A)  It benefitted from the steady growth of the diversified family farm. 
B)  It suffered from the removal of government subsidies for small farms. 
C)  It grew through mechanization,commercialization,and expanding urban markets. 
D)  It became the primary source of income for laborers in the Northeast. 
A)  It benefitted from the steady growth of the diversified family farm. 
B)  It suffered from the removal of government subsidies for small farms. 
C)  It grew through mechanization,commercialization,and expanding urban markets. 
D)  It became the primary source of income for laborers in the Northeast.

Question 19

What happened to the Sioux after their victory at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?

Accepted Answer

A)  They continued to pose a military threat to American invaders. 
B)  They were hunted down by the American army. 
C)  Sitting Bull led the united Sioux in establishing an independent settlement. 
D)  They begrudgingly accepted the loss of the Black Hills. 
A)  They continued to pose a military threat to American invaders. 
B)  They were hunted down by the American army. 
C)  Sitting Bull led the united Sioux in establishing an independent settlement. 
D)  They begrudgingly accepted the loss of the Black Hills.

Question 20

Which of the following describes African American cowboys in the West in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had a substantial presence in the region but not in the fiction of the time. 
B)  They were prominently featured in the dime novels of the post-Civil War era. 
C)  They were an insignificant presence,particularly in Texas and California. 
D)  They were celebrated in popular fiction despite their small numbers in the region. 
A)  They had a substantial presence in the region but not in the fiction of the time. 
B)  They were prominently featured in the dime novels of the post-Civil War era. 
C)  They were an insignificant presence,particularly in Texas and California. 
D)  They were celebrated in popular fiction despite their small numbers in the region.

What did settlers passing through the western portion of Kansas and Nebraska and the eastern portion of Colorado in the years after 1870 call the area?

What did the Homestead Act of 1862 promise to potential migrants to the West?

What occurred after Geronimo surrendered to General Miles in 1886?

What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

Which of the following explains why the U.S.army gunned down unarmed Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek,South Dakota in 1890?

What was the outcome of the transformation of agriculture to big business in the South and West during the post-Civil War era?

What did the state and federal governments do to encourage railroad construction in the decades after the Civil War?

According to Map 17.2: Western Mining,1848-1890,in which state did the most "gold bonanzas" occur?

Which group or groups composed the population of the area from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean during the last decades of the nineteenth century?

Which statement describes the U.S.government's Indian policy during the middle of the nineteenth century?

Henry Miller and Charles Lux fit into which of the following categories?

In what manner did William Tecumseh Sherman successfully defeat the Comanchería?

Why did the Plains Indians sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie,which ceded some of their land to allow the passage of wagon trains?

Of the 2.5 million farms established between 1860 and 1900,homesteading accounted for what proportion?

Who eventually replaced Chinese workers,especially in agriculture,after the Chinese Exclusion Act?

What did historian Frederick Jackson Turner argue about the importance of the western frontier in American history in 1893?

Who led the Great Sioux Uprising in 1862?

Between 1870 and 1900,the population of rural America shrank from 80 percent to 66 percent while the agricultural sector of the economy experienced what change?

What happened to the Sioux after their victory at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?

Which of the following describes African American cowboys in the West in the late nineteenth century?

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From New Era to Great Depression, 1920-1932

The New Deal Experiment, 1932-1939

The United States and the Second World War, 1939-1945

The New World of the Cold War, 1945-1960

Postwar Culture and Politics, 1945-1960

Rights, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960-1974

Confronting Limits, 1961-1979

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Exam 2: The Contested West, 1865-1900

What did settlers passing through the western portion of Kansas and Nebraska and the eastern portion of Colorado in the years after 1870 call the area?

What did the Homestead Act of 1862 promise to potential migrants to the West?

What occurred after Geronimo surrendered to General Miles in 1886?

What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

Which of the following explains why the U.S.army gunned down unarmed Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek,South Dakota in 1890?

What was the outcome of the transformation of agriculture to big business in the South and West during the post-Civil War era?

What did the state and federal governments do to encourage railroad construction in the decades after the Civil War?

According to Map 17.2: Western Mining,1848-1890,in which state did the most "gold bonanzas" occur?

Which group or groups composed the population of the area from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean during the last decades of the nineteenth century?

Which statement describes the U.S.government's Indian policy during the middle of the nineteenth century?

Henry Miller and Charles Lux fit into which of the following categories?

In what manner did William Tecumseh Sherman successfully defeat the Comanchería?

Why did the Plains Indians sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie,which ceded some of their land to allow the passage of wagon trains?

Of the 2.5 million farms established between 1860 and 1900,homesteading accounted for what proportion?

Who eventually replaced Chinese workers,especially in agriculture,after the Chinese Exclusion Act?

What did historian Frederick Jackson Turner argue about the importance of the western frontier in American history in 1893?

Who led the Great Sioux Uprising in 1862?

Between 1870 and 1900,the population of rural America shrank from 80 percent to 66 percent while the agricultural sector of the economy experienced what change?

What happened to the Sioux after their victory at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?

Which of the following describes African American cowboys in the West in the late nineteenth century?

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

The Gilded Age, 1865-1900

The City and Its Workers, 1870-1900

Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890-1900

Progressive Reform, 1890-1916

World War I: the Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914-1920

From New Era to Great Depression, 1920-1932

The New Deal Experiment, 1932-1939

The United States and the Second World War, 1939-1945

The New World of the Cold War, 1945-1960

Postwar Culture and Politics, 1945-1960

Rights, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960-1974

Confronting Limits, 1961-1979

Divisions at Home and Abroad in a Conservative Era, 1980-2000

America in a New Century, Since 2000

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