Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Mary Elizabeth Lease

Accepted Answer

Mary Elizabeth Lease was a prominent fig

Question 2

If you had lived in the 1880s as a white farmer on the Great Plains, what would you have proposed as a solution to the Indian problem? What would have been your view on concentration, the Dawes Severalty Act, and the savagery of Indian warfare?

Accepted Answer

As a white farmer living on the Great Pl

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George A. Custer

Accepted Answer

George A. Custer was a United States Arm

Question 4

Western cities like Denver and San Francisco did serve as a major safety valve by providing

Accepted Answer

A) a home for new immigrants from Europe. 
B) recreational activities for its inhabitants. 
C) a home for economically struggling farmers, miners, and easterners. 
D) subsidized and low-cost housing for immigrants from China and Japan. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) a home for new immigrants from Europe. 
B) recreational activities for its inhabitants. 
C) a home for economically struggling farmers, miners, and easterners. 
D) subsidized and low-cost housing for immigrants from China and Japan. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 5

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The consolidation of Republican power and eclipse of the Populists after the 1896 elections can be attributed to

Accepted Answer

A) eastern labor's opposition to free silver. 
B) the return of general economic prosperity. 
C) the decline of middle-class values. 
D) the relative decline of rural America in relation to the cities. 
E) increasing levels of voter participation in national elections. 
A) eastern labor's opposition to free silver. 
B) the return of general economic prosperity. 
C) the decline of middle-class values. 
D) the relative decline of rural America in relation to the cities. 
E) increasing levels of voter participation in national elections.

Question 6

The United States government's outlawing of the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance in 1890 resulted in the

Accepted Answer

A) Battle of Wounded Knee. 
B) Sand Creek massacre. 
C) Battle of Little Big Horn. 
D) Dawes Severalty Act. 
E) Indian Reorganization Act. 
A) Battle of Wounded Knee. 
B) Sand Creek massacre. 
C) Battle of Little Big Horn. 
D) Dawes Severalty Act. 
E) Indian Reorganization Act.

Question 7

The Farmers' Alliance was originally formed to

Accepted Answer

A) drive up farm prices by reducing crop production. 
B) advance agriculturally useful education in state land-grant colleges. 
C) join poor black and white farmers in a political alliance to advance their similar economic interests. 
D) undermine eastern bankers by providing low-cost loans to farmers. 
E) break the economic grip of the railroads through farmers' cooperatives. 
A) drive up farm prices by reducing crop production. 
B) advance agriculturally useful education in state land-grant colleges. 
C) join poor black and white farmers in a political alliance to advance their similar economic interests. 
D) undermine eastern bankers by providing low-cost loans to farmers. 
E) break the economic grip of the railroads through farmers' cooperatives.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William J. Fetterman

Accepted Answer

William J. Fetterman was a United States

Question 9

What is the safety-valve theory? Do you find it plausible? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The safety-valve theory is a concept in

Question 10

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Late nineteenth-century Populist farmers held grievances against

Accepted Answer

A) railroads. 
B) state governments. 
C) corporations and processors who provided products and services for farmers. 
D) the two major political parties. 
E) banks. 
A) railroads. 
B) state governments. 
C) corporations and processors who provided products and services for farmers. 
D) the two major political parties. 
E) banks.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Populist (People's) Party

Accepted Answer

The Populist Party, also known as the Pe

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James B. Weaver

Accepted Answer

James Baird Weaver (1833–1912) was an Am

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Cross of Gold speech

Accepted Answer

The "Cross of Gold" speech was a famous

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dodge City, Kansas

Accepted Answer

Dodge City, Kansas, is a city with a ric

Question 15

The severe economic depression of the 1890s strengthened the Populists' argument that

Accepted Answer

A) the abolition of all metallic money in favor of paper was essential. 
B) white and black farmers had common economic interests 
C) government should not own the railroads, telephone, and telegraph companies. 
D) farmers had nothing in common with the residents of industrial cities. 
E) wage earners and farmers alike were victims of an oppressive economic and political system. 
A) the abolition of all metallic money in favor of paper was essential. 
B) white and black farmers had common economic interests 
C) government should not own the railroads, telephone, and telegraph companies. 
D) farmers had nothing in common with the residents of industrial cities. 
E) wage earners and farmers alike were victims of an oppressive economic and political system.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dawes Severalty Act

Accepted Answer

The Dawes Severalty Act, also known as t

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sitting Bull

Accepted Answer

Sitting Bull (c. 1831 – December 15, 189

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Gold Bugs"

Accepted Answer

"Gold Bugs" were individuals who strongl

Question 19

The first major farmers' organization was the

Accepted Answer

A) National Grange. 
B) Populists. 
C) Greenback Labor party. 
D) Farmers' Alliance. 
E) American Farm Bureau. 
A) National Grange. 
B) Populists. 
C) Greenback Labor party. 
D) Farmers' Alliance. 
E) American Farm Bureau.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Chief Joseph

Accepted Answer

Chief Joseph, whose native name was Hin-

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Mary Elizabeth Lease

If you had lived in the 1880s as a white farmer on the Great Plains, what would you have proposed as a solution to the Indian problem? What would have been your view on concentration, the Dawes Severalty Act, and the savagery of Indian warfare?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George A. Custer

Western cities like Denver and San Francisco did serve as a major safety valve by providing

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The consolidation of Republican power and eclipse of the Populists after the 1896 elections can be attributed to

The United States government's outlawing of the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance in 1890 resulted in the

The Farmers' Alliance was originally formed to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William J. Fetterman

What is the safety-valve theory? Do you find it plausible? Why or why not?

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Late nineteenth-century Populist farmers held grievances against

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Populist (People's) Party

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James B. Weaver

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cross of Gold speech

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dodge City, Kansas

The severe economic depression of the 1890s strengthened the Populists' argument that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dawes Severalty Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sitting Bull

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Gold Bugs"

The first major farmers' organization was the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Chief Joseph

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

Filters

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The consolidation of Republican power and eclipse of the Populists after the 1896 elections can be attributed to

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Late nineteenth-century Populist farmers held grievances against