Question 1

Describe the pattern of race relations in the South from the end of Reconstruction to 1900.

Accepted Answer

The pattern of race relations in the South from the end of Reconstruction to 1900 was characterized by the implementation of Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. These laws were used to maintain white supremacy and limit the social, economic, and political advancements of black individuals.

During this period, there was widespread violence and intimidation directed towards African Americans, with the rise of organizations like the Ku Klux Klan perpetuating a climate of fear and oppression. Lynchings and other forms of racial violence were used to intimidate and control the black population.

Economically, African Americans faced limited opportunities and were often forced into sharecropping or low-paying jobs with little opportunity for advancement. They were also disenfranchised through poll taxes, literacy tests, and other discriminatory tactics aimed at preventing them from exercising their right to vote.

Overall, the pattern of race relations in the South during this time was one of institutionalized racism and inequality, with African Americans facing systemic barriers to their full participation in society. This pattern would continue until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s challenged and ultimately dismantled many of these discriminatory practices.

Question 2

The first great cowtown was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Abilene, Kansas 
B)  St. Louis, Missouri 
C)  Fort Worth, Texas 
D)  Butte, Montana 
E)  Denver, Colorado 
A)  Abilene, Kansas 
B)  St. Louis, Missouri 
C)  Fort Worth, Texas 
D)  Butte, Montana 
E)  Denver, Colorado A

Question 3

The great boom in the range-cattle trade did not last long because cattle drives were economically unsound.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Under the Bourbons, there was a well-planned and effective effort to disenfranchise African American voters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Cattle drives:

Accepted Answer

A)  delivered herds to the slaughterhouses in Chicago 
B)  were largely over by 1886 
C)  typically started from ranches in Kansas and Oklahoma 
D)  caused the extinction of Texas longhorns 
E)  almost always began in Montana and ended in Texas 
A)  delivered herds to the slaughterhouses in Chicago 
B)  were largely over by 1886 
C)  typically started from ranches in Kansas and Oklahoma 
D)  caused the extinction of Texas longhorns 
E)  almost always began in Montana and ended in Texas

Question 6

The frontier Indian wars began with the closing of the frontier in 1890.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Perhaps the ultimate paradox of the Bourbons' rule was that their paragons of white supremacy tolerated:

Accepted Answer

A)  federal intervention in the South 
B)  a lingering black voice in politics 
C)  the new "black codes" in society 
D)  Radical Republican rule of the country 
E)  laws to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan 
A)  federal intervention in the South 
B)  a lingering black voice in politics 
C)  the new "black codes" in society 
D)  Radical Republican rule of the country 
E)  laws to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan

Question 8

The Comstock Lode refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  a reservation set aside for Indians in Texas 
B)  a mining discovery of gold and silver in Nevada 
C)  a black disenfranchisement plan promoted by Bourbons 
D)  a cattle drive that ran through Ohio 
E)  the largest mountain in the Rockies 
A)  a reservation set aside for Indians in Texas 
B)  a mining discovery of gold and silver in Nevada 
C)  a black disenfranchisement plan promoted by Bourbons 
D)  a cattle drive that ran through Ohio 
E)  the largest mountain in the Rockies

Question 9

So many critical developments shaping politics, economy, and society during the latter part of the nineteenth century were the products of unintended consequences. Identify two or three examples of unintended consequences and why they are important to understanding the history of this period.

Accepted Answer

One example of an unintended consequence

Question 10

Joseph Glidden:

Accepted Answer

A)  was a railroad man who reaped great profits from the early cattle drives 
B)  perfected the invention of barbed wire 
C)  made his fame as a buffalo hunter, slaughtering thousands of the animals 
D)  led the sheep ranchers against the cattlemen for control of western grazing lands 
E)  called for regulation of bonanza farms 
A)  was a railroad man who reaped great profits from the early cattle drives 
B)  perfected the invention of barbed wire 
C)  made his fame as a buffalo hunter, slaughtering thousands of the animals 
D)  led the sheep ranchers against the cattlemen for control of western grazing lands 
E)  called for regulation of bonanza farms

Question 11

One might say that the West actually consisted of three frontiers: the miners', the cowboys', and the farmers'. What problems did each of these groups face?

Accepted Answer

The miners faced a variety of problems i

Question 12

The New South gospel emphasized all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  industrialization 
B)  sectional peace 
C)  women's rights 
D)  racial harmony 
E)  better education 
A)  industrialization 
B)  sectional peace 
C)  women's rights 
D)  racial harmony 
E)  better education

Question 13

The postwar South suffered from an acute shortage of:

Accepted Answer

A)  capital 
B)  labor 
C)  cotton 
D)  domestic help 
E)  water 
A)  capital 
B)  labor 
C)  cotton 
D)  domestic help 
E)  water

Question 14

In the battle at the Little Bighorn River in 1876:

Accepted Answer

A)  General George Custer's troops defeated the Cherokee and Seminole Indians 
B)  some 2,500 Indians annihilated a detachment of 210 soldiers 
C)  Chief Red Cloud was captured and murdered 
D)  Sioux and Cheyenne Indians won a large chuck of the Montana Territory, which they kept for fourteen years 
E)  Sitting Bull scouted for the United States against his own people 
A)  General George Custer's troops defeated the Cherokee and Seminole Indians 
B)  some 2,500 Indians annihilated a detachment of 210 soldiers 
C)  Chief Red Cloud was captured and murdered 
D)  Sioux and Cheyenne Indians won a large chuck of the Montana Territory, which they kept for fourteen years 
E)  Sitting Bull scouted for the United States against his own people

Question 15

Match between columns
                        Premises: Helen Hunt Jackson
James Oliver
Joseph McCoy
J. M. Chivington
Benjamin "Pap" Singleton
Henry Grady
Joseph Glidden
James Buchanan Duke
Frederick Jackson Turner
Rutherford B. Hayes

Accepted Answer

The Answer of made improved plow for plains farmers and is...

Question 16

Why did tenant farmers have no incentive to take care of the farmland that they were on?

Accepted Answer

A)  They did not own the land on which they farmed. 
B)  It was not part of their tenant agreement. 
C)  They did not have the basic skills to keep it up. 
D)  They were tired of their status as tenant farmers. 
E)  Cotton replenishes the soil by adding nitrogen. 
A)  They did not own the land on which they farmed. 
B)  It was not part of their tenant agreement. 
C)  They did not have the basic skills to keep it up. 
D)  They were tired of their status as tenant farmers. 
E)  Cotton replenishes the soil by adding nitrogen.

Question 17

Following the 1867 "Report on the Condition of the Indian Tribes," Congress decided that the best way to end the Indian wars was:

Accepted Answer

A)  to send in the army, under men such as George Custer, to break the morale of the Indians 
B)  to systematically kill most of the buffalo 
C)  to "Americanize" the Indians by offering them an education at the white man's schools 
D)  to persuade the Indians to live on out-of-the-way reservations 
E)  to allow Indians to follow old traditions such as the Ghost Dance 
A)  to send in the army, under men such as George Custer, to break the morale of the Indians 
B)  to systematically kill most of the buffalo 
C)  to "Americanize" the Indians by offering them an education at the white man's schools 
D)  to persuade the Indians to live on out-of-the-way reservations 
E)  to allow Indians to follow old traditions such as the Ghost Dance

Question 18

In the landmark case Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company:

Accepted Answer

A)  New South leader Robert Woodruff sued a company polluting the Coca-Cola bottling plant 
B)  America's clean air laws were established 
C)  the judge ruled on the legality of dumping mining debris in water sources 
D)  Woodruff, a mine employee, sued because of an injury 
E)  the court ruled that open-pit mines were illegal in Michigan 
A)  New South leader Robert Woodruff sued a company polluting the Coca-Cola bottling plant 
B)  America's clean air laws were established 
C)  the judge ruled on the legality of dumping mining debris in water sources 
D)  Woodruff, a mine employee, sued because of an injury 
E)  the court ruled that open-pit mines were illegal in Michigan

Question 19

All of the following groups were prominent in the West during the late nineteenth century EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Exodusters 
B)  cowboys 
C)  slaves 
D)  miners 
E)  Indians 
A)  Exodusters 
B)  cowboys 
C)  slaves 
D)  miners 
E)  Indians

Question 20

In much of the nineteenth century, women in Texas were legally prohibited from:

Accepted Answer

A)  serving on juries 
B)  farming 
C)  getting any education 
D)  getting married 
E)  suing for divorce 
A)  serving on juries 
B)  farming 
C)  getting any education 
D)  getting married 
E)  suing for divorce

Exam 19: The South and the West Transformed

Describe the pattern of race relations in the South from the end of Reconstruction to 1900.

The first great cowtown was:

The great boom in the range-cattle trade did not last long because cattle drives were economically unsound.

Under the Bourbons, there was a well-planned and effective effort to disenfranchise African American voters.

Cattle drives:

The frontier Indian wars began with the closing of the frontier in 1890.

Perhaps the ultimate paradox of the Bourbons' rule was that their paragons of white supremacy tolerated:

The Comstock Lode refers to:

So many critical developments shaping politics, economy, and society during the latter part of the nineteenth century were the products of unintended consequences. Identify two or three examples of unintended consequences and why they are important to understanding the history of this period.

Joseph Glidden:

One might say that the West actually consisted of three frontiers: the miners', the cowboys', and the farmers'. What problems did each of these groups face?

The New South gospel emphasized all the following EXCEPT:

The postwar South suffered from an acute shortage of:

In the battle at the Little Bighorn River in 1876:

Why did tenant farmers have no incentive to take care of the farmland that they were on?

Following the 1867 "Report on the Condition of the Indian Tribes," Congress decided that the best way to end the Indian wars was:

In the landmark case Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company:

All of the following groups were prominent in the West during the late nineteenth century EXCEPT:

In much of the nineteenth century, women in Texas were legally prohibited from:

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