Question 1

For what reason were African American troops, known as Buffalo soldiers, serving in the West during the Indian Wars?

Accepted Answer

A)  The first black regiment to come west originated in Buffalo, New York. 
B)  Native Americans thought their hair resembled that of the bison. 
C)  They were as scarce as the buffalo on the Great Plains of the late 1800s. 
D)  They were the soldiers primarily responsible for the extinction of buffalo herds. 
A)  The first black regiment to come west originated in Buffalo, New York. 
B)  Native Americans thought their hair resembled that of the bison. 
C)  They were as scarce as the buffalo on the Great Plains of the late 1800s. 
D)  They were the soldiers primarily responsible for the extinction of buffalo herds.

Question 2

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 3

How did the invention of barbed wire revolutionize the cattle industry?

Accepted Answer

A)  It helped ranchers separate their herds from one another. 
B)  It expanded safe grazing areas. 
C)  It allowed ranchers to fence in their cattle. 
D)  It prevented disputes over ownership of cattle. 
A)  It helped ranchers separate their herds from one another. 
B)  It expanded safe grazing areas. 
C)  It allowed ranchers to fence in their cattle. 
D)  It prevented disputes over ownership of cattle.

Question 4

What factors accounted for the decline of the cowboy and the rise of the cattle king?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Role of th

Question 5

Describe what life was like in the West for Californios and Chinese immigrants in the post-Civil War years.

Accepted Answer

Californios, Mexicans who had been grant

Question 6

How did the Utah legislature counter the criticism of polygamy in 1870?

Accepted Answer

A)  It outlawed the practice. 
B)  It gave women the right to vote. 
C)  It ignored its critics. 
D)  It successfully petitioned for statehood. 
A)  It outlawed the practice. 
B)  It gave women the right to vote. 
C)  It ignored its critics. 
D)  It successfully petitioned for statehood.

Question 7

What was the outcome of the second Treaty of Fort Laramie?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Sioux and Cheyenne agreed to the completion of the Bozeman Trail. 
B)  The treaty convinced Sioux chiefs, including Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, to accept reservation lands. 
C)  The treaty was violated by the U.S. government after gold was discovered in the Black Hills. 
D)  The treaty led to the extinction of the Sioux Indians. 
A)  The Sioux and Cheyenne agreed to the completion of the Bozeman Trail. 
B)  The treaty convinced Sioux chiefs, including Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, to accept reservation lands. 
C)  The treaty was violated by the U.S. government after gold was discovered in the Black Hills. 
D)  The treaty led to the extinction of the Sioux Indians.

Question 8

Match the term with the definition.
-Institution established in Pennsylvania in 1879 to educate and assimilate American Indians. It pioneered the "outing system" in which Indian students were sent to live with white families in order to accelerate acculturation.

Accepted Answer

A) Battle of the Little Big Horn 
B) Black Hills 
C) Carlisle Indian School 
D) Chinese Exclusion Act 
E) Comanchería
F)Comstock Lode
G)Dawes Allotment Act
H)first transcontinental railroad
I)Ghost Dance
J)Homestead Act of 1862
K)reservations
L)Wounded Knee 
A) Battle of the Little Big Horn 
B) Black Hills 
C) Carlisle Indian School 
D) Chinese Exclusion Act 
E) Comanchería
F)Comstock Lode
G)Dawes Allotment Act
H)first transcontinental railroad
I)Ghost Dance
J)Homestead Act of 1862
K)reservations
L)Wounded Knee

Question 9

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 10

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 11

How did the landscape of the trans-Mississippi West change between 1870 and 1900?

Accepted Answer

A)  The region proved to be a haven for family farming. 
B)  It was populated predominantly by former slaves. 
C)  Mining made it the country's largest industrial region. 
D)  Family farms gave way to commercial farming. 
A)  The region proved to be a haven for family farming. 
B)  It was populated predominantly by former slaves. 
C)  Mining made it the country's largest industrial region. 
D)  Family farms gave way to commercial farming.

Question 12

Explain why newly freed slaves, poor whites, and Hispanics had become sharecroppers and migrant workers by the beginning of the twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Sharecropp

Question 13

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.

Question 14

The portraits of Indian students in "The Assimilation of Sioux Students at Carlisle Indian School" illustrate what goal of Indian schools?

Accepted Answer

A)  To help Indian students maintain ties to their heritage 
B)  To erase signs of students' Indian heritage 
C)  To educate Indian students as well as their white counterparts 
D)  To encourage patriotism to the United States among Indian students 
A)  To help Indian students maintain ties to their heritage 
B)  To erase signs of students' Indian heritage 
C)  To educate Indian students as well as their white counterparts 
D)  To encourage patriotism to the United States among Indian students

Question 15

Which of the following describes the impact of the wealth produced in the Nevada mining industry?

Accepted Answer

A)  It enriched speculators in San Francisco. 
B)  It remained in the state's rapidly expanding mining towns. 
C)  It funded local education and construction projects. 
D)  It discouraged immigrants from migrating to the region. 
A)  It enriched speculators in San Francisco. 
B)  It remained in the state's rapidly expanding mining towns. 
C)  It funded local education and construction projects. 
D)  It discouraged immigrants from migrating to the region.

Question 16

Describe the government's philosophies for the Indian boarding schools in the late nineteenth century. What happened to Indian children once they arrived at these schools?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Native Ame

Question 17

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.

Exam 17: The Contested West

For what reason were African American troops, known as Buffalo soldiers, serving in the West during the Indian Wars?

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

How did the invention of barbed wire revolutionize the cattle industry?

What factors accounted for the decline of the cowboy and the rise of the cattle king?

Describe what life was like in the West for Californios and Chinese immigrants in the post-Civil War years.

How did the Utah legislature counter the criticism of polygamy in 1870?

What was the outcome of the second Treaty of Fort Laramie?

Match the term with the definition. -Institution established in Pennsylvania in 1879 to educate and assimilate American Indians. It pioneered the "outing system" in which Indian students were sent to live with white families in order to accelerate acculturation.

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

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

How did the landscape of the trans-Mississippi West change between 1870 and 1900?

Explain why newly freed slaves, poor whites, and Hispanics had become sharecroppers and migrant workers by the beginning of the twentieth century.

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

The portraits of Indian students in "The Assimilation of Sioux Students at Carlisle Indian School" illustrate what goal of Indian schools?

Which of the following describes the impact of the wealth produced in the Nevada mining industry?

Describe the government's philosophies for the Indian boarding schools in the late nineteenth century. What happened to Indian children once they arrived at these schools?

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

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