Exam 19: The South and the West Transformed

"Cowtown" refers to:

The main goal in passing the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was to swindle the Indians out their remaining lands.

The Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902:

The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged the development of thriving western farms.

Who was a prominent southern tobacco executive during the late nineteenth century?

Black migrants to the West were called "Exodusters" because:

Describe the government's policy toward Indians. How did this policy develop over the years, and what were the main factors that influenced its development?

By the late nineteenth century, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians believed:

In 1877, President Rutherford Hayes addressed the American approach to dealing with Native Americans, saying:

Proponents of the New South believed that the South should:

Cattlemen rationalized violence against sheepherders because:

By 1900, lumbering in the South had surpassed textiles in value.

What was the African American experience during the latter part of the nineteenth century? How did that experience vary depending on the region?

Due to high cotton prices, many sharecroppers were able to save money and buy farms.

The fight for survival in the trans-Mississippi West made men and women:

Proponents of creating a "New South" argued that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because:

Under Bourbon rule in the South, state spending for public education:

This export crop spurred growth in agriculture in the West during the late nineteenth century:

Why was Alabama named the "Pittsburgh of the South"?

The term Bourbon referred to the rampant alcoholism of the New South leaders.