Question 1

Commercial farmers in the Midwest and West were forced to become self-sufficient.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Plains Indians were not particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases brought from the eastern United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

During the mid-nineteenth century,Hispanics living in California

Accepted Answer

A)  lost ownership of large areas of lands. 
B)  saw an expansion in the power of californios. 
C)  attempted to revive the Spanish mission society. 
D)  joined with white Americans to drive out Indians. 
E)  increasingly became part of the state's middle class. 
A)  lost ownership of large areas of lands. 
B)  saw an expansion in the power of californios. 
C)  attempted to revive the Spanish mission society. 
D)  joined with white Americans to drive out Indians. 
E)  increasingly became part of the state's middle class. A

Question 4

The decimation of American buffalo herds in the late nineteenth century

Accepted Answer

A)  destroyed the ability of Plains Indians to resist the advance of white settlers. 
B)  was accelerated by the eastern fad of owning a buffalo robe. 
C)  happened almost entirely in the space of a single decade. 
D)  was fostered by the railroad companies. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  destroyed the ability of Plains Indians to resist the advance of white settlers. 
B)  was accelerated by the eastern fad of owning a buffalo robe. 
C)  happened almost entirely in the space of a single decade. 
D)  was fostered by the railroad companies. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 5

In his writings during the late 1800s,the popular author Hamlin Garland

Accepted Answer

A)  romanticized agrarian life in the West. 
B)  criticized western farmers for failing to develop a stable industry. 
C)  reflected the growing disillusionment of western farmers. 
D)  argued the Plains should be abandoned by Americans. 
E)  suggested the trials of rural life refined and enlarged the human spirit. 
A)  romanticized agrarian life in the West. 
B)  criticized western farmers for failing to develop a stable industry. 
C)  reflected the growing disillusionment of western farmers. 
D)  argued the Plains should be abandoned by Americans. 
E)  suggested the trials of rural life refined and enlarged the human spirit.

Question 6

Plains Indians were formidable foes of white settlers because they were usually able to present a united front.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Before 1860,the traditional policy of the federal government was to regard Indians partly as

Accepted Answer

A)  members of dependent states. 
B)  a natural enemy of the United States. 
C)  wards of the president of the United States. 
D)  non-humans. 
E)  citizens of the United States. 
A)  members of dependent states. 
B)  a natural enemy of the United States. 
C)  wards of the president of the United States. 
D)  non-humans. 
E)  citizens of the United States.

Question 8

In 1851,a new reservation policy known as "________" replaced the idea that large numbers of tribes could live in one great enclave.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1851,a new reservation policy known as...

Question 9

The Workingmen's Party of California was created in 1878 by Irish immigrant ________ to capitalize on hostility to the Chinese.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Workingmen's Party of California was created...

Question 10

Management of Indian affairs by the federal government was in the hands of the army.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Late nineteenth-century American farmers increasingly sold their produce in competitive international markets and bought their supplies in a domestic market protected by tariffs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Hispanic societies survived in the ________ in part because they were so far from the centers of English-speaking society.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Hispanic societies survived in the ________ in...

Question 13

A number of Chinese immigrants worked in the mines of California before turning to the railroad for employment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In the 1870s in the Far West,the largest single Chinese community was located in

Accepted Answer

A)  Seattle. 
B)  Sacramento. 
C)  San Diego. 
D)  Los Angeles. 
E)  San Francisco. 
A)  Seattle. 
B)  Sacramento. 
C)  San Diego. 
D)  Los Angeles. 
E)  San Francisco.

Question 15

The Dawes Act of 1887

Accepted Answer

A)  was intended to preserve traditional Indian culture. 
B)  denied U.S. citizenship to landowning Indian adults. 
C)  was designed to force Indians to become landowners and farmers. 
D)  ended the U.S. government's effort to assimilate Indian tribes. 
E)  reaffirmed tribal ownership of western lands in the face of white claims to it. 
A)  was intended to preserve traditional Indian culture. 
B)  denied U.S. citizenship to landowning Indian adults. 
C)  was designed to force Indians to become landowners and farmers. 
D)  ended the U.S. government's effort to assimilate Indian tribes. 
E)  reaffirmed tribal ownership of western lands in the face of white claims to it.

Question 16

In the 1850s,the U.S.policy of "concentration" for Indians

Accepted Answer

A)  set the basis for Indian policy for the rest of the century. 
B)  affirmed and continued the previous federal treatment of Indians. 
C)  had many benefits for both whites and Indians. 
D)  reduced conflicts between whites and Indians. 
E)  assigned all tribes to their own defined reservations. 
A)  set the basis for Indian policy for the rest of the century. 
B)  affirmed and continued the previous federal treatment of Indians. 
C)  had many benefits for both whites and Indians. 
D)  reduced conflicts between whites and Indians. 
E)  assigned all tribes to their own defined reservations.

Question 17

In the 1870s,nearly one out of every eighty miners was killed on the job.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Sand Creek Massacre was a rare story of Indians killing whites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following Indian tribes was NOT found on the Pacific coast of the Far West?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chumash 
B)  Chinook 
C)  Pomo 
D)  Creek 
E)  Serrano 
A)  Chumash 
B)  Chinook 
C)  Pomo 
D)  Creek 
E)  Serrano

Question 20

Mining in the West

Accepted Answer

A)  did not see any great mineral strikes until after the Civil War. 
B)  flourished until the 1930s. 
C)  saw corporations move in first, followed by individual prospectors. 
D)  kept ranchers and farmers from establishing their own economic base. 
E)  saw individual prospectors move in first, followed by corporations. 
A)  did not see any great mineral strikes until after the Civil War. 
B)  flourished until the 1930s. 
C)  saw corporations move in first, followed by individual prospectors. 
D)  kept ranchers and farmers from establishing their own economic base. 
E)  saw individual prospectors move in first, followed by corporations.

Exam 16: The Conquest of the Far West

Commercial farmers in the Midwest and West were forced to become self-sufficient.

Plains Indians were not particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases brought from the eastern United States.

During the mid-nineteenth century,Hispanics living in California

The decimation of American buffalo herds in the late nineteenth century

In his writings during the late 1800s,the popular author Hamlin Garland

Plains Indians were formidable foes of white settlers because they were usually able to present a united front.

Before 1860,the traditional policy of the federal government was to regard Indians partly as

In 1851,a new reservation policy known as "________" replaced the idea that large numbers of tribes could live in one great enclave.

The Workingmen's Party of California was created in 1878 by Irish immigrant ________ to capitalize on hostility to the Chinese.

Management of Indian affairs by the federal government was in the hands of the army.

Late nineteenth-century American farmers increasingly sold their produce in competitive international markets and bought their supplies in a domestic market protected by tariffs.

Hispanic societies survived in the ________ in part because they were so far from the centers of English-speaking society.

A number of Chinese immigrants worked in the mines of California before turning to the railroad for employment.

In the 1870s in the Far West,the largest single Chinese community was located in

The Dawes Act of 1887

In the 1850s,the U.S.policy of "concentration" for Indians

In the 1870s,nearly one out of every eighty miners was killed on the job.

The Sand Creek Massacre was a rare story of Indians killing whites.

Which of the following Indian tribes was NOT found on the Pacific coast of the Far West?

Mining in the West

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