Question 1

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 2

Which of the following came to be hallmarks of upholding the Jim Crow system?

Accepted Answer

A)  the initial passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 
B)  churches in which people of many races prayed together 
C)  "whites only" or "colored only" signs above restrooms and water fountains 
D)  the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation 
E)  the formation of Native American reservations in the West 
A)  the initial passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 
B)  churches in which people of many races prayed together 
C)  "whites only" or "colored only" signs above restrooms and water fountains 
D)  the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation 
E)  the formation of Native American reservations in the West

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

How did African Americans tend to respond to white supremacy in the South at the end of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most African Americans completely surrendered to the challenges brought by white supremacy, as they faced a life devoid of economic opportunities with no incentive for activism. 
B)  Whereas middle-class African American men had many opportunities to lash out, middle-class African American women lacked their own social clubs and opportunities to show leadership. 
C)  Most African Americans refused to adjust to the realities of white supremacy and segregation and defied these systems every day with total disregard for the possibility of punishment. 
D)  Angry about having achieved true freedom only to see it slip away, most African Americans turned away from religion entirely and formed atheist organizations as a means of coping. 
E)  Despite great adversity, many African Americans embraced their own lively culture and the new economic opportunities that segregation had ironically opened up in terms of black businesses. 
A)  Most African Americans completely surrendered to the challenges brought by white supremacy, as they faced a life devoid of economic opportunities with no incentive for activism. 
B)  Whereas middle-class African American men had many opportunities to lash out, middle-class African American women lacked their own social clubs and opportunities to show leadership. 
C)  Most African Americans refused to adjust to the realities of white supremacy and segregation and defied these systems every day with total disregard for the possibility of punishment. 
D)  Angry about having achieved true freedom only to see it slip away, most African Americans turned away from religion entirely and formed atheist organizations as a means of coping. 
E)  Despite great adversity, many African Americans embraced their own lively culture and the new economic opportunities that segregation had ironically opened up in terms of black businesses.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Comstock Lode refers to a

Accepted Answer

A)  large reservation set aside for Native Americans in Texas. 
B)  mining discovery of gold and silver in Nevada that was the most profitable at that point. 
C)  black disenfranchisement plan promoted by southerners who moved West. 
D)  cattle drive that ran through Ohio and ended in Wyoming. 
E)  settlement in the Rockies that marked the end of territorial governments in the West. 
A)  large reservation set aside for Native Americans in Texas. 
B)  mining discovery of gold and silver in Nevada that was the most profitable at that point. 
C)  black disenfranchisement plan promoted by southerners who moved West. 
D)  cattle drive that ran through Ohio and ended in Wyoming. 
E)  settlement in the Rockies that marked the end of territorial governments in the West.

Question 7

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 8

What was Joseph Glidden's claim to fame?

Accepted Answer

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 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  slavery was unsustainable. 
B)  its military leadership was inept. 
C)  the Union embraced more desirable cultural values. 
D)  the southern elite were soft and undisciplined. 
E)  it relied too much upon King Cotton. 
A)  slavery was unsustainable. 
B)  its military leadership was inept. 
C)  the Union embraced more desirable cultural values. 
D)  the southern elite were soft and undisciplined. 
E)  it relied too much upon King Cotton.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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 11

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 12

Why did Congress pass the Homestead Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  to appease big ranchers who had lobbied for it 
B)  to encourage settlement of the western lands 
C)  to encourage the railroads to build a transcontinental road out of the North 
D)  to place Native American tribes on reservations 
E)  to build militias in Indian country in anticipation of full-out war 
A)  to appease big ranchers who had lobbied for it 
B)  to encourage settlement of the western lands 
C)  to encourage the railroads to build a transcontinental road out of the North 
D)  to place Native American tribes on reservations 
E)  to build militias in Indian country in anticipation of full-out war

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Most farmers who benefited from the Homestead Act of 1862 became successful self-sustaining farmers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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 16

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 17

What export crop spurred growth in agriculture in the West during the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  cotton 
B)  rice 
C)  corn 
D)  wheat 
E)  cattle 
A)  cotton 
B)  rice 
C)  corn 
D)  wheat 
E)  cattle

Question 18

The principal accomplishment of the South's industrialization after the Civil War was the dramatic growth of the ________ industry.

Accepted Answer

A)  automobile 
B)  lumber 
C)  steel 
D)  coal 
E)  textile 
A)  automobile 
B)  lumber 
C)  steel 
D)  coal 
E)  textile

Question 19

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 20

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.

Exam 18: The New South and the New West

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 came to be hallmarks of upholding the Jim Crow system?

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

How did African Americans tend to respond to white supremacy in the South at the end of the nineteenth century?

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

The Comstock Lode refers to a

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

What was Joseph Glidden's claim to fame?

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

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

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

Why did Congress pass the Homestead Act?

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

Most farmers who benefited from the Homestead Act of 1862 became successful self-sustaining farmers.

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.

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

What export crop spurred growth in agriculture in the West during the late nineteenth century?

The principal accomplishment of the South's industrialization after the Civil War was the dramatic growth of the ________ industry.

Buffalo soldiers were

What was the "grandfather clause"?

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