Question 1

Some southern politicians condoned lynchings of African Americans, and southern whites used the practice to take the law into their own hands.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Buffalo soldiers were

Accepted Answer

A)  black soldiers, most of whom had been Civil War veterans, fighting in the West against the Indians. 
B)  Indian scouts who helped the United States army against the Plains tribes during the Indian wars. 
C)  white hunters who killed millions of buffalo in the West, resulting in its extinction in the United States. 
D)  Jamaican immigrants who joined the United States army after the Civil War in exchange for citizenship. 
E)  European immigrants from the North who had little experience fighting but joined the army in the West. 
A)  black soldiers, most of whom had been Civil War veterans, fighting in the West against the Indians. 
B)  Indian scouts who helped the United States army against the Plains tribes during the Indian wars. 
C)  white hunters who killed millions of buffalo in the West, resulting in its extinction in the United States. 
D)  Jamaican immigrants who joined the United States army after the Civil War in exchange for citizenship. 
E)  European immigrants from the North who had little experience fighting but joined the army in the West.

Question 3

What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was designed to sever ties the Native Americans had with Canada due to poor relations between the American and Canadian governments. 
B)  It gave each Native American tribe up to 520 acres of land and provided a quota that it needed to meet in terms of agricultural production. 
C)  It declared the actions undertaken by the Ku Klux Klan illegal and forced the organization to dissolve. 
D)  It sought to "Americanize" Indians by forcing them to become self-reliant farmers that individually owned their own land. 
E)  It granted Native Americans U.S. citizenship and specified other civil rights that they would be guaranteed. 
A)  It was designed to sever ties the Native Americans had with Canada due to poor relations between the American and Canadian governments. 
B)  It gave each Native American tribe up to 520 acres of land and provided a quota that it needed to meet in terms of agricultural production. 
C)  It declared the actions undertaken by the Ku Klux Klan illegal and forced the organization to dissolve. 
D)  It sought to "Americanize" Indians by forcing them to become self-reliant farmers that individually owned their own land. 
E)  It granted Native Americans U.S. citizenship and specified other civil rights that they would be guaranteed.

Question 4

Which of the following did Frederick Jackson Turner argue in his "frontier thesis"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Western settlement had essentially been one great failure, and the American public should be ashamed of the exploitation it had caused. 
B)  The only way for the United States to settle the frontier was through peaceful relations with the Native Americans. 
C)  American culture and identity developed from the ways in which the frontier shaped those who lived on it. 
D)  With the end of the western settlement, the nation needed a new frontier to explore and, therefore, should seek an overseas empire. 
E)  The American frontier was just a myth, and the people of the nation own all land communally. 
A)  Western settlement had essentially been one great failure, and the American public should be ashamed of the exploitation it had caused. 
B)  The only way for the United States to settle the frontier was through peaceful relations with the Native Americans. 
C)  American culture and identity developed from the ways in which the frontier shaped those who lived on it. 
D)  With the end of the western settlement, the nation needed a new frontier to explore and, therefore, should seek an overseas empire. 
E)  The American frontier was just a myth, and the people of the nation own all land communally.

Question 5

Describe the problems that settlers faced that were, in many ways, unique to the western frontier.

Accepted Answer

Settlers on the western frontier faced a

Question 6

Was the crop-lien system successful? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yes, it was an effective system because landowners tended to encourage sharecroppers and tenants to grow their own vegetable gardens, thereby allowing them to feed themselves. 
B)  Yes, it was an effective system because due to the availability of fertile land, the farms were large and generated considerable amounts of income for both landlord and sharecropper. 
C)  Yes, it was an effective system because it developed close and trusting bonds between those who worked the farms and their landlords, as they received a consistent share of the proceeds. 
D)  No, it was self-destructive because overplanting tobacco and cotton led to the terrible erosion of farmland and was a post-Civil War version of economic slavery for poor white and black people. 
E)  No, it was self-destructive because most farmers owned the land on which they worked and, thus, took good care of it to meet their own needs, rather than paying back the former landlord. 
A)  Yes, it was an effective system because landowners tended to encourage sharecroppers and tenants to grow their own vegetable gardens, thereby allowing them to feed themselves. 
B)  Yes, it was an effective system because due to the availability of fertile land, the farms were large and generated considerable amounts of income for both landlord and sharecropper. 
C)  Yes, it was an effective system because it developed close and trusting bonds between those who worked the farms and their landlords, as they received a consistent share of the proceeds. 
D)  No, it was self-destructive because overplanting tobacco and cotton led to the terrible erosion of farmland and was a post-Civil War version of economic slavery for poor white and black people. 
E)  No, it was self-destructive because most farmers owned the land on which they worked and, thus, took good care of it to meet their own needs, rather than paying back the former landlord.

Question 7

The Indian tribe that defeated Custer and put up the greatest resistance to U.S. domination was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Apache. 
B)  Comanche. 
C)  Crow. 
D)  Sioux. 
E)  Blackfeet. 
A)  Apache. 
B)  Comanche. 
C)  Crow. 
D)  Sioux. 
E)  Blackfeet.

Question 8

In the crop-lien system, farmers could grow little besides cotton, tobacco, or some other cash crop.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The argument made by many southerners to advance the principle of "separate but equal" was that racial segregation laws were legal as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Match each description with the item below.
-J. M. Chivington

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 11

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?

Accepted Answer

The government's policy toward Indians h

Question 12

Match each description with the item below.
-Frederick Jackson Turner

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 13

Why was hydraulic mining so damaging to the environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  It used up what little water resources existed in the West and put a stop to western migration. 
B)  It entailed the removal of entire mountain ranges, which killed wildlife and changed the climate. 
C)  It caused tons of dirt and debris to clog rivers, kill fish, and pollute downstream farmland. 
D)  It caused the migration of wildlife like raccoons, bears, and deer into nearby big cities. 
E)  It relied on sifting gold dust and nuggets out of riverbeds by means of "placer" mining, or "panning." 
A)  It used up what little water resources existed in the West and put a stop to western migration. 
B)  It entailed the removal of entire mountain ranges, which killed wildlife and changed the climate. 
C)  It caused tons of dirt and debris to clog rivers, kill fish, and pollute downstream farmland. 
D)  It caused the migration of wildlife like raccoons, bears, and deer into nearby big cities. 
E)  It relied on sifting gold dust and nuggets out of riverbeds by means of "placer" mining, or "panning."

Exam 18: The New South and the New West

Some southern politicians condoned lynchings of African Americans, and southern whites used the practice to take the law into their own hands.

Buffalo soldiers were

What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?

Which of the following did Frederick Jackson Turner argue in his "frontier thesis"?

Describe the problems that settlers faced that were, in many ways, unique to the western frontier.

Was the crop-lien system successful? Why or why not?

The Indian tribe that defeated Custer and put up the greatest resistance to U.S. domination was the

In the crop-lien system, farmers could grow little besides cotton, tobacco, or some other cash crop.

The argument made by many southerners to advance the principle of "separate but equal" was that racial segregation laws were legal as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality.

Match each description with the item below. -J. M. Chivington

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?

Match each description with the item below. -Frederick Jackson Turner

Why was hydraulic mining so damaging to the environment?

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