Question 1

The Timber Culture Act and the Desert Land Act were both designed to limit individual homesteaders in the American West.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Management of Indian affairs by the federal government was in the hands of the army.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The western farmers' first and most burning grievance was against

Accepted Answer

A)  the railroads. 
B)  state governments. 
C)  the banks. 
D)  eastern manufacturers. 
E)  crop speculators. 
A)  the railroads. 
B)  state governments. 
C)  the banks. 
D)  eastern manufacturers. 
E)  crop speculators.

Question 4

During the mid-nineteenth century, Hispanics living in California

Accepted Answer

A)  lost ownership of large areas of lands. 
B)  saw an expansion in the power of californios. 
C)  attempted to revive the Spanish mission society. 
D)  joined with white Americans to drive out Indians. 
E)  increasingly became part of the state's middle class. 
A)  lost ownership of large areas of lands. 
B)  saw an expansion in the power of californios. 
C)  attempted to revive the Spanish mission society. 
D)  joined with white Americans to drive out Indians. 
E)  increasingly became part of the state's middle class.

Question 5

Plains Indians were formidable foes of white settlers because they were usually able to present a united front.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Commercial farmers in the Midwest and West were forced to become self-sufficient.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following statements regarding Hispanic New Mexico is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  At the time of the Mexican War, Hispanics greatly outnumbered Anglo-Americans. 
B)  The Spanish had had settlements in the area since the seventeenth century. 
C)  Taos Indians, allied with Navajos and Apaches, forced out Anglo-Americans until 1847. 
D)  By the 1870s, the government of New Mexico was dominated by "territorial rings" of Anglo business people and politicians. 
E)  Descendants of the original settlers engaged primarily in cattle and sheep ranching. 
A)  At the time of the Mexican War, Hispanics greatly outnumbered Anglo-Americans. 
B)  The Spanish had had settlements in the area since the seventeenth century. 
C)  Taos Indians, allied with Navajos and Apaches, forced out Anglo-Americans until 1847. 
D)  By the 1870s, the government of New Mexico was dominated by "territorial rings" of Anglo business people and politicians. 
E)  Descendants of the original settlers engaged primarily in cattle and sheep ranching.

Question 8

In the late nineteenth century, regarding western agriculture,

Accepted Answer

A)  the prices paid for American farm goods rose after the 1880s. 
B)  the reality of farming was very much like its popular image with the public. 
C)  commercial farmers were not self-sufficient and made little effort to become so. 
D)  farmers increasingly owned the land on which they worked. 
E)  American farm families were relatively unaffected by the effects of world production. 
A)  the prices paid for American farm goods rose after the 1880s. 
B)  the reality of farming was very much like its popular image with the public. 
C)  commercial farmers were not self-sufficient and made little effort to become so. 
D)  farmers increasingly owned the land on which they worked. 
E)  American farm families were relatively unaffected by the effects of world production.

Question 9

The Dawes Act of 1887

Accepted Answer

A)  was intended to preserve traditional Indian culture. 
B)  denied U.S. citizenship to landowning Indian adults. 
C)  was designed to force Indians to become landowners and farmers. 
D)  ended the U.S. government's effort to assimilate Indian tribes. 
E)  reaffirmed tribal ownership of western lands in the face of white claims to it. 
A)  was intended to preserve traditional Indian culture. 
B)  denied U.S. citizenship to landowning Indian adults. 
C)  was designed to force Indians to become landowners and farmers. 
D)  ended the U.S. government's effort to assimilate Indian tribes. 
E)  reaffirmed tribal ownership of western lands in the face of white claims to it.

Question 10

In the mid-1880s, the open-range cattle industry declined as a result of

Accepted Answer

A)  Indian wars. 
B)  severe weather. 
C)  disease. 
D)  competition from Mexico. 
E)  changing consumer habits in the East. 
A)  Indian wars. 
B)  severe weather. 
C)  disease. 
D)  competition from Mexico. 
E)  changing consumer habits in the East.

Question 11

A Paiute prophet named Wovoka was responsible for the "________."

Accepted Answer

The answer of A Paiute prophet named Wovoka was responsible...

Question 12

The Rocky Mountain School of painting

Accepted Answer

A)  marked a sharp departure from the artistic style of the Hudson River Valley painters. 
B)  helped inspire the growth of tourism in the West. 
C)  emphasized the primitive art of Indians and other indigenous peoples. 
D)  first gained popular acceptance in the early twentieth century. 
E)  was a significant influence on the abstract art that would soon flourish in Europe. 
A)  marked a sharp departure from the artistic style of the Hudson River Valley painters. 
B)  helped inspire the growth of tourism in the West. 
C)  emphasized the primitive art of Indians and other indigenous peoples. 
D)  first gained popular acceptance in the early twentieth century. 
E)  was a significant influence on the abstract art that would soon flourish in Europe.

Question 13

White agents who observed the Indian "Ghost Dance" often did not understand it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop

Accepted Answer

A)  saddles. 
B)  spurs. 
C)  lariats. 
D)  leather chaps. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  saddles. 
B)  spurs. 
C)  lariats. 
D)  leather chaps. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 15

By 1880, more than 200,000 Chinese had settled in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

More than 300,000 Indians lived on the Pacific coast before the arrival of Spanish settlers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In the late nineteenth century, fences for Plains farms were usually made from

Accepted Answer

A)  barbed wire. 
B)  stones. 
C)  wood. 
D)  sod. 
E)  brick. 
A)  barbed wire. 
B)  stones. 
C)  wood. 
D)  sod. 
E)  brick.

Question 18

The story of the Nez Percé Indians is of a peaceful tribe forced to turn terribly violent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In the long run, natural resources such as copper, tin, lead, and zinc proved more important to the development of the West than did gold or silver.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick Jackson Turner claimed

Accepted Answer

A)  that the end of the "frontier" also marked the end of one of the most important democratizing forces in American life. 
B)  the United States should expand its northern and southern borders into Canada and Mexico to create new frontier land. 
C)  the western wars between whites and Indians were a national disgrace. 
D)  most of the frontier land was of little practical use for Americans. 
E)  the frontier had repressed individualism, nationalism, and democracy in America. 
A)  that the end of the "frontier" also marked the end of one of the most important democratizing forces in American life. 
B)  the United States should expand its northern and southern borders into Canada and Mexico to create new frontier land. 
C)  the western wars between whites and Indians were a national disgrace. 
D)  most of the frontier land was of little practical use for Americans. 
E)  the frontier had repressed individualism, nationalism, and democracy in America.

Exam 16: The Conquest of the Far West

The Timber Culture Act and the Desert Land Act were both designed to limit individual homesteaders in the American West.

Management of Indian affairs by the federal government was in the hands of the army.

The western farmers' first and most burning grievance was against

During the mid-nineteenth century, Hispanics living in California

Plains Indians were formidable foes of white settlers because they were usually able to present a united front.

Commercial farmers in the Midwest and West were forced to become self-sufficient.

Which of the following statements regarding Hispanic New Mexico is FALSE?

In the late nineteenth century, regarding western agriculture,

The Dawes Act of 1887

In the mid-1880s, the open-range cattle industry declined as a result of

A Paiute prophet named Wovoka was responsible for the "________."

The Rocky Mountain School of painting

White agents who observed the Indian "Ghost Dance" often did not understand it.

The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop

By 1880, more than 200,000 Chinese had settled in the United States.

More than 300,000 Indians lived on the Pacific coast before the arrival of Spanish settlers.

In the late nineteenth century, fences for Plains farms were usually made from

The story of the Nez Percé Indians is of a peaceful tribe forced to turn terribly violent.

In the long run, natural resources such as copper, tin, lead, and zinc proved more important to the development of the West than did gold or silver.

In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick Jackson Turner claimed

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