Question 1

Everyday life for Indians on the Great Plains centered on

Accepted Answer

A)  the buffalo. 
B)  deer. 
C)  sheep. 
D)  horses. 
A)  the buffalo. 
B)  deer. 
C)  sheep. 
D)  horses.

Question 2

In 1883, four standard time zones for the nation were established by

Accepted Answer

A)  the president. 
B)  the railroads. 
C)  the army. 
D)  Congress. 
A)  the president. 
B)  the railroads. 
C)  the army. 
D)  Congress.

Question 3

White settlers in the frontier communities of the West made which of the following a distinguishing social characteristic?

Accepted Answer

A)  Race 
B)  Education 
C)  Marital status 
D)  Religion 
A)  Race 
B)  Education 
C)  Marital status 
D)  Religion

Question 4

Which of the following was true of the Exodusters who migrated from the South to Kansas in the late 1870s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were white sharecroppers who were recruited to move to Kansas by the Kansas Farmers' Alliance. 
B)  Their move was subsidized by southern state governments, which were encouraging African Americans to leave the South. 
C)  Many of them were former slaves and received aid from the Kansas Freedmen's Relief Association. 
D)  They were drawn to Kansas by promises of jobs in the construction of the transcontinental railroad. 
A)  They were white sharecroppers who were recruited to move to Kansas by the Kansas Farmers' Alliance. 
B)  Their move was subsidized by southern state governments, which were encouraging African Americans to leave the South. 
C)  Many of them were former slaves and received aid from the Kansas Freedmen's Relief Association. 
D)  They were drawn to Kansas by promises of jobs in the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

Everyday life for Indians on the Great Plains centered on

In 1883, four standard time zones for the nation were established by

White settlers in the frontier communities of the West made which of the following a distinguishing social characteristic?

Which of the following was true of the Exodusters who migrated from the South to Kansas in the late 1870s?

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

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

Everyday life for Indians on the Great Plains centered on

In 1883, four standard time zones for the nation were established by

White settlers in the frontier communities of the West made which of the following a distinguishing social characteristic?

Which of the following was true of the Exodusters who migrated from the South to Kansas in the late 1870s?

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

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