Question 1

Although an important document in American history, Turner's "frontier thesis" is in some ways problematic because it

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A)  argued the frontier was an insignificant force for American history and that New England had defined America since its revolutionary beginnings. 
B)  exaggerated the homogenizing effect of the frontier environment and virtually ignored the role of women, Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians. 
C)  suggested the frontier could endure limitless expansion into Canada, Mexico, and even South America as transportation technologies improved. 
D)  claimed Native Americans did more to shape the frontier than white settlers because the land had long belonged just to them. 
E)  said the American frontier experience was identical to the experiences endured by all developed nations, including most of those in Europe and Asia. 
A)  argued the frontier was an insignificant force for American history and that New England had defined America since its revolutionary beginnings. 
B)  exaggerated the homogenizing effect of the frontier environment and virtually ignored the role of women, Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians. 
C)  suggested the frontier could endure limitless expansion into Canada, Mexico, and even South America as transportation technologies improved. 
D)  claimed Native Americans did more to shape the frontier than white settlers because the land had long belonged just to them. 
E)  said the American frontier experience was identical to the experiences endured by all developed nations, including most of those in Europe and Asia.

Question 2

"Exodusters" migrated to the West often because

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A)  Radical Republican rule had been reinstated and they were worried about losing their southern plantations. 
B)  they were making their exodus from the South in search of a place devoid of racism and poverty. 
C)  there was an abundance of houses, stores, and water in the West, especially around Kansas homesteads. 
D)  southerners had passed legislation banishing them to live in the desert because they were still vengeful after the Civil War. 
E)  they wanted to spread their beliefs in Christianity and convert Native Americans from coast to coast. 
A)  Radical Republican rule had been reinstated and they were worried about losing their southern plantations. 
B)  they were making their exodus from the South in search of a place devoid of racism and poverty. 
C)  there was an abundance of houses, stores, and water in the West, especially around Kansas homesteads. 
D)  southerners had passed legislation banishing them to live in the desert because they were still vengeful after the Civil War. 
E)  they wanted to spread their beliefs in Christianity and convert Native Americans from coast to coast.

Question 3

The 1896 Supreme Court decision in ________ legitimized racial segregation as constitutional by affirming the idea of "separate but equal."

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A)  Plessy v. Ferguson 
B)  Eugene v. Debs 
C)  Marbury v. Madison 
D)  McCullough v. Maryland 
E)  Dred Scott v. Sanford 
A)  Plessy v. Ferguson 
B)  Eugene v. Debs 
C)  Marbury v. Madison 
D)  McCullough v. Maryland 
E)  Dred Scott v. Sanford

Question 4

Violence in the mining towns was

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A)  as common as ethic prejudice toward groups such as Mexicans and Chinese. 
B)  largely instigated by cattlemen due to conflict over livestock ownership. 
C)  never very prominent because settlers led such simple lifestyles. 
D)  perpetrated entirely by Native Americans due to conflicts over land. 
E)  widespread due to the perpetual lack of mass-production industry in the West. 
A)  as common as ethic prejudice toward groups such as Mexicans and Chinese. 
B)  largely instigated by cattlemen due to conflict over livestock ownership. 
C)  never very prominent because settlers led such simple lifestyles. 
D)  perpetrated entirely by Native Americans due to conflicts over land. 
E)  widespread due to the perpetual lack of mass-production industry in the West.

Question 5

What was Joseph Glidden's claim to fame?

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A)  He was a railroad man who reaped great profits from the early cattle drives and became the richest figure in the West. 
B)  He perfected the invention of barbed wire, which sparked "range wars" as well as the loss of Native American lands. 
C)  He became a renowned buffalo hunter, slaughtering thousands of the animals and making them more important to the United States than cattle. 
D)  He led the sheep ranchers against the cattlemen for control of western grazing lands but suffered a dramatic defeat. 
E)  He called for the regulation of bonanza farms because he believed they were unethical and harmed farmers. 
A)  He was a railroad man who reaped great profits from the early cattle drives and became the richest figure in the West. 
B)  He perfected the invention of barbed wire, which sparked "range wars" as well as the loss of Native American lands. 
C)  He became a renowned buffalo hunter, slaughtering thousands of the animals and making them more important to the United States than cattle. 
D)  He led the sheep ranchers against the cattlemen for control of western grazing lands but suffered a dramatic defeat. 
E)  He called for the regulation of bonanza farms because he believed they were unethical and harmed farmers.

Question 6

Describe the experiences of miners, farmers, ranchers, and women in the West in the late nineteenth century.

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The experiences of miners, farmers, ranc

Question 7

Who were the various groups of migrants to the West after the Civil War? Why did they move there?

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After the Civil War, there were several

Question 8

Women in the western territories and states were the last to get the right to vote.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Redeemers tended to be

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A)  fierce advocates for women's suffrage. 
B)  southerners against the idea of the New South. 
C)  members of the Republican party. 
D)  former slaves "redeemed" by emancipation. 
E)  white Democrats who were pro-business. 
A)  fierce advocates for women's suffrage. 
B)  southerners against the idea of the New South. 
C)  members of the Republican party. 
D)  former slaves "redeemed" by emancipation. 
E)  white Democrats who were pro-business.

Question 10

Widespread violence, such as that of a mob that stormed Wilmington, North Carolina, often went hand in hand with the Jim Crow laws.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What was the crop-lien system in the South? Explain how it shaped the region after the Civil War.

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The crop-lien system in the South was a

Question 12

By the year 1870, enough time had passed that the approach to settling the West no longer involved the exploitation and near-extermination of Native Americans, only economic opportunity and personal freedom.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Match each description with the item below.
-Chief Joseph

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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 14

As part of the crop-lien system, which of the following services did "crossroads" merchants provide in exchange for the pledge of a portion of participants' future crops?

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A)  legal assistance 
B)  food, clothing, seed, and other items "on credit" 
C)  loans to purchase land 
D)  livestock and jobs in the cattle industry 
E)  medical services 
A)  legal assistance 
B)  food, clothing, seed, and other items "on credit" 
C)  loans to purchase land 
D)  livestock and jobs in the cattle industry 
E)  medical services

Question 15

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

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The African American experience during t

Question 16

Compare and contrast the responses of Booker T. Washington, W. B. Wells to the rise of Negrophobia and Jim Crow laws in the United States in the late nineteenth century. B. Du Bois, and Ida E.

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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois

Question 17

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

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A)  It was an iron center. 
B)  It lacked natural resources. 
C)  It was Andrew Carnegie's birthplace. 
D)  It lacked racial segregation. 
E)  It had the same population size. 
A)  It was an iron center. 
B)  It lacked natural resources. 
C)  It was Andrew Carnegie's birthplace. 
D)  It lacked racial segregation. 
E)  It had the same population size.

Question 18

Why was the expansion of railroads significant to the growth of the cattle industry?

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A)  As the railroads increased the ability to ship huge numbers of southern cattle, more cow towns were established in the West. 
B)  The railroads enabled the meat of eastern cattle to be shipped west in order to feed the region's growing population. 
C)  The railroads opened up Mexico as a market for American meat and eliminated the need to maintain cattle ranches in the United States. 
D)  Cowboys from the eastern states could now travel to the West to apply their expertise and teach new settlers their ways. 
E)  The railroads increased the industry's profit margin by eliminating the need for cowboys, and ranches were converted to modern-day factory farms. 
A)  As the railroads increased the ability to ship huge numbers of southern cattle, more cow towns were established in the West. 
B)  The railroads enabled the meat of eastern cattle to be shipped west in order to feed the region's growing population. 
C)  The railroads opened up Mexico as a market for American meat and eliminated the need to maintain cattle ranches in the United States. 
D)  Cowboys from the eastern states could now travel to the West to apply their expertise and teach new settlers their ways. 
E)  The railroads increased the industry's profit margin by eliminating the need for cowboys, and ranches were converted to modern-day factory farms.

Question 19

In what ways did a "New South" emerge in the late nineteenth century?

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The "New South" emerged in the late nine

Question 20

What was the significance of the Duke family's tobacco business?

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A)  Bankrupt soon after its founding after the Civil War, it demonstrated the often insurmountable economic difficulties due to the South's ongoing dependence on plantations over factories. 
B)  Contrary to many companies in the North that joined forces with their competitors, it remained a tiny but successful family owned farm and offered a model for the rest of the South. 
C)  Forming a modern cigarette factory producing large quantities of tobacco, it contributed to the dramatic rise of the tobacco industry in the post-Civil War South. 
D)  The first such government-owned company in the United States, it came to represent the federal government's approach to rebuilding the nation's economy and agriculture after the Civil War. 
E)  The North's largest industrial employer, it greatly helped revamp the nation's economy after the Civil War and brought migrants to New England in massive numbers. 
A)  Bankrupt soon after its founding after the Civil War, it demonstrated the often insurmountable economic difficulties due to the South's ongoing dependence on plantations over factories. 
B)  Contrary to many companies in the North that joined forces with their competitors, it remained a tiny but successful family owned farm and offered a model for the rest of the South. 
C)  Forming a modern cigarette factory producing large quantities of tobacco, it contributed to the dramatic rise of the tobacco industry in the post-Civil War South. 
D)  The first such government-owned company in the United States, it came to represent the federal government's approach to rebuilding the nation's economy and agriculture after the Civil War. 
E)  The North's largest industrial employer, it greatly helped revamp the nation's economy after the Civil War and brought migrants to New England in massive numbers.

Exam 18: The New South and the New West

Although an important document in American history, Turner's "frontier thesis" is in some ways problematic because it

"Exodusters" migrated to the West often because

The 1896 Supreme Court decision in ________ legitimized racial segregation as constitutional by affirming the idea of "separate but equal."

Violence in the mining towns was

What was Joseph Glidden's claim to fame?

Describe the experiences of miners, farmers, ranchers, and women in the West in the late nineteenth century.

Who were the various groups of migrants to the West after the Civil War? Why did they move there?

Women in the western territories and states were the last to get the right to vote.

Redeemers tended to be

Widespread violence, such as that of a mob that stormed Wilmington, North Carolina, often went hand in hand with the Jim Crow laws.

What was the crop-lien system in the South? Explain how it shaped the region after the Civil War.

By the year 1870, enough time had passed that the approach to settling the West no longer involved the exploitation and near-extermination of Native Americans, only economic opportunity and personal freedom.

Match each description with the item below. -Chief Joseph

As part of the crop-lien system, which of the following services did "crossroads" merchants provide in exchange for the pledge of a portion of participants' future crops?

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

Compare and contrast the responses of Booker T. Washington, W. B. Wells to the rise of Negrophobia and Jim Crow laws in the United States in the late nineteenth century. B. Du Bois, and Ida E.

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

Why was the expansion of railroads significant to the growth of the cattle industry?

In what ways did a "New South" emerge in the late nineteenth century?

What was the significance of the Duke family's tobacco business?

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