Question 1

-What generalization can be made about the Native American tribes who lived in the Trans- Mississippi West?

Accepted Answer

A)  Geographic isolation resulted in a lack of contact with Euro-American groups until the early nineteenth century. 
B)  Most tribes were migratory and traveled through different geographic regions. 
C)  Geography divided them into diverse culture groups who adapted to different natural environments. 
D)  Most tribes had been forcibly relocated to this region by the American government. 
A)  Geographic isolation resulted in a lack of contact with Euro-American groups until the early nineteenth century. 
B)  Most tribes were migratory and traveled through different geographic regions. 
C)  Geography divided them into diverse culture groups who adapted to different natural environments. 
D)  Most tribes had been forcibly relocated to this region by the American government.

Question 2

What made "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" so popular with the American public?

Accepted Answer

A)  It seemed to give Americans a way to experience the West. 
B)  It focused on nature's devastation in the West. 
C)  It provided an accurate representation of the West. 
D)  It hired a series of famous actors to portray Sitting Bull. 
A)  It seemed to give Americans a way to experience the West. 
B)  It focused on nature's devastation in the West. 
C)  It provided an accurate representation of the West. 
D)  It hired a series of famous actors to portray Sitting Bull.

Question 3

The main goal of the Dawes Severalty Act toward Native Americans was .

Accepted Answer

A)  extermination 
B)  assimilation 
C)  land redistribution 
D)  vocational training 
A)  extermination 
B)  assimilation 
C)  land redistribution 
D)  vocational training

Question 4

What made Virginia City, Nevada, a boomtown in the 1870s?

Accepted Answer

A)  the influx of Texas cattle brought on the Long Drives 
B)  the discovery of the Big Bonanza, the largest silver vein ever found 
C)  the arrival of the Central Pacific Railroad from California 
D)  the allocation of public lands through the Homestead Act 
A)  the influx of Texas cattle brought on the Long Drives 
B)  the discovery of the Big Bonanza, the largest silver vein ever found 
C)  the arrival of the Central Pacific Railroad from California 
D)  the allocation of public lands through the Homestead Act

Question 5

-What key message did Horatio Greenough's 1853 sculpture The Rescue and the 1874 dime novel cover for a Daniel Boone story, which used Greenough's sculpture as the basis for its artwork, send to the American public?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both images showed that life on the frontier was unsuitable for women and children. 
B)  Both images depicted the Indian as a noble savage. 
C)  Both images proclaimed Indian savagery and justified white supremacy. 
D)  Both images illustrated how the warrior dominated the frontiersman. 
A)  Both images showed that life on the frontier was unsuitable for women and children. 
B)  Both images depicted the Indian as a noble savage. 
C)  Both images proclaimed Indian savagery and justified white supremacy. 
D)  Both images illustrated how the warrior dominated the frontiersman.

Question 6

-How does the top photograph of Texas cowboys in the 1880s refute the image of cowboy life that Charles Russell portrayed in his 1897 painting The Herd Quitters?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cowboy work was unexciting and filled with drudgery. 
B)  Cowboys came from many racial and ethnic backgrounds. 
C)  Cowboys herded cattle in various geographical environments, not just the open plains. 
D)  Cowboy attire was often more flamboyant than what Russell's painting depicts. 
A)  Cowboy work was unexciting and filled with drudgery. 
B)  Cowboys came from many racial and ethnic backgrounds. 
C)  Cowboys herded cattle in various geographical environments, not just the open plains. 
D)  Cowboy attire was often more flamboyant than what Russell's painting depicts.

Question 7

Where did cattle ranching and cattle drives originate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Colorado 
B)  Kansas 
C)  California 
D)  Texas 
A)  Colorado 
B)  Kansas 
C)  California 
D)  Texas

Question 8

-What was the intention of this inaccurate advertisement that the B. and M. Railroad published in a Czech language magazine?

Accepted Answer

A)  The advertisement implied that settling land in the Great Plains would be a difficult process. 
B)  The advertisement warned that settling the Great Plains would not offer all of the blessings of civilization. 
C)  The advertisement guaranteed that settlers who moved to the Great Plains would achieve rapid success. 
D)  The advertisement advised settlers that they would need to implement current technological advances to farm the Great Plains. 
A)  The advertisement implied that settling land in the Great Plains would be a difficult process. 
B)  The advertisement warned that settling the Great Plains would not offer all of the blessings of civilization. 
C)  The advertisement guaranteed that settlers who moved to the Great Plains would achieve rapid success. 
D)  The advertisement advised settlers that they would need to implement current technological advances to farm the Great Plains.

Question 9

The Homestead Act _ .

Accepted Answer

A)  granted land to settlers willing and able to farm the land for five years 
B)  guaranteed military protection from Indians to Western settlers 
C)  barred most ex-slaves and other non-whites from Western settlement 
D)  denied land to Eastern speculators and corporations 
A)  granted land to settlers willing and able to farm the land for five years 
B)  guaranteed military protection from Indians to Western settlers 
C)  barred most ex-slaves and other non-whites from Western settlement 
D)  denied land to Eastern speculators and corporations

Question 10

How do films that were made after 1990, such as Dances with Wolves and Unforgiven,
Represent the American West?

Accepted Answer

A)  They focus on a revisionist view that depicts Native Americans with sympathy and the West as a hostile place. 
B)  They continue to portray Native Americans as insignificant contributors to the development of the West. 
C)  They accurately address the ideas found in Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis. 
D)  They revive the traditional themes of 1940s and 1950s Westerns that featured heroic cowboys and hostile Indians. 
A)  They focus on a revisionist view that depicts Native Americans with sympathy and the West as a hostile place. 
B)  They continue to portray Native Americans as insignificant contributors to the development of the West. 
C)  They accurately address the ideas found in Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis. 
D)  They revive the traditional themes of 1940s and 1950s Westerns that featured heroic cowboys and hostile Indians.

Question 11

In the 1990s, the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana .

Accepted Answer

A)  was closed to the public after it was occupied by a Native American rights movement 
B)  had its name changed to reflect the participation of Native American warriors 
C)  was dedicated as a monument to Custer and the Seventh Cavalry 
D)  became the location for a mountain-carved image of Chief Crazy Horse 
A)  was closed to the public after it was occupied by a Native American rights movement 
B)  had its name changed to reflect the participation of Native American warriors 
C)  was dedicated as a monument to Custer and the Seventh Cavalry 
D)  became the location for a mountain-carved image of Chief Crazy Horse

Question 12

What did Englishman William Blackmore imply when he stated that "all authorities…are unanimous in predicting that the Red Men are a doomed race," in his introduction to The Plains of the Great West and Their Inhabitants?

Accepted Answer

A)  The lack of immunity to many diseases ensured the extinction of American Indians. 
B)  The extermination of the buffalo would lead to the starvation of many Native Americans. 
C)  Whites were willing to assimilate American Indians into their society. 
D)  White progress through Manifest Destiny would eliminate American Indians. 
A)  The lack of immunity to many diseases ensured the extinction of American Indians. 
B)  The extermination of the buffalo would lead to the starvation of many Native Americans. 
C)  Whites were willing to assimilate American Indians into their society. 
D)  White progress through Manifest Destiny would eliminate American Indians.

Question 13

How did Oliver H. Kelley contribute to the economic development of the West?

Accepted Answer

A)  He invented barbed wire, which closed off the open range to large cattle drives. 
B)  He led the first Long Drive from Texas to Kansas that resulted in a booming beef industry. 
C)  He developed the process of open-pit mining that permanently scarred the landscape. 
D)  He organized the Grange, which created laws to protect farmers' economic interests. 
A)  He invented barbed wire, which closed off the open range to large cattle drives. 
B)  He led the first Long Drive from Texas to Kansas that resulted in a booming beef industry. 
C)  He developed the process of open-pit mining that permanently scarred the landscape. 
D)  He organized the Grange, which created laws to protect farmers' economic interests.

Question 14

-What conclusion can be made about why Paiute Indian reformer Sarah Winnemucca wore this type of outfit on her speaking tours?

Accepted Answer

A)  She wanted to highlight the harmful effects of assimilation on Native Americans. 
B)  She wanted to show people what traditional Paiute clothing and jewelry looked like. 
C)  She wanted to draw attention to her lectures on the plight of Native American women. 
D)  She wanted to make the public aware that she was a true "Indian princess" like Pocahontas. 
A)  She wanted to highlight the harmful effects of assimilation on Native Americans. 
B)  She wanted to show people what traditional Paiute clothing and jewelry looked like. 
C)  She wanted to draw attention to her lectures on the plight of Native American women. 
D)  She wanted to make the public aware that she was a true "Indian princess" like Pocahontas.

Question 15

Mark Twain's novels were marked by their celebration of .

Accepted Answer

A)  the cowboy and cattle drives 
B)  adventure and individualism 
C)  Native American culture 
D)  the lives of Western miners 
A)  the cowboy and cattle drives 
B)  adventure and individualism 
C)  Native American culture 
D)  the lives of Western miners

Question 16

-Charles Russell's painting The Herd Quitters could best be viewed as symbolizing what view of the West?

Accepted Answer

A)  a place of unity among peoples 
B)  a place of heroism, daring, and manly individualism 
C)  a land where humans lived in harmony with nature 
D)  a land of lawlessness and brutality 
A)  a place of unity among peoples 
B)  a place of heroism, daring, and manly individualism 
C)  a land where humans lived in harmony with nature 
D)  a land of lawlessness and brutality

Question 17

What was one significant flaw of the Homestead Act, particularly in more arid areas of the West?

Accepted Answer

A)  Grasshopper plagues and other swarms of insects destroyed crops. 
B)  160-acre allotments were too small for profitable farming. 
C)  Farmers and homesteaders had few opportunities for social interactions. 
D)  Railroads set exorbitant rates to ship farmers' products to market. 
A)  Grasshopper plagues and other swarms of insects destroyed crops. 
B)  160-acre allotments were too small for profitable farming. 
C)  Farmers and homesteaders had few opportunities for social interactions. 
D)  Railroads set exorbitant rates to ship farmers' products to market.

Question 18

Which topic is likely to be stressed by a New Western historian such as Patricia Nelson Limerick in her 1987 book The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West?

Accepted Answer

A)  the traditional frontier heroes 
B)  the savagery of Native Americans 
C)  the settlers' triumphs over obstacles in the West 
D)  the diversity of the West 
A)  the traditional frontier heroes 
B)  the savagery of Native Americans 
C)  the settlers' triumphs over obstacles in the West 
D)  the diversity of the West

Question 19

Both the Morrill Land Grant College Act and the Pacific Railway Act most directly benefited colleges and railroads through the .

Accepted Answer

A)  publication of promotional literature 
B)  removal of Indians to reservations 
C)  federal funding of these institutions 
D)  sale of public lands 
A)  publication of promotional literature 
B)  removal of Indians to reservations 
C)  federal funding of these institutions 
D)  sale of public lands

Question 20

-How did "Granger Laws" address the railroad corruption depicted in this 1873 cartoon?

Accepted Answer

A)  They allowed railroads the power to offer preferred customers special rates. 
B)  They ruled that state legislatures could regulate interstate railroad commerce. 
C)  They set maximum rates for transporting or storing grain by railroads. 
D)  They forced railroads to turn over lands adjacent to tracks to homesteaders. 
A)  They allowed railroads the power to offer preferred customers special rates. 
B)  They ruled that state legislatures could regulate interstate railroad commerce. 
C)  They set maximum rates for transporting or storing grain by railroads. 
D)  They forced railroads to turn over lands adjacent to tracks to homesteaders.

Exam 15: Conflict and Conquest: the Transformation of the West, 1860-1900

-What generalization can be made about the Native American tribes who lived in the Trans- Mississippi West?

What made "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" so popular with the American public?

The main goal of the Dawes Severalty Act toward Native Americans was .

What made Virginia City, Nevada, a boomtown in the 1870s?

-What key message did Horatio Greenough's 1853 sculpture The Rescue and the 1874 dime novel cover for a Daniel Boone story, which used Greenough's sculpture as the basis for its artwork, send to the American public?

-How does the top photograph of Texas cowboys in the 1880s refute the image of cowboy life that Charles Russell portrayed in his 1897 painting The Herd Quitters?

Where did cattle ranching and cattle drives originate?

-What was the intention of this inaccurate advertisement that the B. and M. Railroad published in a Czech language magazine?

The Homestead Act _ .

How do films that were made after 1990, such as Dances with Wolves and Unforgiven, Represent the American West?

In the 1990s, the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana .

What did Englishman William Blackmore imply when he stated that "all authorities…are unanimous in predicting that the Red Men are a doomed race," in his introduction to The Plains of the Great West and Their Inhabitants?

How did Oliver H. Kelley contribute to the economic development of the West?

-What conclusion can be made about why Paiute Indian reformer Sarah Winnemucca wore this type of outfit on her speaking tours?

Mark Twain's novels were marked by their celebration of .

-Charles Russell's painting The Herd Quitters could best be viewed as symbolizing what view of the West?

What was one significant flaw of the Homestead Act, particularly in more arid areas of the West?

Which topic is likely to be stressed by a New Western historian such as Patricia Nelson Limerick in her 1987 book The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West?

Both the Morrill Land Grant College Act and the Pacific Railway Act most directly benefited colleges and railroads through the .

-How did "Granger Laws" address the railroad corruption depicted in this 1873 cartoon?

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