Question 1

How did the South and West change by 1900?

Accepted Answer

By 1900, the South and West of the Unite

Question 2

As the price paid for raw cotton rose steadily over the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the average annual income of white southerners was double that of Americans outside the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Booker T. Washington argued that the black community needed to focus on establishing an economic foundation before agitating for political and social equality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In what ways was the New South "new," and in what ways was it not?

Accepted Answer

The New South was "new" in several ways.

Question 5

Match each description with the item below.
-Wovoka

Accepted Answer

A) was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution whose vision celebrated the redeemers 
B) led his people on a 1,300 mile march toward Canada, fleeing federal troops 
C) was the Supreme Court justice who dissented in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision 
D) initiated the Ghost Dance movement by sharing the content of visions he had experienced while ill 
E) urged Congress to adopt more-progressive policies toward Native Americans but met major challenges
F)was a historian whose view of the frontier gripped the popular imagination in the nineteenth century
G)led the massacre of Native Americans at Sand Creek and resigned from the militia to avoid a military trial
H)led a crusade against lynching and was one of the most outspoken African American activists
I)was a Cheyenne chief whose surrender at Sand Creek was ignored by Colorado militiamen 
A) was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution whose vision celebrated the redeemers 
B) led his people on a 1,300 mile march toward Canada, fleeing federal troops 
C) was the Supreme Court justice who dissented in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision 
D) initiated the Ghost Dance movement by sharing the content of visions he had experienced while ill 
E) urged Congress to adopt more-progressive policies toward Native Americans but met major challenges
F)was a historian whose view of the frontier gripped the popular imagination in the nineteenth century
G)led the massacre of Native Americans at Sand Creek and resigned from the militia to avoid a military trial
H)led a crusade against lynching and was one of the most outspoken African American activists
I)was a Cheyenne chief whose surrender at Sand Creek was ignored by Colorado militiamen

Question 6

In the 1860s, the federal government forced numerous Native American tribes to leave lands that the government had promised would be theirs forever.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The number of cotton mills in the South more than doubled between 1880 and 1900.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In what way did King Cotton survive beyond the Civil War in the 1880s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was still a major southern crop despite never regaining the huge profitability of the 1850s. 
B)  It continued to expand due to the growth of its export market from wartime alliances. 
C)  It thrived like never before because the U.S. government now gave farmers new subsidies. 
D)  It lingered, although the amount produced was far less than prior to the war. 
E)  It persisted but was only used for luxury items, as synthetic materials were invented in the 1880s. 
A)  It was still a major southern crop despite never regaining the huge profitability of the 1850s. 
B)  It continued to expand due to the growth of its export market from wartime alliances. 
C)  It thrived like never before because the U.S. government now gave farmers new subsidies. 
D)  It lingered, although the amount produced was far less than prior to the war. 
E)  It persisted but was only used for luxury items, as synthetic materials were invented in the 1880s.

Question 9

Which of the following is true of the Mississippi Plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  It guaranteed African Americans their voting rights in the face of intense voter suppression efforts and established Mississippi as a haven in the South for former slaves. 
B)  It stripped African Americans of their voting rights, especially those who moved around as tenant farmers or were illiterate, and set a pattern of disenfranchisement that other states would follow. 
C)  It followed the lead of several other southern states in guaranteeing black civil rights as part of recognizing the important role former slaves had played in making King Cotton possible. 
D)  It removed the poll tax because unlike other regulations that hurt just poor African Americans, it also hurt many whites, signaling the decline of the new wave of racism. 
E)  It granted confiscated land to African Americans because white southern legislators were desperate to see signs of African American financial success in order to ease the South's economic problems. 
A)  It guaranteed African Americans their voting rights in the face of intense voter suppression efforts and established Mississippi as a haven in the South for former slaves. 
B)  It stripped African Americans of their voting rights, especially those who moved around as tenant farmers or were illiterate, and set a pattern of disenfranchisement that other states would follow. 
C)  It followed the lead of several other southern states in guaranteeing black civil rights as part of recognizing the important role former slaves had played in making King Cotton possible. 
D)  It removed the poll tax because unlike other regulations that hurt just poor African Americans, it also hurt many whites, signaling the decline of the new wave of racism. 
E)  It granted confiscated land to African Americans because white southern legislators were desperate to see signs of African American financial success in order to ease the South's economic problems.

Question 10

What was the "grandfather clause"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Written in response to several events marked by racial discrimination, it stated that segregation and voter suppression were against the law and that offenders of all generations would be fined. 
B)  Added to many southern states' constitutions, it allowed illiterate whites to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had been eligible to vote on January 1, 1867, when blacks were still disenfranchised. 
C)  Created as part of the Jim Crow laws, it placed men and women back into traditional slavery if they were convicted of a felony and their fathers or grandfathers had been a slave. 
D)  Introduced as part of the Mississippi Plan, it granted the right to vote to black men if they could prove that their fathers or grandfathers had been white. 
E)  Proposed as part of the federal government's Reconstruction efforts, it afforded protections for elderly African Americans who were unable to make a living as tenant farmers. 
A)  Written in response to several events marked by racial discrimination, it stated that segregation and voter suppression were against the law and that offenders of all generations would be fined. 
B)  Added to many southern states' constitutions, it allowed illiterate whites to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had been eligible to vote on January 1, 1867, when blacks were still disenfranchised. 
C)  Created as part of the Jim Crow laws, it placed men and women back into traditional slavery if they were convicted of a felony and their fathers or grandfathers had been a slave. 
D)  Introduced as part of the Mississippi Plan, it granted the right to vote to black men if they could prove that their fathers or grandfathers had been white. 
E)  Proposed as part of the federal government's Reconstruction efforts, it afforded protections for elderly African Americans who were unable to make a living as tenant farmers.

Question 11

Six states were created from the western territories in the years 1889-1890. These states were NOT admitted before 1889 because

Accepted Answer

A)  Democrats in Congress were reluctant to create states out of territories that were heavily Republican. 
B)  the lawlessness of many western towns discouraged Congress from admitting the territories as states. 
C)  states such as Oklahoma and Arizona that were first admitted a century earlier had proven unsuccessful investments. 
D)  if large mining firms had been forced to pay state taxes, they would have had to close down for good. 
E)  the cattle ranchers lobbied for continued open range as regulated by the territorial legislatures. 
A)  Democrats in Congress were reluctant to create states out of territories that were heavily Republican. 
B)  the lawlessness of many western towns discouraged Congress from admitting the territories as states. 
C)  states such as Oklahoma and Arizona that were first admitted a century earlier had proven unsuccessful investments. 
D)  if large mining firms had been forced to pay state taxes, they would have had to close down for good. 
E)  the cattle ranchers lobbied for continued open range as regulated by the territorial legislatures.

Question 12

Which of the following occurred as railroads brought piles of lumber to the West?

Accepted Answer

A)  The lumber industry experienced a shortage of lumber in the East. 
B)  Farmers protested this development because lumber would overtake agriculture. 
C)  Local lumber companies protested because this was an essential western industry. 
D)  Farmers in the West could upgrade their houses into more comfortable homes. 
E)  Native Americans protested the arrival of this commodity due to loss of trade opportunities. 
A)  The lumber industry experienced a shortage of lumber in the East. 
B)  Farmers protested this development because lumber would overtake agriculture. 
C)  Local lumber companies protested because this was an essential western industry. 
D)  Farmers in the West could upgrade their houses into more comfortable homes. 
E)  Native Americans protested the arrival of this commodity due to loss of trade opportunities.

Question 13

Why was the battle at the Little Bighorn River in 1876 significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  General George Custer's troops defeated the Cherokee and Seminole Indians, leading to greater prosperity for the Native Americans on the Dakota Reservation. 
B)  Thousands of Indians led by Crazy Horse annihilated a detachment of Custer's soldiers, leading Congress to prepare for "total war." 
C)  Although Chief Red Cloud was captured and murdered, his death boosted Sioux morale and ensured they would win the war. 
D)  Sioux and Cheyenne Indians won a large chunk of the Montana Territory, which they kept for fourteen years. 
E)  Chief Sitting Bull scouted for the United States against his own people because Grant and Congress promised to establish a peace policy. 
A)  General George Custer's troops defeated the Cherokee and Seminole Indians, leading to greater prosperity for the Native Americans on the Dakota Reservation. 
B)  Thousands of Indians led by Crazy Horse annihilated a detachment of Custer's soldiers, leading Congress to prepare for "total war." 
C)  Although Chief Red Cloud was captured and murdered, his death boosted Sioux morale and ensured they would win the war. 
D)  Sioux and Cheyenne Indians won a large chunk of the Montana Territory, which they kept for fourteen years. 
E)  Chief Sitting Bull scouted for the United States against his own people because Grant and Congress promised to establish a peace policy.

Question 14

Helen Hunt Jackson's book A Century of Dishonor was influential in describing the United States' exploitation of

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans. 
B)  Native Americans. 
C)  Chinese immigrants. 
D)  women. 
E)  eastern European immigrants. 
A)  African Americans. 
B)  Native Americans. 
C)  Chinese immigrants. 
D)  women. 
E)  eastern European immigrants.

Question 15

How and why did white southerners adopt Jim Crow segregation laws and take away African Americans' right to vote at the end of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

White southerners adopted Jim Crow segre

Question 16

Which of the following statements accurately describes foreign immigration in the West in the last quarter of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Immigration was uncommon in the West because immigrants needed to pass through eastern cities such as New York and could not afford to make the journey all the way across the country. 
B)  Chinese and Mexican immigrants traveled to the western United States in the largest numbers, with immigration from northern Europe having largely occurred in previous centuries. 
C)  Foreign immigration to the West plummeted to low levels after the Civil War because most settlements had been destroyed by the war and would need to be rebuilt. 
D)  While there were many immigrants in the West, different nationalities tended to settle in regions so far apart from one another that intermingling was rare and their cultures remained untouched. 
E)  Although immigrants formed a large part of the population in the West, discrimination was still pervasive, such as the denial of citizenship rights to Chinese immigrants. 
A)  Immigration was uncommon in the West because immigrants needed to pass through eastern cities such as New York and could not afford to make the journey all the way across the country. 
B)  Chinese and Mexican immigrants traveled to the western United States in the largest numbers, with immigration from northern Europe having largely occurred in previous centuries. 
C)  Foreign immigration to the West plummeted to low levels after the Civil War because most settlements had been destroyed by the war and would need to be rebuilt. 
D)  While there were many immigrants in the West, different nationalities tended to settle in regions so far apart from one another that intermingling was rare and their cultures remained untouched. 
E)  Although immigrants formed a large part of the population in the West, discrimination was still pervasive, such as the denial of citizenship rights to Chinese immigrants.

Question 17

Match each description with the item below.
-John Marshall Harlan

Accepted Answer

A) was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution whose vision celebrated the redeemers 
B) led his people on a 1,300 mile march toward Canada, fleeing federal troops 
C) was the Supreme Court justice who dissented in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision 
D) initiated the Ghost Dance movement by sharing the content of visions he had experienced while ill 
E) urged Congress to adopt more-progressive policies toward Native Americans but met major challenges
F)was a historian whose view of the frontier gripped the popular imagination in the nineteenth century
G)led the massacre of Native Americans at Sand Creek and resigned from the militia to avoid a military trial
H)led a crusade against lynching and was one of the most outspoken African American activists
I)was a Cheyenne chief whose surrender at Sand Creek was ignored by Colorado militiamen 
A) was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution whose vision celebrated the redeemers 
B) led his people on a 1,300 mile march toward Canada, fleeing federal troops 
C) was the Supreme Court justice who dissented in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision 
D) initiated the Ghost Dance movement by sharing the content of visions he had experienced while ill 
E) urged Congress to adopt more-progressive policies toward Native Americans but met major challenges
F)was a historian whose view of the frontier gripped the popular imagination in the nineteenth century
G)led the massacre of Native Americans at Sand Creek and resigned from the militia to avoid a military trial
H)led a crusade against lynching and was one of the most outspoken African American activists
I)was a Cheyenne chief whose surrender at Sand Creek was ignored by Colorado militiamen

Question 18

A violent "Negrophobia" swept across only the South during the post-Civil War era.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true of the Ghost Dance movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Christian missionaries introduced it to Lakota reservations as a way to bridge a cultural divide and persuade the Native Americans. 
B)  It sparked a series of brutal Indian attacks upon U.S. military outposts out of anger the United States had adopted their culture as their own. 
C)  Alarmed, the Indian Bureau banned it on reservations, but Native Americans defied the order as legend had it that it brought prosperity and peace. 
D)  Crazy Horse introduced it to the Great Plains during battle as a major fighting technique that involved large amounts of weapons. 
E)  It directly led to the Sand Creek Massacre, leading the federal government to first dispatch troops to the West. 
A)  Christian missionaries introduced it to Lakota reservations as a way to bridge a cultural divide and persuade the Native Americans. 
B)  It sparked a series of brutal Indian attacks upon U.S. military outposts out of anger the United States had adopted their culture as their own. 
C)  Alarmed, the Indian Bureau banned it on reservations, but Native Americans defied the order as legend had it that it brought prosperity and peace. 
D)  Crazy Horse introduced it to the Great Plains during battle as a major fighting technique that involved large amounts of weapons. 
E)  It directly led to the Sand Creek Massacre, leading the federal government to first dispatch troops to the West.

Question 20

Match each description with the item below.
-Ida
B. Wells

Accepted Answer

A) was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution whose vision celebrated the redeemers 
B) led his people on a 1,300 mile march toward Canada, fleeing federal troops 
C) was the Supreme Court justice who dissented in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision 
D) initiated the Ghost Dance movement by sharing the content of visions he had experienced while ill 
E) urged Congress to adopt more-progressive policies toward Native Americans but met major challenges
F)was a historian whose view of the frontier gripped the popular imagination in the nineteenth century
G)led the massacre of Native Americans at Sand Creek and resigned from the militia to avoid a military trial
H)led a crusade against lynching and was one of the most outspoken African American activists
I)was a Cheyenne chief whose surrender at Sand Creek was ignored by Colorado militiamen 
A) was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution whose vision celebrated the redeemers 
B) led his people on a 1,300 mile march toward Canada, fleeing federal troops 
C) was the Supreme Court justice who dissented in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision 
D) initiated the Ghost Dance movement by sharing the content of visions he had experienced while ill 
E) urged Congress to adopt more-progressive policies toward Native Americans but met major challenges
F)was a historian whose view of the frontier gripped the popular imagination in the nineteenth century
G)led the massacre of Native Americans at Sand Creek and resigned from the militia to avoid a military trial
H)led a crusade against lynching and was one of the most outspoken African American activists
I)was a Cheyenne chief whose surrender at Sand Creek was ignored by Colorado militiamen

Exam 18: The New South and the New West

How did the South and West change by 1900?

As the price paid for raw cotton rose steadily over the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the average annual income of white southerners was double that of Americans outside the South.

Booker T. Washington argued that the black community needed to focus on establishing an economic foundation before agitating for political and social equality.

In what ways was the New South "new," and in what ways was it not?

Match each description with the item below. -Wovoka

In the 1860s, the federal government forced numerous Native American tribes to leave lands that the government had promised would be theirs forever.

The number of cotton mills in the South more than doubled between 1880 and 1900.

In what way did King Cotton survive beyond the Civil War in the 1880s?

Which of the following is true of the Mississippi Plan?

What was the "grandfather clause"?

Six states were created from the western territories in the years 1889-1890. These states were NOT admitted before 1889 because

Which of the following occurred as railroads brought piles of lumber to the West?

Why was the battle at the Little Bighorn River in 1876 significant?

Helen Hunt Jackson's book A Century of Dishonor was influential in describing the United States' exploitation of

How and why did white southerners adopt Jim Crow segregation laws and take away African Americans' right to vote at the end of the nineteenth century?

Which of the following statements accurately describes foreign immigration in the West in the last quarter of the nineteenth century?

Match each description with the item below. -John Marshall Harlan

A violent "Negrophobia" swept across only the South during the post-Civil War era.

Which of the following statements is true of the Ghost Dance movement?

Match each description with the item below. -Ida B. Wells

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South

Religion

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression

The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First Century America

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