Question 1

Which of the following was true of life on the Plains?

Accepted Answer

A)  Railroad expansion crippled farming in the region by using up all of the best and most fertile land. 
B)  Settlers in the Plains found that wells were cheap to dig once machinery was introduced into the region. 
C)  The pattern of settlement meant that settlers often suffered social isolation. 
D)  Pioneer farm families had little water but an abundance of timber. 
A)  Railroad expansion crippled farming in the region by using up all of the best and most fertile land. 
B)  Settlers in the Plains found that wells were cheap to dig once machinery was introduced into the region. 
C)  The pattern of settlement meant that settlers often suffered social isolation. 
D)  Pioneer farm families had little water but an abundance of timber. C

Question 2

In 1890, agents of the federal government attempted to

Accepted Answer

A)  suppress traditional Indian religions such as the Ghost Dance. 
B)  encourage factory and railroad construction near Indian reservations. 
C)  make Indians responsible for educating their own children. 
D)  deal with Indians through their tribes rather than as individuals. 
A)  suppress traditional Indian religions such as the Ghost Dance. 
B)  encourage factory and railroad construction near Indian reservations. 
C)  make Indians responsible for educating their own children. 
D)  deal with Indians through their tribes rather than as individuals. A

Question 3

The rapid development of railroads in the United States was accomplished

Accepted Answer

A)  in large measure through the investment of European banking firms. 
B)  exclusively through the support of large numbers of small investors. 
C)  with the help of some of the largest government subsidies ever granted. 
D)  almost totally through the investment of a handful of shrewd millionaires. 
A)  in large measure through the investment of European banking firms. 
B)  exclusively through the support of large numbers of small investors. 
C)  with the help of some of the largest government subsidies ever granted. 
D)  almost totally through the investment of a handful of shrewd millionaires. C

Question 4

As a result of the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902,

Accepted Answer

A)  farmers in the West were allowed to organize into irrigation districts and operate irrigation projects. 
B)  proceeds from the sale of western public lands would be used to finance irrigation projects. 
C)  the federal government transferred all of its public-domain lands in California to the state. 
D)  western farmers intending an economically productive use of river water were given the right to appropriation. 
A)  farmers in the West were allowed to organize into irrigation districts and operate irrigation projects. 
B)  proceeds from the sale of western public lands would be used to finance irrigation projects. 
C)  the federal government transferred all of its public-domain lands in California to the state. 
D)  western farmers intending an economically productive use of river water were given the right to appropriation.

Question 5

In decisions handed down in 1884 and 1886, the Supreme Court held that Indians

Accepted Answer

A)  could have their own independent military force to protect their reservations against white encroachment. 
B)  could not be relegated to reservations against their will. 
C)  were protected by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. 
D)  were not citizens of the United States. 
A)  could have their own independent military force to protect their reservations against white encroachment. 
B)  could not be relegated to reservations against their will. 
C)  were protected by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. 
D)  were not citizens of the United States.

Question 6

The Dawes Severalty Act was based on the belief that

Accepted Answer

A)  Indians should be allowed to participate actively in decisions concerning their future. 
B)  by establishing reservations as enclaves protected from white encroachment, Indian culture could be preserved. 
C)  families headed by men were the desired model for all societies. 
D)  Indians could best be assimilated into mainstream American society by teaching them the skills necessary to become factory workers. 
A)  Indians should be allowed to participate actively in decisions concerning their future. 
B)  by establishing reservations as enclaves protected from white encroachment, Indian culture could be preserved. 
C)  families headed by men were the desired model for all societies. 
D)  Indians could best be assimilated into mainstream American society by teaching them the skills necessary to become factory workers.

Question 7

Which of the following was the first national park in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yosemite National Park 
B)  Yellowstone National Park 
C)  Crater Lake National Park 
D)  Glacier National Park 
A)  Yosemite National Park 
B)  Yellowstone National Park 
C)  Crater Lake National Park 
D)  Glacier National Park

Question 8

Which of the following was the key to the granting of statehood to Utah in 1896?

Accepted Answer

A)  The army won a final decisive victory over hostile Indians. 
B)  Democratic congressmen realized that Utah's voters were solidly in their camp. 
C)  Non-Mormons gained control of the state. 
D)  The Mormons agreed to give up polygamy. 
A)  The army won a final decisive victory over hostile Indians. 
B)  Democratic congressmen realized that Utah's voters were solidly in their camp. 
C)  Non-Mormons gained control of the state. 
D)  The Mormons agreed to give up polygamy.

Question 9

Nationwide standardization of time became a necessity for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  In the event of a national emergency, the military needed to be assured of a regularity of time from place to place. 
B)  Railroad scheduling required that there be a regularity of time from place to place. 
C)  Monetary transactions undertaken by the nation's leading financial institutions required a regularity of time from place to place. 
D)  The transfer of raw materials to factories and finished products to consumers requires a regularity of time from place to place. 
A)  In the event of a national emergency, the military needed to be assured of a regularity of time from place to place. 
B)  Railroad scheduling required that there be a regularity of time from place to place. 
C)  Monetary transactions undertaken by the nation's leading financial institutions required a regularity of time from place to place. 
D)  The transfer of raw materials to factories and finished products to consumers requires a regularity of time from place to place.

Question 10

The ideas associated with prior appropriation fostered the attitude that

Accepted Answer

A)  natural resources exist to serve human needs and advance profits. 
B)  water, unlike other natural resources, may not be held and used as private property. 
C)  only people who live along the banks of rivers and streams may appropriate from the water's flow. 
D)  the natural beauty of the rivers and streams must be protected from corporate greed. 
A)  natural resources exist to serve human needs and advance profits. 
B)  water, unlike other natural resources, may not be held and used as private property. 
C)  only people who live along the banks of rivers and streams may appropriate from the water's flow. 
D)  the natural beauty of the rivers and streams must be protected from corporate greed.

Question 11

Which of the following was the primary purpose of laws against miscegenation passed by western state legislatures?

Accepted Answer

A)  To prevent white males from marrying Indian women 
B)  To prevent intermarriage between white women and Indian men 
C)  To prevent intermarriage between white women and men of Asian descent 
D)  To prevent white males from marrying Hispanic women 
A)  To prevent white males from marrying Indian women 
B)  To prevent intermarriage between white women and Indian men 
C)  To prevent intermarriage between white women and men of Asian descent 
D)  To prevent white males from marrying Hispanic women

Question 12

Which of the following is true of women in the West?

Accepted Answer

A)  Through the home mission movement many women helped sustain family and community life. 
B)  Virtually all of the women who moved to the West in the late nineteenth century were prostitutes. 
C)  They were usually single and moved to the West to establish their own economic independence. 
D)  Like most males, women who moved to the West were individual prospectors and received financial backing from eastern banks. 
A)  Through the home mission movement many women helped sustain family and community life. 
B)  Virtually all of the women who moved to the West in the late nineteenth century were prostitutes. 
C)  They were usually single and moved to the West to establish their own economic independence. 
D)  Like most males, women who moved to the West were individual prospectors and received financial backing from eastern banks.

Question 13

The most common crop raised by the western Indian tribes was

Accepted Answer

A)  alfalfa. 
B)  rye. 
C)  wheat. 
D)  corn. 
A)  alfalfa. 
B)  rye. 
C)  wheat. 
D)  corn.

Question 14

Which of the following is true concerning the struggle for supremacy between cattle ranchers and sheepherders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sheepherders claimed that cattle ruined the grazing land. 
B)  Both groups typically used the land illegally. 
C)  Sheepherders claimed that cattle left the land with a foul smell. 
D)  Sheepherders were generally peaceful, whereas ranchers were disposed to settle differences violently. 
A)  Sheepherders claimed that cattle ruined the grazing land. 
B)  Both groups typically used the land illegally. 
C)  Sheepherders claimed that cattle left the land with a foul smell. 
D)  Sheepherders were generally peaceful, whereas ranchers were disposed to settle differences violently.

Question 15

The first Americans of northern European ancestry to practice extensive irrigation were

Accepted Answer

A)  the Vikings. 
B)  the Mormons. 
C)  the Puritans. 
D)  the Quakers. 
A)  the Vikings. 
B)  the Mormons. 
C)  the Puritans. 
D)  the Quakers.

Question 16

In the Southwest, the Navaho placed great value on

Accepted Answer

A)  deer. 
B)  buffalo. 
C)  sheep. 
D)  elk. 
A)  deer. 
B)  buffalo. 
C)  sheep. 
D)  elk.

Question 17

Provisions of the Newlands Reclamation Act provide evidence of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The federal government was more interested in conserving the nation's natural resources than in maintaining control over those resources. 
B)  The federal government attempted to impose the principle of riparian rights on individuals who purchased western public lands. 
C)  The federal government was unwilling to assume the power to regulate water development in the West, thus leaving such power to the states. 
D)  The federal government actively aided the agricultural development of the West. 
A)  The federal government was more interested in conserving the nation's natural resources than in maintaining control over those resources. 
B)  The federal government attempted to impose the principle of riparian rights on individuals who purchased western public lands. 
C)  The federal government was unwilling to assume the power to regulate water development in the West, thus leaving such power to the states. 
D)  The federal government actively aided the agricultural development of the West.

Question 18

Which of the following ended up being the primary beneficiary of the Timber and Stone Act of 1878?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lumber companies 
B)  Southern freedmen 
C)  Unemployed miners 
D)  Recent immigrants 
A)  Lumber companies 
B)  Southern freedmen 
C)  Unemployed miners 
D)  Recent immigrants

Question 19

One can conclude from the experience of the Navaho that

Accepted Answer

A)  unity among the Indian tribes of a particular region could prevent white encroachment on Indian lands. 
B)  the federal government actively attempted to protect Indian cultures from aggressive white settlers. 
C)  some Indians were able to retain their traditional culture by refusing to trade with whites. 
D)  the economic power of whites increasingly placed Indians in a dependent and thus weakened position. 
A)  unity among the Indian tribes of a particular region could prevent white encroachment on Indian lands. 
B)  the federal government actively attempted to protect Indian cultures from aggressive white settlers. 
C)  some Indians were able to retain their traditional culture by refusing to trade with whites. 
D)  the economic power of whites increasingly placed Indians in a dependent and thus weakened position.

Question 20

This person was a leading figure in the early conservation movement and advocated that Congress give President Harrison the authority to create forest reserves.

Accepted Answer

A)  Moses E. Clapp 
B)  Helen Hunt Jackson 
C)  Johnny Ringo 
D)  John Muir 
A)  Moses E. Clapp 
B)  Helen Hunt Jackson 
C)  Johnny Ringo 
D)  John Muir

Exam 17: The Development of the West, 1865-1900

Which of the following was true of life on the Plains?

In 1890, agents of the federal government attempted to

The rapid development of railroads in the United States was accomplished

As a result of the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902,

In decisions handed down in 1884 and 1886, the Supreme Court held that Indians

The Dawes Severalty Act was based on the belief that

Which of the following was the first national park in the United States?

Which of the following was the key to the granting of statehood to Utah in 1896?

Nationwide standardization of time became a necessity for which of the following reasons?

The ideas associated with prior appropriation fostered the attitude that

Which of the following was the primary purpose of laws against miscegenation passed by western state legislatures?

Which of the following is true of women in the West?

The most common crop raised by the western Indian tribes was

Which of the following is true concerning the struggle for supremacy between cattle ranchers and sheepherders?

The first Americans of northern European ancestry to practice extensive irrigation were

In the Southwest, the Navaho placed great value on

Provisions of the Newlands Reclamation Act provide evidence of which of the following?

Which of the following ended up being the primary beneficiary of the Timber and Stone Act of 1878?

One can conclude from the experience of the Navaho that

This person was a leading figure in the early conservation movement and advocated that Congress give President Harrison the authority to create forest reserves.

Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600

Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1650

North America in the Atlantic World, 1650-1720

American Society Transformed, 1720-1770

Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754-1774

A Revolution, Indeed, 1774-1783

Forging a National Republic, 1776-1789

The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789-1800

Defining the Nation, 1801-1823

The Rise of the South, 1815-1860

The Restless North, 1815-1860

Reform and Politics, 1824-1845

The Contested West, 1815-1860

Slavery and Americas Future: the Road to War, 1845-1861

Transforming Fire: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877

The Machine Age, 1877-1920

The Vitality and Turmoil of Urban Life, 1877-1920

Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900

The Progressive Era, 1895-1920

The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914

Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920

The New Era, 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1941

The United States in a Troubled World, 1920-1941

The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945

The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945-1961

America at Midcentury, 1945-1960

The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968

Continuing Divisions and New Limits, 1969-1980

Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992

Into the Global Millennium, America Since 1992

Filters