Question 1

Why did the cattle industry experience tremendous growth in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ranchers were able to exploit black and Mexican cowhands. 
B)  A large number of male easterners became interested in experiencing the cowboy life. 
C)  The invention of the refrigerated railroad car allowed for meat to be shipped to eastern consumers without spoiling. 
D)  Foreign cattle producers stopped sending their beef to the United States. 
A)  Ranchers were able to exploit black and Mexican cowhands. 
B)  A large number of male easterners became interested in experiencing the cowboy life. 
C)  The invention of the refrigerated railroad car allowed for meat to be shipped to eastern consumers without spoiling. 
D)  Foreign cattle producers stopped sending their beef to the United States.

Question 2

Why did the number of prostitutes in Virginia City decline around 1880?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prostitution had been made illegal. 
B)  A large company had taken control of the local mines. 
C)  Miners' salaries had been cut. 
D)  Supplies of gold and silver were dwindling. 
A)  Prostitution had been made illegal. 
B)  A large company had taken control of the local mines. 
C)  Miners' salaries had been cut. 
D)  Supplies of gold and silver were dwindling.

Question 3

The construction of sod houses on the western plains was a response to the

Accepted Answer

A)  absence of trees and timber. 
B)  need for running water. 
C)  massive snow accumulation in winter. 
D)  invasion of grasshoppers in the late 1870s. 
A)  absence of trees and timber. 
B)  need for running water. 
C)  massive snow accumulation in winter. 
D)  invasion of grasshoppers in the late 1870s.

Question 4

Frontier women's activism during the 1880s was motivated, in part, by

Accepted Answer

A)  loneliness and isolation. 
B)  economic hardship. 
C)  a desire to curb men's alcohol consumption. 
D)  frustration with tedious domestic labor. 
A)  loneliness and isolation. 
B)  economic hardship. 
C)  a desire to curb men's alcohol consumption. 
D)  frustration with tedious domestic labor.

Question 5

Which of the following characterizes the role of gender differences in Native American hunting societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men were the hunters and therefore considered superior to women. 
B)  Women were the hunters and therefore considered superior to men. 
C)  Women did not hunt, but they did work, producing food, clothing, and shelter for their tribes. 
D)  Women were passive consumers of the goods men provided. 
A)  Men were the hunters and therefore considered superior to women. 
B)  Women were the hunters and therefore considered superior to men. 
C)  Women did not hunt, but they did work, producing food, clothing, and shelter for their tribes. 
D)  Women were passive consumers of the goods men provided.

Question 6

What was the intent of the Treaty of Fort Laramie?

Accepted Answer

A)  To preserve designated areas of the Plains for Indian habitation 
B)  To open the Plains to white settlers 
C)  To turn over the area's mining rights to white prospectors 
D)  To destroy Indian hunting grounds 
A)  To preserve designated areas of the Plains for Indian habitation 
B)  To open the Plains to white settlers 
C)  To turn over the area's mining rights to white prospectors 
D)  To destroy Indian hunting grounds

Question 7

During the late 1860s, the majority of cowboys were

Accepted Answer

A)  Confederate veterans of the Civil War. 
B)  Union veterans of the Civil War. 
C)  former slaves. 
D)  Mexicans. 
A)  Confederate veterans of the Civil War. 
B)  Union veterans of the Civil War. 
C)  former slaves. 
D)  Mexicans.

Question 8

Which country produced a strain of wheat that was able to withstand the fluctuating climate west of the Mississippi?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany 
B)  Sweden 
C)  Czechoslovakia 
D)  Russia 
A)  Germany 
B)  Sweden 
C)  Czechoslovakia 
D)  Russia

Question 9

In what state did women win the right to vote and run for office in local elections in 1887?

Accepted Answer

A)  Colorado 
B)  Kansas 
C)  Utah 
D)  Minnesota 
A)  Colorado 
B)  Kansas 
C)  Utah 
D)  Minnesota

Question 10

In what year was gold discovered in California?

Accepted Answer

A)  1848 
B)  1851 
C)  1863 
D)  1876 
A)  1848 
B)  1851 
C)  1863 
D)  1876

Question 11

Who were the women who homesteaded alone in the Dakotas in the 1870s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were older women of New England stock with years of experience in solitary farming. 
B)  They were women eager to escape the brutality of Jim Crow in the South. 
C)  They were women eager to take advantage of women's voting rights in the West. 
D)  They were often widows who had to provide for their children after their husbands' deaths. 
A)  They were older women of New England stock with years of experience in solitary farming. 
B)  They were women eager to escape the brutality of Jim Crow in the South. 
C)  They were women eager to take advantage of women's voting rights in the West. 
D)  They were often widows who had to provide for their children after their husbands' deaths.

Why did the cattle industry experience tremendous growth in the late nineteenth century?

Why did the number of prostitutes in Virginia City decline around 1880?

The construction of sod houses on the western plains was a response to the

Frontier women's activism during the 1880s was motivated, in part, by

Which of the following characterizes the role of gender differences in Native American hunting societies?

What was the intent of the Treaty of Fort Laramie?

During the late 1860s, the majority of cowboys were

Which country produced a strain of wheat that was able to withstand the fluctuating climate west of the Mississippi?

In what state did women win the right to vote and run for office in local elections in 1887?

In what year was gold discovered in California?

Who were the women who homesteaded alone in the Dakotas in the 1870s?

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Exam 15: The West Opening the West

Why did the cattle industry experience tremendous growth in the late nineteenth century?

Why did the number of prostitutes in Virginia City decline around 1880?

The construction of sod houses on the western plains was a response to the

Frontier women's activism during the 1880s was motivated, in part, by

Which of the following characterizes the role of gender differences in Native American hunting societies?

What was the intent of the Treaty of Fort Laramie?

During the late 1860s, the majority of cowboys were

Which country produced a strain of wheat that was able to withstand the fluctuating climate west of the Mississippi?

In what state did women win the right to vote and run for office in local elections in 1887?

In what year was gold discovered in California?

Who were the women who homesteaded alone in the Dakotas in the 1870s?

Mapping Global Frontiers

Colonization and Conflicts

Colonial America Amid Global Change

Religious Strife and Social Upheavals

War and Empire

The American Revolution

Forging a New Nation

The Early Republic

Defending and Redefining the Nation

Social and Cultural Ferment in the North

Slavery Expands South and West

Imperial Ambitions and Sectional Crises

Civil War

Emancipation and Reconstruction

Industrial America

Workers and Farmers in the Age of Organization

Cities, Immigrants, and the Nation

Progressivism and the Search for Order

Empire and Wars

The Twenties

Depression, Dissent, and the New Deal

World War II

The Opening of the Cold War

Troubled Innocence

Liberalism and Its Challengers

The Swing Toward Conservatism

The Triumph of Conservatism, the End of the Cold War, and the Rise of the New World Order

The Challenges of a Globalized World

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