Question 1

In the warfare that raged between the Indians and the American military after the Civil War,

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A) the Indians were never as well armed as the soldiers. 
B) the U.S.army was able to dominate with its superior technology. 
C) there was often great cruelty and massacres on both sides. 
D) Indians proved to be no match for the soldiers. 
E) Indians and soldiers seldom came into face-to-face combat. 
A) the Indians were never as well armed as the soldiers. 
B) the U.S.army was able to dominate with its superior technology. 
C) there was often great cruelty and massacres on both sides. 
D) Indians proved to be no match for the soldiers. 
E) Indians and soldiers seldom came into face-to-face combat. C

Question 2

A new round of warfare between the Sioux and U.S. Army began in 1874 when

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A) the U.S.Army decided to retaliate for the Fetterman massacre. 
B) Sioux Chief Crazy Horse began an effort to drive all whites from Montana and the Dakotas. 
C) Colonel George Custer led an expedition to Little Big Horn, Montana. 
D) Colonel George Custer discovered gold on Sioux land in the Black Hills. 
E) the federal government announced that it was opening all Sioux lands to settlement. 
A) the U.S.Army decided to retaliate for the Fetterman massacre. 
B) Sioux Chief Crazy Horse began an effort to drive all whites from Montana and the Dakotas. 
C) Colonel George Custer led an expedition to Little Big Horn, Montana. 
D) Colonel George Custer discovered gold on Sioux land in the Black Hills. 
E) the federal government announced that it was opening all Sioux lands to settlement. D

Question 3

The 1896 victory of William McKinley ushered in a long period of Republican dominance that was accompanied by

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A) diminishing voter participation in elections. 
B) strengthening of party organizations. 
C) increasing voter participation in elections. 
D) less concern for industrial regulation. 
E) sharpened conflict between business and labor. 
A) diminishing voter participation in elections. 
B) strengthening of party organizations. 
C) increasing voter participation in elections. 
D) less concern for industrial regulation. 
E) sharpened conflict between business and labor. A

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Comanches

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The Comanches are a Native American nati

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Colored Farmers National Alliance

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​fourth party system

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 7

Explain the ultimate defeat of the Plains Indians by whites. Select and discuss at least three major reasons for the decline of the Plains culture; then tell which you think was the most important and why.

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The ultimate defeat of the Plains Indian

Question 8

Sooners were settlers who "jumped the gun" in order to

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A) pan gold in California. 
B) stake claims in the Comstock Lode in Nevada. 
C) claim land in Oklahoma before the territory was legally opened to settlement. 
D) drive the first cattle to Montana and Wyoming. 
E) grab town sites in the Dakotas. 
A) pan gold in California. 
B) stake claims in the Comstock Lode in Nevada. 
C) claim land in Oklahoma before the territory was legally opened to settlement. 
D) drive the first cattle to Montana and Wyoming. 
E) grab town sites in the Dakotas.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Hope Harvey

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William Hope "Coin" Harvey was an Americ

Question 10

Which one of the following was not among influential Populist leaders?

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A) William "Coin" Harvey 
B) Ignatius Donnelley 
C) Mary Elizabeth Lease 
D) James B.Weaver 
E) Eugene V.Debs 
A) William "Coin" Harvey 
B) Ignatius Donnelley 
C) Mary Elizabeth Lease 
D) James B.Weaver 
E) Eugene V.Debs

Question 11

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Dawes Severalty Act is passed; (B) Oklahoma land rush takes place; (C) Indians are granted full citizenship; and (D) Congress restores the tribal basis of Indian life.

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A) A, B, C, D 
B) B, A, C, D 
C) A, D, B, C 
D) D, C, A, B 
E) C, B, D, A 
A) A, B, C, D 
B) B, A, C, D 
C) A, D, B, C 
D) D, C, A, B 
E) C, B, D, A

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Battle of Little Bighorn

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The Battle of Little Bighorn, also known

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sioux

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The Sioux, also known as the Dakota, Lak

Question 14

Do you agree that the frontier was for Americans as much a symbol and a state of mind as it was an actual place?
Did that symbol weaken with the closing of the frontier in 1890, or did it actually gain strength once the actual frontier was gone?

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Yes, I agree that the frontier was for A

Question 15

The bitter conflict between whites and Indians intensified

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A) during the Civil War. 
B) as mining operations receded in the West. 
C) when big business took over the mining industry. 
D) as the mining frontier expanded. 
E) after the Battle of Wounded Knee. 
A) during the Civil War. 
B) as mining operations receded in the West. 
C) when big business took over the mining industry. 
D) as the mining frontier expanded. 
E) after the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Question 16

Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona, was centered around

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A) the cruel mistreatment of Indians in California. 
B) the cheating of Indians by federal agents on the reservations. 
C) the efforts of Christian reformers to prevent the killing of Indians. 
D) an Indian girl's attempt to retain her culture in an Indian boarding school. 
E) the last Indian wars between the U.S.army and the Apaches in the Southwest. 
A) the cruel mistreatment of Indians in California. 
B) the cheating of Indians by federal agents on the reservations. 
C) the efforts of Christian reformers to prevent the killing of Indians. 
D) an Indian girl's attempt to retain her culture in an Indian boarding school. 
E) the last Indian wars between the U.S.army and the Apaches in the Southwest.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sand Creek, Colorado

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The historical significance of Sand Cree

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Granger Laws

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The Granger Laws were a series of legisl

Question 19

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Factors eventually leading to the defeat of the Plains Indians included

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A) the arrival of the railroads in the West. 
B) disease. 
C) near-extermination of the buffalo. 
D) warfare with the U.S.army. 
E) extinction of Indian religious beliefs. 
A) the arrival of the railroads in the West. 
B) disease. 
C) near-extermination of the buffalo. 
D) warfare with the U.S.army. 
E) extinction of Indian religious beliefs.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​mining industry

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The mining industry has played a crucial

Exam 26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

In the warfare that raged between the Indians and the American military after the Civil War,

A new round of warfare between the Sioux and U.S. Army began in 1874 when

The 1896 victory of William McKinley ushered in a long period of Republican dominance that was accompanied by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Comanches

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Colored Farmers National Alliance

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​fourth party system

Explain the ultimate defeat of the Plains Indians by whites. Select and discuss at least three major reasons for the decline of the Plains culture; then tell which you think was the most important and why.

Sooners were settlers who "jumped the gun" in order to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Hope Harvey

Which one of the following was not among influential Populist leaders?

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Dawes Severalty Act is passed; (B) Oklahoma land rush takes place; (C) Indians are granted full citizenship; and (D) Congress restores the tribal basis of Indian life.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Battle of Little Bighorn

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sioux

Do you agree that the frontier was for Americans as much a symbol and a state of mind as it was an actual place? Did that symbol weaken with the closing of the frontier in 1890, or did it actually gain strength once the actual frontier was gone?

The bitter conflict between whites and Indians intensified

Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona, was centered around

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sand Creek, Colorado

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Granger Laws

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Factors eventually leading to the defeat of the Plains Indians included

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​mining industry

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Factors eventually leading to the defeat of the Plains Indians included

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