Question 1

Whites destroyed the buffalo herds for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  railroad survey operations disrupted grazing areas. 
B)  white sport hunters killed numerous buffalo. 
C)  buffalo were killed because they were seen as obstructions to railway traffic. 
D)  the government believed the Indians would survive better with fewer buffalo. 
A)  railroad survey operations disrupted grazing areas. 
B)  white sport hunters killed numerous buffalo. 
C)  buffalo were killed because they were seen as obstructions to railway traffic. 
D)  the government believed the Indians would survive better with fewer buffalo.

Question 2

Which event happened last?

Accepted Answer

A)  gold discovered in Idaho 
B)  the Battle of Little Big Horn 
C)  the massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 
D)  transcontinental railroad completed 
A)  gold discovered in Idaho 
B)  the Battle of Little Big Horn 
C)  the massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 
D)  transcontinental railroad completed

Question 3

Which state/territory had the greatest percentage of its area as Indian reservation land in the mid-1890s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wyoming 
B)  Oklahoma 
C)  Oregon 
D)  Nebraska 
A)  Wyoming 
B)  Oklahoma 
C)  Oregon 
D)  Nebraska

Question 4

In what year was the Western Federation of Miners created?

Accepted Answer

A)  1849 
B)  1874 
C)  1881 
D)  1893 
A)  1849 
B)  1874 
C)  1881 
D)  1893

Question 5

Which of the following was NOT a cow town?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ellsworth 
B)  Dodge City 
C)  San Antonio 
D)  Cheyenne 
A)  Ellsworth 
B)  Dodge City 
C)  San Antonio 
D)  Cheyenne

Question 6

Which of the following states had the least significant gold and/or silver deposits?

Accepted Answer

A)  California 
B)  Idaho 
C)  North Dakota 
D)  South Dakota 
A)  California 
B)  Idaho 
C)  North Dakota 
D)  South Dakota

Question 7

Which statement best describes the speaker's meaning of "this mysterious power"?

Accepted Answer

A)  the governmental decisions that force Indians off their land 
B)  the military strength of the combined tribes of the West 
C)  the god of Christianity that is honored by whites 
D)  the gods whose spirits are alive in a shared earth 
A)  the governmental decisions that force Indians off their land 
B)  the military strength of the combined tribes of the West 
C)  the god of Christianity that is honored by whites 
D)  the gods whose spirits are alive in a shared earth

Question 8

What role did the mining industry play in migration to the West? What social trends and conflicts emerged as a result of this expansion of mining into the West?

Accepted Answer

The mining industry played a significant

Question 9

Australia's late nineteenth-century pastoral economy was based on:

Accepted Answer

A)  cattle. 
B)  goats. 
C)  horses. 
D)  sheep. 
A)  cattle. 
B)  goats. 
C)  horses. 
D)  sheep.

Question 10

Who is "they" in this statement?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Sioux 
B)  immigrants from Asia 
C)  the Arapaho 
D)  European-American settlers 
A)  the Sioux 
B)  immigrants from Asia 
C)  the Arapaho 
D)  European-American settlers

Question 11

A lack of timber caused a shortage of fencing that was finally solved by:

Accepted Answer

A)  the invention of barbed wire. 
B)  less rigid concepts of private property. 
C)  military patrols of land boundaries belonging to small farmers. 
D)  a reliance on free-range farming. 
A)  the invention of barbed wire. 
B)  less rigid concepts of private property. 
C)  military patrols of land boundaries belonging to small farmers. 
D)  a reliance on free-range farming.

Question 12

The speaker of these words was:

Accepted Answer

A)  United States general, Philip Sheridan. 
B)  Sioux chief, Sitting Bull. 
C)  Cheyenne chief, Black Kettle. 
D)  author, Mark Twain. 
A)  United States general, Philip Sheridan. 
B)  Sioux chief, Sitting Bull. 
C)  Cheyenne chief, Black Kettle. 
D)  author, Mark Twain.

Question 13

In the 1880s, western farmers were plagued by severe drought and:

Accepted Answer

A)  protective trade barriers established by several foreign nations. 
B)  consistent victories by Indians on the Great Plains. 
C)  swarms of grasshoppers and mice that destroyed crops. 
D)  an increase in wheat prices that weakened their markets. 
A)  protective trade barriers established by several foreign nations. 
B)  consistent victories by Indians on the Great Plains. 
C)  swarms of grasshoppers and mice that destroyed crops. 
D)  an increase in wheat prices that weakened their markets.

Question 14

The speaker concludes that "We cannot live side by side" because:

Accepted Answer

A)  he feels whites will never stop wanting Indian lands. 
B)  Indians will never tolerate religious ideas expressed by whites. 
C)  he feels that his white countrymen will buy all of the Indians' land. 
D)  passage of the Dawes Act came too late to save the Indians. 
A)  he feels whites will never stop wanting Indian lands. 
B)  Indians will never tolerate religious ideas expressed by whites. 
C)  he feels that his white countrymen will buy all of the Indians' land. 
D)  passage of the Dawes Act came too late to save the Indians.

Question 15

How did railroads shape the settlement and development of the West? Give examples of the positive and negative effects of rail lines spreading from coast to coast.

Accepted Answer

Railroads played a crucial role in shapi

Question 16

The Central Pacific Railroad had its terminus in:

Accepted Answer

A)  California. 
B)  Oregon. 
C)  Washington. 
D)  British Columbia. 
A)  California. 
B)  Oregon. 
C)  Washington. 
D)  British Columbia.

Question 17

Compare and contrast the lives of women in the working class of the industrial Northeast with the lives of pioneer women of the Great Plains. If you had to choose, which life would you have preferred?

Accepted Answer

The lives of women in the working class

Question 18

How was the nature of the Cattle Kingdom changed by labor and environmental conditions?

Accepted Answer

The nature of the Cattle Kingdom was sig

Question 19

What were the major cultural differences that led to conflicts between whites and Indians on the Great Plains? Describe specific examples of these conflicts. Do you feel that these conflicts could have been avoided? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The major cultural differences that led

Question 20

Which statement about the Sand Creek Massacre is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The brutal attack included the killing of women and children. 
B)  Many white Easterners expressed outrage over the killings. 
C)  The fighting began when Indians attacked a mining town. 
D)  The Cheyenne were killed despite their avocation of peace. 
A)  The brutal attack included the killing of women and children. 
B)  Many white Easterners expressed outrage over the killings. 
C)  The fighting began when Indians attacked a mining town. 
D)  The Cheyenne were killed despite their avocation of peace.

Exam 19: Transforming the West 1865-1890

Whites destroyed the buffalo herds for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Which event happened last?

Which state/territory had the greatest percentage of its area as Indian reservation land in the mid-1890s?

In what year was the Western Federation of Miners created?

Which of the following was NOT a cow town?

Which of the following states had the least significant gold and/or silver deposits?

Which statement best describes the speaker's meaning of "this mysterious power"?

What role did the mining industry play in migration to the West? What social trends and conflicts emerged as a result of this expansion of mining into the West?

Australia's late nineteenth-century pastoral economy was based on:

Who is "they" in this statement?

A lack of timber caused a shortage of fencing that was finally solved by:

The speaker of these words was:

In the 1880s, western farmers were plagued by severe drought and:

The speaker concludes that "We cannot live side by side" because:

How did railroads shape the settlement and development of the West? Give examples of the positive and negative effects of rail lines spreading from coast to coast.

The Central Pacific Railroad had its terminus in:

Compare and contrast the lives of women in the working class of the industrial Northeast with the lives of pioneer women of the Great Plains. If you had to choose, which life would you have preferred?

How was the nature of the Cattle Kingdom changed by labor and environmental conditions?

What were the major cultural differences that led to conflicts between whites and Indians on the Great Plains? Describe specific examples of these conflicts. Do you feel that these conflicts could have been avoided? Why or why not?

Which statement about the Sand Creek Massacre is NOT true?

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