Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry

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The National Grange of the Patrons of Hu

Question 2

During the 1892 presidential election, large numbers of southern white farmers refused to desert the Democratic Party and support the Populist Party because

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A) they did not think the Populists represented their political interests. 
B) they were not experiencing the same hard times as Midwestern farmers. 
C) the history of racial division in the region made it hard to cooperate with blacks. 
D) they believed that too many Populists were former Republicans. 
E) they could not accept the Populists' call for government ownership of the railroads, telegraph, and telephones. 
A) they did not think the Populists represented their political interests. 
B) they were not experiencing the same hard times as Midwestern farmers. 
C) the history of racial division in the region made it hard to cooperate with blacks. 
D) they believed that too many Populists were former Republicans. 
E) they could not accept the Populists' call for government ownership of the railroads, telegraph, and telephones.

Question 3

For white American treaty makers, Indian tribes were

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A) revered as having the authority to organize and lead scattered Native Americans. 
B) considered as an appropriate and efficient way to organize Native American scattered over thousands of miles. 
C) a fiction of the white imagination. 
D) a better alternative to the scattered bands that they had had in the past. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) revered as having the authority to organize and lead scattered Native Americans. 
B) considered as an appropriate and efficient way to organize Native American scattered over thousands of miles. 
C) a fiction of the white imagination. 
D) a better alternative to the scattered bands that they had had in the past. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pullman Strike

Accepted Answer

The Pullman Strike was a significant eve

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"16 to 1"

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"16 to 1" refers to the historic ratio o

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William McKinley

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William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – Sep

Question 7

One major problem with the Homestead Act was that

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A) the government continued to try to maximize its revenue from public lands. 
B) 160 acres were inadequate for productive farming on the rain-scarce Great Plains. 
C) midwestern farmers had to give up raising livestock because of stiff competition with the West. 
D) most homesteaders knew little or nothing about farming in the West. 
E) it took several years to earn a profit from farming a homestead. 
A) the government continued to try to maximize its revenue from public lands. 
B) 160 acres were inadequate for productive farming on the rain-scarce Great Plains. 
C) midwestern farmers had to give up raising livestock because of stiff competition with the West. 
D) most homesteaders knew little or nothing about farming in the West. 
E) it took several years to earn a profit from farming a homestead.

Question 8

To assimilate Indians into American society, the Dawes Act did all of the following except

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A) dissolve many tribes as legal entities. 
B) try to make rugged individualists of the Indians. 
C) wipe out tribal ownership of land. 
D) promise Indians U.S.citizenship in twenty-five years. 
E) expand recognized tribes' collective land ownership holdings. 
A) dissolve many tribes as legal entities. 
B) try to make rugged individualists of the Indians. 
C) wipe out tribal ownership of land. 
D) promise Indians U.S.citizenship in twenty-five years. 
E) expand recognized tribes' collective land ownership holdings.

Question 9

With agricultural production rising dramatically in the post-Civil War years

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A) more farmers could purchase land. 
B) tenant farming spread rapidly throughout the Midwest and South. 
C) bankruptcies declined. 
D) western farmers prospered, while southern farmers had grave troubles selling their cotton. 
E) the government began buying surplus cash crops in order to sustain farmers' economic welfare. 
A) more farmers could purchase land. 
B) tenant farming spread rapidly throughout the Midwest and South. 
C) bankruptcies declined. 
D) western farmers prospered, while southern farmers had grave troubles selling their cotton. 
E) the government began buying surplus cash crops in order to sustain farmers' economic welfare.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dingley Tariff bill

Accepted Answer

The Dingley Tariff bill, officially know

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Marcus Alonzo Hanna

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Marcus Alonzo Hanna, commonly known as M

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Jennings Bryan

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William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 –

Question 13

Populists often charged that there was conspiracy between government and big business aimed at holding down farmers and workers, and the federal courts were only the tools of banks and big business. What evidence did they cite for this charge? Does their argument convince you? Why or why not?

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Populists often cited several pieces of

Question 14

Labor unions, Populists, and debtors saw in the brutal Pullman episode

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A) proof of an alliance between big business, the federal government, and the courts against working people. 
B) a strategy by which united working-class action could succeed. 
C) the need for a socialist party in the United States. 
D) the potential of the federal government as a counterweight to big business. 
E) the fallacy of using labor for organizing strikes to achieve economic gains for working-class citizens. 
A) proof of an alliance between big business, the federal government, and the courts against working people. 
B) a strategy by which united working-class action could succeed. 
C) the need for a socialist party in the United States. 
D) the potential of the federal government as a counterweight to big business. 
E) the fallacy of using labor for organizing strikes to achieve economic gains for working-class citizens.

Question 15

As a result of the Battle of Little Bighorn

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A) the government sent extensive military reinforcements to the Dakotas and Montana. 
B) the government signed another Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868, abandoning the Bozeman Trail and guaranteeing the Sioux their lands. 
C) the government adopted a policy of civilizing the Indians rather than trying to conquer them. 
D) white settlers agreed to halt their expansion beyond the 100th meridian. 
E) the conflict between the U.S.army and the Sioux came to a peaceful end. 
A) the government sent extensive military reinforcements to the Dakotas and Montana. 
B) the government signed another Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868, abandoning the Bozeman Trail and guaranteeing the Sioux their lands. 
C) the government adopted a policy of civilizing the Indians rather than trying to conquer them. 
D) white settlers agreed to halt their expansion beyond the 100th meridian. 
E) the conflict between the U.S.army and the Sioux came to a peaceful end.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Nez Percé

Accepted Answer

The Nez Percé were a Native American tri

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jacob S. Coxey

Accepted Answer

Jacob S. Coxey (1854–1951) was an Americ

Question 18

Had you lived during this period, which political party⎯Democratic, Republican, or Populist⎯would have attracted your allegiance?

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The answer of Had you lived during this period, which...

Question 19

A major problem faced by settlers on the Great Plains in the 1870s was

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A) the high price of land. 
B) the low market value of grain. 
C) the scarcity of water. 
D) overcrowding. 
E) the opposition of miners. 
A) the high price of land. 
B) the low market value of grain. 
C) the scarcity of water. 
D) overcrowding. 
E) the opposition of miners.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​mechanization of agriculture

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Mechanization of agriculture refers to t

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry

During the 1892 presidential election, large numbers of southern white farmers refused to desert the Democratic Party and support the Populist Party because

For white American treaty makers, Indian tribes were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pullman Strike

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"16 to 1"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William McKinley

One major problem with the Homestead Act was that

To assimilate Indians into American society, the Dawes Act did all of the following except

With agricultural production rising dramatically in the post-Civil War years

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dingley Tariff bill

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Marcus Alonzo Hanna

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Jennings Bryan

Populists often charged that there was conspiracy between government and big business aimed at holding down farmers and workers, and the federal courts were only the tools of banks and big business. What evidence did they cite for this charge? Does their argument convince you? Why or why not?

Labor unions, Populists, and debtors saw in the brutal Pullman episode

As a result of the Battle of Little Bighorn

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nez Percé

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jacob S. Coxey

Had you lived during this period, which political party⎯Democratic, Republican, or Populist⎯would have attracted your allegiance?

A major problem faced by settlers on the Great Plains in the 1870s was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​mechanization of agriculture

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

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