Question 1

Which of the following is true of the Black Hawk War?

Accepted Answer

A)  It marked the end of militant Indian resistance uprisings in the Old Northwest. 
B)  It raised the possibility that Great Britain would honor its defensive treaty with the Sauks by actively intervening on their behalf. 
C)  It represented the first time that Native Americans successfully resisted removal from their ancestral lands. 
D)  It represents one of the worst defeats ever experienced by the U.S. Army. 
A)  It marked the end of militant Indian resistance uprisings in the Old Northwest. 
B)  It raised the possibility that Great Britain would honor its defensive treaty with the Sauks by actively intervening on their behalf. 
C)  It represented the first time that Native Americans successfully resisted removal from their ancestral lands. 
D)  It represents one of the worst defeats ever experienced by the U.S. Army.

Question 2

Which of the following is true of women in California in the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because their skills were in demand, they could charge high fees for cooking, laundering, and sewing. 
B)  They worked on family farms as they had done in the East and Midwest. 
C)  Many married women built reputations as hostesses by providing food and entertainment for their husbands' bachelor friends. 
D)  They were usually engaged in mining for gold alongside the male settlers. 
A)  Because their skills were in demand, they could charge high fees for cooking, laundering, and sewing. 
B)  They worked on family farms as they had done in the East and Midwest. 
C)  Many married women built reputations as hostesses by providing food and entertainment for their husbands' bachelor friends. 
D)  They were usually engaged in mining for gold alongside the male settlers.

Question 3

As the result of a Mexican law passed in 1833, California missions were used primarily

Accepted Answer

A)  to organize Indian labor. 
B)  as a refuge for Native Americans fighting against removal to Indian Country by federal authorities. 
C)  to care for European American migrants who needed shelter until they could build their own homes. 
D)  to provide a safe haven to residents who had been the victims of anti-Catholic hate crimes. 
A)  to organize Indian labor. 
B)  as a refuge for Native Americans fighting against removal to Indian Country by federal authorities. 
C)  to care for European American migrants who needed shelter until they could build their own homes. 
D)  to provide a safe haven to residents who had been the victims of anti-Catholic hate crimes.

Question 4

Which of the following is true of the Miami Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were able to prevent the removal of their people to reservations because of their successful assimilation into American culture. 
B)  Many members of the Miami nation eluded the federal troops sent to forcibly remove them to Indian Country. 
C)  The Miami Indians were subjected to a brutal massacre at the hands of the United States Army. 
D)  The Miami nation was wiped out due to a smallpox epidemic. 
A)  They were able to prevent the removal of their people to reservations because of their successful assimilation into American culture. 
B)  Many members of the Miami nation eluded the federal troops sent to forcibly remove them to Indian Country. 
C)  The Miami Indians were subjected to a brutal massacre at the hands of the United States Army. 
D)  The Miami nation was wiped out due to a smallpox epidemic.

Question 5

Under the presidency of Mirabeau Lamar, the Texas Rangers

Accepted Answer

A)  were stationed along the border between Lone Star Republic and the United States to prevent any further influx of American migrants. 
B)  acted as a border patrol to enforce the law against entry of free blacks from the United States into the Lone Star Republic. 
C)  used terror tactics to drive Indians from Texas. 
D)  acted to protect the rights of Tejanos. 
A)  were stationed along the border between Lone Star Republic and the United States to prevent any further influx of American migrants. 
B)  acted as a border patrol to enforce the law against entry of free blacks from the United States into the Lone Star Republic. 
C)  used terror tactics to drive Indians from Texas. 
D)  acted to protect the rights of Tejanos.

Which of the following is true of the Black Hawk War?

Which of the following is true of women in California in the 1850s?

As the result of a Mexican law passed in 1833, California missions were used primarily

Which of the following is true of the Miami Indians?

Under the presidency of Mirabeau Lamar, the Texas Rangers

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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

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

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Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877

The Development of the West, 1865-1900

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Exam 13: The Contested West, 1815-1860

Which of the following is true of the Black Hawk War?

Which of the following is true of women in California in the 1850s?

As the result of a Mexican law passed in 1833, California missions were used primarily

Which of the following is true of the Miami Indians?

Under the presidency of Mirabeau Lamar, the Texas Rangers

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

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

Transforming Fire: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877

The Development of the West, 1865-1900

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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