Question 1

Which of the following was the most significant contribution made by the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The building of levees to protect the city of New Orleans 
B)  Its survey of the Oregon Trail 
C)  The surveying of possible routes for a transcontinental railroad 
D)  The expeditions it sponsored to explore the West 
A)  The building of levees to protect the city of New Orleans 
B)  Its survey of the Oregon Trail 
C)  The surveying of possible routes for a transcontinental railroad 
D)  The expeditions it sponsored to explore the West

Question 2

By the General Survey Act of 1824, Congress gave the military to power to

Accepted Answer

A)  survey and divide the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the Missouri Compromise Line into square townships. 
B)  reroute the Colorado River. 
C)  chart transportation improvements that needed to be made for military or commercial purposes. 
D)  report on the feasibility of establishing irrigation projects in arid areas west of the Rocky Mountains. 
A)  survey and divide the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the Missouri Compromise Line into square townships. 
B)  reroute the Colorado River. 
C)  chart transportation improvements that needed to be made for military or commercial purposes. 
D)  report on the feasibility of establishing irrigation projects in arid areas west of the Rocky Mountains.

Question 3

Examine the role of the federal government in preparing the West for American settlement.

Accepted Answer

The federal government played a signific

Question 4

Why did Narcissa and Marcus Whitman fail in their efforts to convert the Cayuse Indians to Christianity?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Cayuse saw the doctrine of the Trinity as illogical. 
B)  The Whitmans assumed an air of superiority over the Cayuse. 
C)  The Cayuse found it impossible to accept the doctrine of transubstantiation. 
D)  The Whitmans insisted on holding religious services in their home, which conflicted with the religious practices of the Cayuse. 
A)  The Cayuse saw the doctrine of the Trinity as illogical. 
B)  The Whitmans assumed an air of superiority over the Cayuse. 
C)  The Cayuse found it impossible to accept the doctrine of transubstantiation. 
D)  The Whitmans insisted on holding religious services in their home, which conflicted with the religious practices of the Cayuse.

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?
-Moses Austin and Stephen Austin

Accepted Answer

Moses Austin and Stephen Austin were Ame

Question 6

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?
-Narcissa and Marcus Whitman

Accepted Answer

Narcissa and Marcus Whitman were America

Question 7

By the mid-1850s, California's major agricultural crop was

Accepted Answer

A)  barley. 
B)  corn. 
C)  soy beans. 
D)  wheat. 
A)  barley. 
B)  corn. 
C)  soy beans. 
D)  wheat.

Question 8

After 1852, anger toward the Mormons in the Utah territory increased throughout the United States for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Mormons officially sanctioned polygamy. 
B)  The Mormons prohibited all non-Mormons from entering their state of "Deseret." 
C)  The Mormons engaged in a rebellion against the government of the United States. 
D)  The Mormons publicized their belief that Jesus was not divine and not the Son of God. 
A)  The Mormons officially sanctioned polygamy. 
B)  The Mormons prohibited all non-Mormons from entering their state of "Deseret." 
C)  The Mormons engaged in a rebellion against the government of the United States. 
D)  The Mormons publicized their belief that Jesus was not divine and not the Son of God.

Question 9

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?
-Texas

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions:
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Question 10

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?
-Tejanos

Accepted Answer

Tejanos were the Spanish-speaking reside

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?
-The Texas annexation issue

Accepted Answer

The Texas annexation issue refers to the

Question 12

Which of the following is true of the "rendezvous"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was an annual, multi-day gathering of American, Indian, Mexican, and mixed-race fur trappers from throughout the West. 
B)  It was gathering in which all of the ethnic groups that lived in New Orleans competed for a story-telling prize. 
C)  It was the geographic point after which wagon trains had to depend on Native American guides to lead them safely to their destination. 
D)  After barn raisings in Midwestern farm communities, the participants would celebrate with storytelling, dancing, and drinking. 
A)  It was an annual, multi-day gathering of American, Indian, Mexican, and mixed-race fur trappers from throughout the West. 
B)  It was gathering in which all of the ethnic groups that lived in New Orleans competed for a story-telling prize. 
C)  It was the geographic point after which wagon trains had to depend on Native American guides to lead them safely to their destination. 
D)  After barn raisings in Midwestern farm communities, the participants would celebrate with storytelling, dancing, and drinking.

Question 13

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 Office of Indian Affairs

Accepted Answer

The Office of Indian Affairs, now known

Question 14

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 Great American Desert"

Accepted Answer

The term "the Great American Desert" ref

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?
-the Black Hawk War

Accepted Answer

The Black Hawk War was a conflict betwee

Question 16

Why were Narcissa and Marcus Whitman murdered by the Cayuse Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Cayuse discovered that the Whitmans were supportive of the Cayuse being forcibly removed to Indian Country. 
B)  The Whitmans kidnapped several Cayuse children and planned to take them back to the Northeast. 
C)  The Cayuse interpreted a measles epidemic as being a deliberate assault on them by the Whitmans. 
D)  Needing food, the Whitmans killed animals that, to the Cayuse, were of spiritual significance. 
A)  The Cayuse discovered that the Whitmans were supportive of the Cayuse being forcibly removed to Indian Country. 
B)  The Whitmans kidnapped several Cayuse children and planned to take them back to the Northeast. 
C)  The Cayuse interpreted a measles epidemic as being a deliberate assault on them by the Whitmans. 
D)  Needing food, the Whitmans killed animals that, to the Cayuse, were of spiritual significance.

Question 17

Many European-Americans viewed Daniel Boone as

Accepted Answer

A)  a symbol of altruism and personal sacrifice. 
B)  an uneducated and humble man who wanted the West to remain untouched by civilization. 
C)  a rugged individualist who opened the West for freedom-loving people. 
D)  an example of the selfishness and greed found in many frontiersmen. 
A)  a symbol of altruism and personal sacrifice. 
B)  an uneducated and humble man who wanted the West to remain untouched by civilization. 
C)  a rugged individualist who opened the West for freedom-loving people. 
D)  an example of the selfishness and greed found in many frontiersmen.

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?
-Pacific Railway Survey

Accepted Answer

The Pacific Railway Survey was a governm

Question 19

Discuss the characteristics of the lives of fur trappers in the trans-Appalachian West in the early nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

Fur trappers in the trans-Appalachian We

Question 20

Discuss the various factors that caused tension and sometimes conflict between American western migrants and Native Americans during the first half of the nineteenth century. Discuss the consequences of the California Gold Rush.

Accepted Answer

The tension and conflict between America

Which of the following was the most significant contribution made by the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers during the first half of the nineteenth century?

By the General Survey Act of 1824, Congress gave the military to power to

Examine the role of the federal government in preparing the West for American settlement.

Why did Narcissa and Marcus Whitman fail in their efforts to convert the Cayuse Indians to Christianity?

By the mid-1850s, California's major agricultural crop was

After 1852, anger toward the Mormons in the Utah territory increased throughout the United States for which of the following reasons?

Which of the following is true of the "rendezvous"?

Why were Narcissa and Marcus Whitman murdered by the Cayuse Indians?

Many European-Americans viewed Daniel Boone as

Discuss the characteristics of the lives of fur trappers in the trans-Appalachian West in the early nineteenth century.

Discuss the various factors that caused tension and sometimes conflict between American western migrants and Native Americans during the first half of the nineteenth century. Discuss the consequences of the California Gold Rush.

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 was the most significant contribution made by the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers during the first half of the nineteenth century?

By the General Survey Act of 1824, Congress gave the military to power to

Examine the role of the federal government in preparing the West for American settlement.

Why did Narcissa and Marcus Whitman fail in their efforts to convert the Cayuse Indians to Christianity?

By the mid-1850s, California's major agricultural crop was

After 1852, anger toward the Mormons in the Utah territory increased throughout the United States for which of the following reasons?

Which of the following is true of the "rendezvous"?

Why were Narcissa and Marcus Whitman murdered by the Cayuse Indians?

Many European-Americans viewed Daniel Boone as

Discuss the characteristics of the lives of fur trappers in the trans-Appalachian West in the early nineteenth century.

Discuss the various factors that caused tension and sometimes conflict between American western migrants and Native Americans during the first half of the nineteenth century. Discuss the consequences of the California Gold Rush.

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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