Question 1

What differences in the fighting of war existed between whites and the Plains Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Plains Indians rejected the white man's use of horses in battle. 
B)  The Plains Indians fought to show honor rather than killing many enemies. 
C)  Whites often engaged in war while the Plains Indians were pacifists. 
D)  Whites fought for moral reasons and never for the control of land. 
A)  The Plains Indians rejected the white man's use of horses in battle. 
B)  The Plains Indians fought to show honor rather than killing many enemies. 
C)  Whites often engaged in war while the Plains Indians were pacifists. 
D)  Whites fought for moral reasons and never for the control of land.

Question 2

Westerners promoted industrialization in the East:

Accepted Answer

A)  by providing food for the growing workforce of the East. 
B)  by demonstrating methods of industrial success in western iron mills. 
C)  by sending many young people to work in eastern factories. 
D)  by investing large amounts of capital in eastern manufacturing. 
A)  by providing food for the growing workforce of the East. 
B)  by demonstrating methods of industrial success in western iron mills. 
C)  by sending many young people to work in eastern factories. 
D)  by investing large amounts of capital in eastern manufacturing.

Question 3

The Battle of San Jacinto:

Accepted Answer

A)  established the independence of Texas. 
B)  resulted in the slaughter of Texans who had surrendered. 
C)  showed that Mexico could not challenge Zachary Taylor. 
D)  solved the border dispute between Mexico and the United States. 
A)  established the independence of Texas. 
B)  resulted in the slaughter of Texans who had surrendered. 
C)  showed that Mexico could not challenge Zachary Taylor. 
D)  solved the border dispute between Mexico and the United States.

Question 4

Which town was a starting point on the Oregon Trail in 1842?

Accepted Answer

A)  Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
B)  Terre Haute, Indiana 
C)  Independence, Missouri 
D)  Amarillo, Texas 
A)  Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
B)  Terre Haute, Indiana 
C)  Independence, Missouri 
D)  Amarillo, Texas

Question 5

What were the two products traded by branches of the Sioux tribe at the yearly trade fair?

Accepted Answer

A)  buffalo robes and corn 
B)  beaver pelts and buffalo robes 
C)  horses and beaver pelts 
D)  corn and rifles 
A)  buffalo robes and corn 
B)  beaver pelts and buffalo robes 
C)  horses and beaver pelts 
D)  corn and rifles

What differences in the fighting of war existed between whites and the Plains Indians?

Westerners promoted industrialization in the East:

The Battle of San Jacinto:

Which town was a starting point on the Oregon Trail in 1842?

What were the two products traded by branches of the Sioux tribe at the yearly trade fair?

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The Triumph and Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism 1800-1824

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Exam 13: The Way West

What differences in the fighting of war existed between whites and the Plains Indians?

Westerners promoted industrialization in the East:

The Battle of San Jacinto:

Which town was a starting point on the Oregon Trail in 1842?

What were the two products traded by branches of the Sioux tribe at the yearly trade fair?

Worlds Apart

Transplantation 1600-1685

A Meeting of Cultures

English Colonies in an Age of Empire 1660s-1763

Imperial Breakdown 1763-1774

The War for Independence 1774-1783

The First Republic 1776-1789

A New Republic and the Rise of Parties 1789 -1800

The Triumph and Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism 1800-1824

The Jacksonian ERA 1824-1845

Slavery and the Old South 1800-1860

The Market Revolution and Social Reform 1815-1850

The Politics of Sectionalism 1846-1861

Battle Cries and Freedom Songs: The Civil War 1861-1865

Reconstruction 1865-1877

A New South: Economic Progress and Social Tradition 1877-1900

Industries, Immigrants, and Cities 1870-1900

Transforming the West 1865-1890

Politics and Government 1877-1900

The Progressive Era 1900-1917

Creating an Empire 1865-1917

America and the Great War 1914-1920

Toward a Modern America: The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1929-1939

World War II 1939-1945

The Cold War at Home and Abroad 1946-1952

The Confident Years 1953-1964

Shaken to the Roots 1965-1980

The Reagan Revolution and a Changing World 1981-1992

Complacency, Crisis, and Global Reengagement 1993-2010

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