Question 1

In a bid to win labor's support, the Populist party

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A) supported restrictions on immigration. 
B) supported the Haymarket anarchists. 
C) opposed judicial injunctions against labor strikes. 
D) endorsed workmen's compensation laws. 
E) proposed a law guaranteeing the right to organize and strike. 
A) supported restrictions on immigration. 
B) supported the Haymarket anarchists. 
C) opposed judicial injunctions against labor strikes. 
D) endorsed workmen's compensation laws. 
E) proposed a law guaranteeing the right to organize and strike.

Question 2

The root cause of the American farmers' problems after 1880 was

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A) underproduction of agricultural foodstuffs. 
B) foreign competition. 
C) the declining number of farms and farmers. 
D) the shortage of farm machinery. 
E) low prices and a deflated currency. 
A) underproduction of agricultural foodstuffs. 
B) foreign competition. 
C) the declining number of farms and farmers. 
D) the shortage of farm machinery. 
E) low prices and a deflated currency.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Coxey's Army

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Coxey's Army refers to a protest march t

Question 4

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

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The Arapahoes, also known as the Arapaho

Question 5

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-In the presidential election of 1896, McKinley carried

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A) the upper Mississippi Valley. 
B) most urban workers. 
C) the South. 
D) the West. 
E) New England. 
A) the upper Mississippi Valley. 
B) most urban workers. 
C) the South. 
D) the West. 
E) New England.

Question 6

Why did free silver become the key issue of the farmers' revolt? What other issues were important to them? Explain why Populism came down to a single-issue movement by 1896 and how this fixation may have harmed their cause.

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Free silver became the key issue of the

Question 7

One key to the Republican victory in the 1896 presidential election was

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A) McKinley's ability to create divisions between western and southern farmers. 
B) the huge financial and propaganda effort of Mark Hanna and the Republicans. 
C) McKinley's ability to make the tariff issue more important than free silver. 
D) the wide travel and numerous speeches made by William McKinley. 
E) the ability of Republicans to win the support of debtor farmers. 
A) McKinley's ability to create divisions between western and southern farmers. 
B) the huge financial and propaganda effort of Mark Hanna and the Republicans. 
C) McKinley's ability to make the tariff issue more important than free silver. 
D) the wide travel and numerous speeches made by William McKinley. 
E) the ability of Republicans to win the support of debtor farmers.

Question 8

The depression of the 1890s and episodes like the Pullman Strike made the election of 1896 shape up as a

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A) battle between down-and-out workers and farmers and establishment conservatives. 
B) conflict between the insurgent Populists and the two established political parties. 
C) sectional conflict with the West aligned against the Northeast and South. 
D) contest over the power of the federal government to manage a modern industrial economy like the United States. 
E) clash of cultures between ordinary middle-class Americans and European-oriented radicals and reformers. 
A) battle between down-and-out workers and farmers and establishment conservatives. 
B) conflict between the insurgent Populists and the two established political parties. 
C) sectional conflict with the West aligned against the Northeast and South. 
D) contest over the power of the federal government to manage a modern industrial economy like the United States. 
E) clash of cultures between ordinary middle-class Americans and European-oriented radicals and reformers.

Question 9

As president, William McKinley can best be described as

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A) cautious and conservative. 
B) a man of little ability. 
C) an active reformer. 
D) a person willing to go against the opinion of the majority. 
E) a skillful negotiator. 
A) cautious and conservative. 
B) a man of little ability. 
C) an active reformer. 
D) a person willing to go against the opinion of the majority. 
E) a skillful negotiator.

Question 10

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

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The Apaches were a group of Native Ameri

Question 11

In the election of 1896, the major issue became

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A) restoration of protective tariffs. 
B) enactment of an income tax. 
C) government programs for those unemployed as a result of the depression. 
D) guaranteeing unions the right to organize and collectively bargain. 
E) free and unlimited coinage of silver. 
A) restoration of protective tariffs. 
B) enactment of an income tax. 
C) government programs for those unemployed as a result of the depression. 
D) guaranteeing unions the right to organize and collectively bargain. 
E) free and unlimited coinage of silver.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Haymarket Square anarchists

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The Haymarket Square anarchists refer to

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Oliver H. Kelley

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Oliver Hudson Kelley is a significant fi

Question 14

In post-Civil War America, Plains Indians surrendered their lands only when they

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A) chose to migrate farther west. 
B) received solemn promises from the government that they would be left alone and provided with supplies on the remaining land. 
C) lost their mobility as the whites killed their horses. 
D) were allowed to control the supply of food and other staples to the reservations. 
E) were defeated militarily by the U.S.Army in various Indian wars. 
A) chose to migrate farther west. 
B) received solemn promises from the government that they would be left alone and provided with supplies on the remaining land. 
C) lost their mobility as the whites killed their horses. 
D) were allowed to control the supply of food and other staples to the reservations. 
E) were defeated militarily by the U.S.Army in various Indian wars.

Question 15

Explain the relative decline in the importance of agriculture in the American economy in the late nineteenth century. In what ways was the farmers' protest based primarily on their economic woes, and to what extent was it a protest against the loss of an older American way of life based on agriculture and small towns?

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The relative decline in the importance o

Question 16

In 1890, when the superintendent of the census announced that a stable frontier line was no longer discernible, Americans were disturbed because

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A) they knew that the Homestead Act would no longer do them much good. 
B) they thought that there would be a renewal of Indian warfare. 
C) the idea of an endlessly open West had been an element of America's history from the beginning. 
D) many of them hoped eventually to migrate to the West. 
E) they feared that an influx of new western states would strengthen the Populists and other radicals. 
A) they knew that the Homestead Act would no longer do them much good. 
B) they thought that there would be a renewal of Indian warfare. 
C) the idea of an endlessly open West had been an element of America's history from the beginning. 
D) many of them hoped eventually to migrate to the West. 
E) they feared that an influx of new western states would strengthen the Populists and other radicals.

Question 17

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

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The reservation system refers to the pol

Question 18

The Populist party arose as the direct successor to the

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A) Greenback Labor party. 
B) Farmers' Alliance. 
C) Silver Miners' Coalition. 
D) Liberal Republican party. 
E) Grange. 
A) Greenback Labor party. 
B) Farmers' Alliance. 
C) Silver Miners' Coalition. 
D) Liberal Republican party. 
E) Grange.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Long Drive

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The Long Drive refers to the overland ca

Question 20

Which of these is NOT a true statement about women on the frontier?

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A) Women worked as prostitutes on the frontier. 
B) Some women made money running boarding houses. 
C) Women were voluntary participants in the saloon drinking and culture of the frontier West. 
D) Frontier women got the right to vote much later than women in the East. 
E) Women found a variety of opportunities in the West. 
A) Women worked as prostitutes on the frontier. 
B) Some women made money running boarding houses. 
C) Women were voluntary participants in the saloon drinking and culture of the frontier West. 
D) Frontier women got the right to vote much later than women in the East. 
E) Women found a variety of opportunities in the West.

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

In a bid to win labor's support, the Populist party

The root cause of the American farmers' problems after 1880 was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Coxey's Army

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

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In the presidential election of 1896, McKinley carried

Why did free silver become the key issue of the farmers' revolt? What other issues were important to them? Explain why Populism came down to a single-issue movement by 1896 and how this fixation may have harmed their cause.

One key to the Republican victory in the 1896 presidential election was

The depression of the 1890s and episodes like the Pullman Strike made the election of 1896 shape up as a

As president, William McKinley can best be described as

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

In the election of 1896, the major issue became

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Haymarket Square anarchists

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Oliver H. Kelley

In post-Civil War America, Plains Indians surrendered their lands only when they

In 1890, when the superintendent of the census announced that a stable frontier line was no longer discernible, Americans were disturbed because

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

The Populist party arose as the direct successor to the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Long Drive

Which of these is NOT a true statement about women on the frontier?

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. -In the presidential election of 1896, McKinley carried

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -reservation system