Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of reservation system.

Accepted Answer

A series of treaties

Question 2

The safety valve theory that the West dampened class conflict, while exaggerated, did have some validity because

Accepted Answer

A)  free Western land did attract many immigrants to the West who might have crowded urban job markets. 
B)  Western farmers tended to be politically more conservative than those in the East. 
C)  wealthy western farmers hired many unemployed laborers from eastern cities. 
D)  Eastern city dwellers headed west to get free homesteads during depressions. 
E)  Western cities had less class conflict than those in the East. 
A)  free Western land did attract many immigrants to the West who might have crowded urban job markets. 
B)  Western farmers tended to be politically more conservative than those in the East. 
C)  wealthy western farmers hired many unemployed laborers from eastern cities. 
D)  Eastern city dwellers headed west to get free homesteads during depressions. 
E)  Western cities had less class conflict than those in the East.

Question 3

Factors eventually leading to the defeat of the Plains Indians included

Accepted Answer

A)  the arrival of the railroads in the West. 
B)  disease. 
C)  near-extermination of the buffalo. 
D)  warfare with the U.S. army. 
E)  extinction of Indian religious beliefs. 
A)  the arrival of the railroads in the West. 
B)  disease. 
C)  near-extermination of the buffalo. 
D)  warfare with the U.S. army. 
E)  extinction of Indian religious beliefs.

Question 4

What makes the Turner Thesis so provocative? Why do most modern historians not accept it, or accept it only with reservations? What are the most valid parts of Turner's argument that still hold up?

Accepted Answer

The Turner Thesis, proposed by historian

Question 5

safety-valve theory

Accepted Answer

The "safety-valve theory" is a concept o

Question 6

Explain the ultimate defeat of the Plains Indians by whites. Select and discuss at least three major reasons for the decline of the Plains culture; then tell which you think was the most important and why.

Accepted Answer

The ultimate defeat of the Plains Indian

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of 100th Meridian.

Accepted Answer

The line that define

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of Helen Hunt Jackson.

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts children's book

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the Long Drive.

Accepted Answer

A path for driving c

Question 10

The United States government's outlawing of the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance in 1890 resulted in the

Accepted Answer

A)  Battle of Wounded Knee. 
B)  Sand Creek massacre. 
C)  Battle of Little Bighorn. 
D)  Dawes Severalty Act. 
E)  Indian Reorganization Act. 
A)  Battle of Wounded Knee. 
B)  Sand Creek massacre. 
C)  Battle of Little Bighorn. 
D)  Dawes Severalty Act. 
E)  Indian Reorganization Act.

Question 11

Which of these is NOT a true statement about women on the frontier?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women worked as prostitutes on the frontier. 
B)  Some women made money running boarding houses. 
C)  Women were voluntary participants in the saloon drinking and culture of the frontier West. 
D)  Frontier women got the right to vote much later than women in the East. 
E)  Women found a variety of opportunities in the West. 
A)  Women worked as prostitutes on the frontier. 
B)  Some women made money running boarding houses. 
C)  Women were voluntary participants in the saloon drinking and culture of the frontier West. 
D)  Frontier women got the right to vote much later than women in the East. 
E)  Women found a variety of opportunities in the West.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of Comanches.

Accepted Answer

American Indians dri

Question 13

If you had lived in the 1880s as a white farmer on the Great Plains, what would you have proposed as a solution to the Indian problem? What would have been your view on concentration, the Dawes Severalty Act, and the savagery of Indian warfare?

Accepted Answer

As a white farmer living on the Great Pl

Question 14

The authors contend that "American history cannot be properly understood unless it is viewed in light of the westward-moving experience." Do you agree? Why or why not? What unique contributions did the frontier make to American life?

Accepted Answer

I agree with the authors' contention tha

Question 15

What was the first national park established by the federal government?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yellowstone 
B)  Carlsbad 
C)  Great Plains 
D)  Adirondack 
E)  Grand Canyon 
A)  Yellowstone 
B)  Carlsbad 
C)  Great Plains 
D)  Adirondack 
E)  Grand Canyon

Question 16

Do you agree that the frontier was for Americans as much a symbol and a state of mind as it was an actual place?
Did that symbol weaken with the closing of the frontier in 1890, or did it actually gain strength once the actual frontier was gone?

Accepted Answer

Yes, I agree that the frontier was for A

Question 17

The bitter conflict between whites and Indians intensified

Accepted Answer

A)  during the Civil War. 
B)  as mining operations receded in the West. 
C)  when big business took over the mining industry. 
D)  as the mining frontier expanded. 
E)  after the Battle of Wounded Knee. 
A)  during the Civil War. 
B)  as mining operations receded in the West. 
C)  when big business took over the mining industry. 
D)  as the mining frontier expanded. 
E)  after the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Question 18

Which Scottish author wrote a travel journey across the American West?

Accepted Answer

A)  Robert Louis Stevenson 
B)  Jules Verne 
C)  Irvine Welsh 
D)  Kate Chopin 
E)  Helen Hunt Jackson 
A)  Robert Louis Stevenson 
B)  Jules Verne 
C)  Irvine Welsh 
D)  Kate Chopin 
E)  Helen Hunt Jackson

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Accepted Answer

Battle at which Cust

Question 20

Why is it impossible to describe a typical Plains Indian?

Accepted Answer

It is impossible to describe a typical P

Exam 25: The Conquest of the West

Identify and state the historical significance of reservation system.

The safety valve theory that the West dampened class conflict, while exaggerated, did have some validity because

Factors eventually leading to the defeat of the Plains Indians included

What makes the Turner Thesis so provocative? Why do most modern historians not accept it, or accept it only with reservations? What are the most valid parts of Turner's argument that still hold up?

safety-valve theory

Explain the ultimate defeat of the Plains Indians by whites. Select and discuss at least three major reasons for the decline of the Plains culture; then tell which you think was the most important and why.

Identify and state the historical significance of 100th Meridian.

Identify and state the historical significance of Helen Hunt Jackson.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Long Drive.

The United States government's outlawing of the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance in 1890 resulted in the

Which of these is NOT a true statement about women on the frontier?

Identify and state the historical significance of Comanches.

If you had lived in the 1880s as a white farmer on the Great Plains, what would you have proposed as a solution to the Indian problem? What would have been your view on concentration, the Dawes Severalty Act, and the savagery of Indian warfare?

The authors contend that "American history cannot be properly understood unless it is viewed in light of the westward-moving experience." Do you agree? Why or why not? What unique contributions did the frontier make to American life?

What was the first national park established by the federal government?

Do you agree that the frontier was for Americans as much a symbol and a state of mind as it was an actual place? Did that symbol weaken with the closing of the frontier in 1890, or did it actually gain strength once the actual frontier was gone?

The bitter conflict between whites and Indians intensified

Which Scottish author wrote a travel journey across the American West?

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Why is it impossible to describe a typical Plains Indian?

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American Life in the Seventeenth Century

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