Question 1

Which of the following is true of slavery as practiced by Native Americans in the Southwest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Owning slaves did not give to their captors increased socioeconomic status. 
B)  Within a tribe, only those convicted of crimes could be enslaved. 
C)  It was far less violent than the chattel slavery found in the American South. 
D)  It involved capturing women and children from other communities and assimilating them into their captors' communities. 
A)  Owning slaves did not give to their captors increased socioeconomic status. 
B)  Within a tribe, only those convicted of crimes could be enslaved. 
C)  It was far less violent than the chattel slavery found in the American South. 
D)  It involved capturing women and children from other communities and assimilating them into their captors' communities.

Question 2

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the Comanche Empire

Accepted Answer

The Comanche Empire was a powerful Nativ

Question 3

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the Lone Star Republic

Accepted Answer

The Lone Star Republic refers to the per

Question 4

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Oregon Trail

Accepted Answer

The Oregon Trail was a historic route us

Question 5

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the South Pass

Accepted Answer

The South Pass is a historical landmark

Question 6

The General Land Office, established in 1812,

Accepted Answer

A)  established a credit system for the purchase of western lands that favored small-time farmers. 
B)  handled the distribution of federal lands in the West. 
C)  had the power to set the price-per-acre of western lands. 
D)  was charged with the responsibility of preventing speculators from buying large tracts of federal western lands. 
A)  established a credit system for the purchase of western lands that favored small-time farmers. 
B)  handled the distribution of federal lands in the West. 
C)  had the power to set the price-per-acre of western lands. 
D)  was charged with the responsibility of preventing speculators from buying large tracts of federal western lands.

Question 7

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the idea of manifest destiny

Accepted Answer

The idea of manifest destiny was a belie

Question 8

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-The empresario system

Accepted Answer

The empresario system was a land grant s

Question 9

Discuss the forces and beliefs that were behind the expansionist sentiment of the 1830s and 1840s. What impact did this expansionist fever have on the United States in the 1840s?

Accepted Answer

The expansionist sentiment of the 1830s

Question 10

Because of its railroads, stockyards, and grain elevators, which of the following cities dominated the economy of the Midwest by the middle of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chicago 
B)  Milwaukee 
C)  Minneapolis 
D)  St. Louis 
A)  Chicago 
B)  Milwaukee 
C)  Minneapolis 
D)  St. Louis

Question 11

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-"black laws"

Accepted Answer

The "black laws" were a series of discri

Question 12

This person was a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corp of Topographical engineers and published accounts of his explorations into the West?

Accepted Answer

A)  John Jacob Astor 
B)  Stephen Austin 
C)  Davy Crockett 
D)  John C. Frémont 
A)  John Jacob Astor 
B)  Stephen Austin 
C)  Davy Crockett 
D)  John C. Frémont

Question 13

Which of the following was a characteristic of the "frontier"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a region in which anarchy reigned. 
B)  It was a boundary beyond which there was no human habitation. 
C)  It was the line between civilized society and a completely untamed and savage wilderness. 
D)  It was a meeting place of different cultures. 
A)  It was a region in which anarchy reigned. 
B)  It was a boundary beyond which there was no human habitation. 
C)  It was the line between civilized society and a completely untamed and savage wilderness. 
D)  It was a meeting place of different cultures.

Question 14

Which of the following is true of the Miami Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were able to prevent the removal of their people to reservations because of their successful assimilation into American culture. 
B)  Many members of the Miami nation eluded the federal troops sent to forcibly remove them to Indian Country. 
C)  The Miami Indians were subjected to a brutal massacre at the hands of the United States Army. 
D)  The Miami nation was wiped out due to a smallpox epidemic. 
A)  They were able to prevent the removal of their people to reservations because of their successful assimilation into American culture. 
B)  Many members of the Miami nation eluded the federal troops sent to forcibly remove them to Indian Country. 
C)  The Miami Indians were subjected to a brutal massacre at the hands of the United States Army. 
D)  The Miami nation was wiped out due to a smallpox epidemic.

Question 15

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Elizabeth and Henry Spalding

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth and Henry Spalding were Americ

Question 16

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-John
C. Frémont

Accepted Answer

John C. Frémont, also known as John Char

Question 17

The policies of the General Land Office usually favored

Accepted Answer

A)  individual farmers. 
B)  corporations. 
C)  Northeastern banks. 
D)  speculators. 
A)  individual farmers. 
B)  corporations. 
C)  Northeastern banks. 
D)  speculators.

Question 18

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the Santa Fe Trail

Accepted Answer

The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century tr

Question 19

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-"An Act for the Government and Protection of Indians"

Accepted Answer

The "An Act for the Government and Prote

Question 20

Army explorer Stephen Long described the region of present-day Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska as

Accepted Answer

A)  the Great American Desert. 
B)  God's Country. 
C)  the Dust Bowl. 
D)  the Bread Basket of America. 
A)  the Great American Desert. 
B)  God's Country. 
C)  the Dust Bowl. 
D)  the Bread Basket of America.

Which of the following is true of slavery as practiced by Native Americans in the Southwest?

The General Land Office, established in 1812,

Discuss the forces and beliefs that were behind the expansionist sentiment of the 1830s and 1840s. What impact did this expansionist fever have on the United States in the 1840s?

Because of its railroads, stockyards, and grain elevators, which of the following cities dominated the economy of the Midwest by the middle of the nineteenth century?

This person was a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corp of Topographical engineers and published accounts of his explorations into the West?

Which of the following was a characteristic of the "frontier"?

Which of the following is true of the Miami Indians?

The policies of the General Land Office usually favored

Army explorer Stephen Long described the region of present-day Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska as

Three Old Worlds Create a New

Europeans Colonize North America

North America in the Atlantic World

Becoming America

The Ends of Empire

American Revolutions

Forging a Nation

Defining the Nation

The Rise of the South

The Restless North

Politics and the Fate of the Union

Transforming Fire: the Civil War

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution

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Exam 11: The Contested West

Which of the following is true of slavery as practiced by Native Americans in the Southwest?

The General Land Office, established in 1812,

Discuss the forces and beliefs that were behind the expansionist sentiment of the 1830s and 1840s. What impact did this expansionist fever have on the United States in the 1840s?

Because of its railroads, stockyards, and grain elevators, which of the following cities dominated the economy of the Midwest by the middle of the nineteenth century?

This person was a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corp of Topographical engineers and published accounts of his explorations into the West?

Which of the following was a characteristic of the "frontier"?

Which of the following is true of the Miami Indians?

The policies of the General Land Office usually favored

Army explorer Stephen Long described the region of present-day Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska as

Three Old Worlds Create a New

Europeans Colonize North America

North America in the Atlantic World

Becoming America

The Ends of Empire

American Revolutions

Forging a Nation

Defining the Nation

The Rise of the South

The Restless North

Politics and the Fate of the Union

Transforming Fire: the Civil War

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution

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