Question 1

Why was the concept of the frontier important psychologically for Americans? How did it shape American identity?

Accepted Answer

The concept of the frontier was importan

Question 2

The decline of the long drive and the cattle boom resulted from

Accepted Answer

A)  the settlement of homesteading farmers on range land. 
B)  a series of extraordinarily severe winters. 
C)  overgrazing and overproduction. 
D)  the inability to recruit enough veteran cowboys. 
E)  barbed-wire fencing. 
A)  the settlement of homesteading farmers on range land. 
B)  a series of extraordinarily severe winters. 
C)  overgrazing and overproduction. 
D)  the inability to recruit enough veteran cowboys. 
E)  barbed-wire fencing.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the Ghost Dance.

Accepted Answer

A religious movement

Question 4

Did American Indian tribes that fought back against white settlers and the U.S. army fair better or worse in the end? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The American Indian tribes that fought b

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of Frederick Jackson Turner.

Accepted Answer

Author of the fronti

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the Arapahoes.

Accepted Answer

Indian tri

Question 7

Why did President Grant's "Peace Policy" fail?

Accepted Answer

President Ulysses S. Grant's "Peace Poli

Question 8

After exploring much of the West, geologist John Wesley Powell advised in 1874 that

Accepted Answer

A)  the rush of settlers was devastating the western environment. 
B)  land west of the 100th meridian could not be farmed without extensive irrigation. 
C)  damming western rivers for irrigation purposes would damage mountains and forests. 
D)  mining was the only industry that could sustain the western economy. 
E)  irrigation was not necessary for farming west of the 100th meridian because of adequate rainfall and fertile lands in this region. 
A)  the rush of settlers was devastating the western environment. 
B)  land west of the 100th meridian could not be farmed without extensive irrigation. 
C)  damming western rivers for irrigation purposes would damage mountains and forests. 
D)  mining was the only industry that could sustain the western economy. 
E)  irrigation was not necessary for farming west of the 100th meridian because of adequate rainfall and fertile lands in this region.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the Apaches.

Accepted Answer

Indians headed by Geronimo who

Question 10

How did some settlers and corporations commit fraud under the Homestead Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  by hiring employees and immigrants to serve as "dummy" homesteaders 
B)  by posing as government agents and seizing the land 
C)  bribing civil service workers in the Land Grant Office 
D)  bribing members of the United States Senate 
E)  murdering homesteaders and assuming their identity 
A)  by hiring employees and immigrants to serve as "dummy" homesteaders 
B)  by posing as government agents and seizing the land 
C)  bribing civil service workers in the Land Grant Office 
D)  bribing members of the United States Senate 
E)  murdering homesteaders and assuming their identity

Question 11

As a result of the Battle of Little Bighorn

Accepted Answer

A)  the government sent extensive military reinforcements to the Dakotas and Montana. 
B)  the government signed another Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868, abandoning the Bozeman Trail and guaranteeing the Sioux their lands. 
C)  the government adopted a policy of civilizing the Indians rather than trying to conquer them. 
D)  white settlers agreed to halt their expansion beyond the 100th meridian. 
E)  the conflict between the U.S. army and the Sioux came to a peaceful end. 
A)  the government sent extensive military reinforcements to the Dakotas and Montana. 
B)  the government signed another Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868, abandoning the Bozeman Trail and guaranteeing the Sioux their lands. 
C)  the government adopted a policy of civilizing the Indians rather than trying to conquer them. 
D)  white settlers agreed to halt their expansion beyond the 100th meridian. 
E)  the conflict between the U.S. army and the Sioux came to a peaceful end.

Question 12

A new round of warfare between the Sioux and U.S. Army began in 1874 when

Accepted Answer

A)  the U.S. Army decided to retaliate for the Fetterman massacre. 
B)  Sioux Chief Crazy Horse began an effort to drive all whites from Montana and the Dakotas. 
C)  Colonel George Custer led an expedition to Little Big Horn, Montana. 
D)  Colonel George Custer discovered gold on Sioux land in the Black Hills. 
E)  the federal government announced that it was opening all Sioux lands to settlement. 
A)  the U.S. Army decided to retaliate for the Fetterman massacre. 
B)  Sioux Chief Crazy Horse began an effort to drive all whites from Montana and the Dakotas. 
C)  Colonel George Custer led an expedition to Little Big Horn, Montana. 
D)  Colonel George Custer discovered gold on Sioux land in the Black Hills. 
E)  the federal government announced that it was opening all Sioux lands to settlement.

Question 13

What is the safety-valve theory? Do you find it plausible? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The safety-valve theory is a concept in

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of Sioux.

Accepted Answer

Indian tribe displac

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Accepted Answer

A battle at which U.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of Dodge City, Kansas.

Accepted Answer

Known as a cow town because of

Question 17

A Century of Dishonor (1881), which chronicled the dismal history of Indian-white relations, was authored by

Accepted Answer

A)  Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
B)  Helen Hunt Jackson. 
C)  Chief Joseph. 
D)  Joseph F. Glidden. 
E)  Chief Black Elk of the Ogala Sioux. 
A)  Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
B)  Helen Hunt Jackson. 
C)  Chief Joseph. 
D)  Joseph F. Glidden. 
E)  Chief Black Elk of the Ogala Sioux.

Question 18

Yellowstone

Accepted Answer

The first

Question 19

To assimilate Indians into American society, the Dawes Act did all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  dissolve many tribes as legal entities. 
B)  try to make rugged individualists of the Indians. 
C)  wipe out tribal ownership of land. 
D)  promise Indians U.S. citizenship in twenty-five years. 
E)  expand recognized tribes' collective land ownership holdings. 
A)  dissolve many tribes as legal entities. 
B)  try to make rugged individualists of the Indians. 
C)  wipe out tribal ownership of land. 
D)  promise Indians U.S. citizenship in twenty-five years. 
E)  expand recognized tribes' collective land ownership holdings.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the Homestead Act.

Accepted Answer

Congressional act th

Exam 25: The Conquest of the West

Why was the concept of the frontier important psychologically for Americans? How did it shape American identity?

The decline of the long drive and the cattle boom resulted from

Identify and state the historical significance of the Ghost Dance.

Did American Indian tribes that fought back against white settlers and the U.S. army fair better or worse in the end? Explain your answer.

Identify and state the historical significance of Frederick Jackson Turner.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Arapahoes.

Why did President Grant's "Peace Policy" fail?

After exploring much of the West, geologist John Wesley Powell advised in 1874 that

Identify and state the historical significance of the Apaches.

How did some settlers and corporations commit fraud under the Homestead Act?

As a result of the Battle of Little Bighorn

A new round of warfare between the Sioux and U.S. Army began in 1874 when

What is the safety-valve theory? Do you find it plausible? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of Sioux.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Identify and state the historical significance of Dodge City, Kansas.

A Century of Dishonor (1881), which chronicled the dismal history of Indian-white relations, was authored by

Yellowstone

To assimilate Indians into American society, the Dawes Act did all of the following EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of the Homestead Act.

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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