Question 1

All of the following are true statements about the Homestead Act except

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A) it was consistent with previous government public land policy designed primarily to raise revenue for government. 
B) about a half million families carved out new homes in the 40 years after its passage. 
C) ten times more of the public land ended up in the hands of land speculators than farmers. 
D) thousands of people didn't last the five years required by the Homestead Act. 
E) the standard 160 acres provided to farmers proved to be inadequate on the rain-scarce Great Plains. 
A) it was consistent with previous government public land policy designed primarily to raise revenue for government. 
B) about a half million families carved out new homes in the 40 years after its passage. 
C) ten times more of the public land ended up in the hands of land speculators than farmers. 
D) thousands of people didn't last the five years required by the Homestead Act. 
E) the standard 160 acres provided to farmers proved to be inadequate on the rain-scarce Great Plains.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Homestead Act

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

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Coin's Financial School

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Coin's Financial School was a book writt

Question 4

The safety valve theory that the West dampened class conflict, while exaggerated, did have some validity because

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A) free western land did attract many immigrants to the West who might have crowded urban job markets. 
B) western farmers tended to be politically more conservative than those in the East. 
C) wealthy western farmers hired many unemployed laborers from eastern cities. 
D) eastern city dwellers headed west to get free homesteads during depressions. 
E) western cities had less class conflict than those in the East. 
A) free western land did attract many immigrants to the West who might have crowded urban job markets. 
B) western farmers tended to be politically more conservative than those in the East. 
C) wealthy western farmers hired many unemployed laborers from eastern cities. 
D) eastern city dwellers headed west to get free homesteads during depressions. 
E) western cities had less class conflict than those in the East.

Question 5

The Homestead Act was less successful than hoped. Why? Consider the provisions of the law. What were its strengths, its weaknesses, and its loopholes? How did the environmental conditions on the Great Plains affect the Homestead Act?

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The Homestead Act, passed in 1862, was i

Question 6

The nineteenth-century humanitarians who advocated kind treatment of the Indians

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A) had no more respect for traditional Indian culture than those who sought to exterminate them. 
B) advocated improving the reservation system. 
C) opposed passage of the Dawes Act. 
D) understood the value of the Indians' religious and cultural practices. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) had no more respect for traditional Indian culture than those who sought to exterminate them. 
B) advocated improving the reservation system. 
C) opposed passage of the Dawes Act. 
D) understood the value of the Indians' religious and cultural practices. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 7

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The Populists' political program called for

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A) a graduated income tax. 
B) government ownership of the railroads, telephones, and telegraphs. 
C) protective tariffs. 
D) free and unlimited coinage of silver in the ratio of 16 to 1. 
E) loans to farmers based on crops stored in government warehouses. 
A) a graduated income tax. 
B) government ownership of the railroads, telephones, and telegraphs. 
C) protective tariffs. 
D) free and unlimited coinage of silver in the ratio of 16 to 1. 
E) loans to farmers based on crops stored in government warehouses.

Question 8

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The decline of the long drive and the cattle boom resulted from

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A) the settlement of homesteading farmers on range land. 
B) a series of extraordinarily severe winters. 
C) overgrazing and overproduction. 
D) the inability to recruit enough veteran cowboys. 
E) barbed-wire fencing. 
A) the settlement of homesteading farmers on range land. 
B) a series of extraordinarily severe winters. 
C) overgrazing and overproduction. 
D) the inability to recruit enough veteran cowboys. 
E) barbed-wire fencing.

Question 9

In the long run, the group that probably did the most to shape the modern West was the

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A) small businessmen that provided products and services to miners, railroad men, and cowboys. 
B) miners. 
C) railroad men. 
D) cowboys. 
E) hydraulic engineers. 
A) small businessmen that provided products and services to miners, railroad men, and cowboys. 
B) miners. 
C) railroad men. 
D) cowboys. 
E) hydraulic engineers.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fetterman massacre

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The Fetterman Massacre, also known as th

Question 11

Explain why the Populist party became the most successful third party in American history up to that time. Explain why it failed to survive the decade of the 1890s.

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The Populist party, also known as the Pe

Question 12

The Nez Percé Indians of Idaho were goaded into war when

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A) the Sioux began to migrate onto their land. 
B) gold was discovered on their reservation. 
C) the federal government attempted to force them onto a reservation. 
D) the Canadian government attempted to force their return to the United States. 
E) the U.S.government reneged on a treaty agreement to permit the Nez Perce to keep their native lands. 
A) the Sioux began to migrate onto their land. 
B) gold was discovered on their reservation. 
C) the federal government attempted to force them onto a reservation. 
D) the Canadian government attempted to force their return to the United States. 
E) the U.S.government reneged on a treaty agreement to permit the Nez Perce to keep their native lands.

Question 13

How did the various mining, ranching, and farming stakeholders on the respective frontiers respond to the social and economic challenges and opportunities of the Industrial Revolution? What role did government play in addressing these challenges and opportunities?

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The various mining, ranching, and farmin

Question 14

The monetary inflation needed to relieve the social and economic hardships of the late nineteenth century eventually came as a result of

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A) the repeal of the Gold Standard Act. 
B) McKinley's adoption of the bimetallic standard. 
C) an increase in the international gold supply. 
D) the United States going off the gold standard. 
E) the creation of the Federal Reserve System. 
A) the repeal of the Gold Standard Act. 
B) McKinley's adoption of the bimetallic standard. 
C) an increase in the international gold supply. 
D) the United States going off the gold standard. 
E) the creation of the Federal Reserve System.

Question 15

The Pullman strike created the first instance of

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A) management recognition of the right of workers to organize and strike. 
B) government use of federal troops to break a labor strike. 
C) violence during a labor strike. 
D) a united front between urban workers and agrarian Populists. 
E) government use of a federal court injunction to break a strike. 
A) management recognition of the right of workers to organize and strike. 
B) government use of federal troops to break a labor strike. 
C) violence during a labor strike. 
D) a united front between urban workers and agrarian Populists. 
E) government use of a federal court injunction to break a strike.

Question 16

U.S. Attorney General Richard Olney and President Grover Cleveland justified federal intervention in the Pullman strike of 1894 on the grounds that

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A) the union's leader, Eugene V.Debs, was a socialist. 
B) the strike against the railroads was crippling all parts of the American economy. 
C) the strikers were engaging in violent attacks on railroad property. 
D) shutting down the railroads threatened American national security. 
E) the strike was preventing the transit of U.S.mail. 
A) the union's leader, Eugene V.Debs, was a socialist. 
B) the strike against the railroads was crippling all parts of the American economy. 
C) the strikers were engaging in violent attacks on railroad property. 
D) shutting down the railroads threatened American national security. 
E) the strike was preventing the transit of U.S.mail.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Battle of Wounded Knee

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The Battle of Wounded Knee, also known a

Question 18

Among the following, the least likely to migrate to the cattle and farming frontier were

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A) eastern city dwellers. 
B) eastern farmers. 
C) recent immigrants. 
D) blacks. 
E) midwestern farmers. 
A) eastern city dwellers. 
B) eastern farmers. 
C) recent immigrants. 
D) blacks. 
E) midwestern farmers.

Question 19

In several states, farmers helped to pass the Granger Laws, which were designed to

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A) provide state subsidies for farm exports. 
B) lower farm mortgage interest rates. 
C) allow the formation of producer and consumer cooperatives. 
D) prohibit bankruptcy auctions. 
E) regulate railroad rates and grain storage fees. 
A) provide state subsidies for farm exports. 
B) lower farm mortgage interest rates. 
C) allow the formation of producer and consumer cooperatives. 
D) prohibit bankruptcy auctions. 
E) regulate railroad rates and grain storage fees.

Question 20

Trace the history of the currency question in American politics from the aftermath of the Civil War to the passage of the Gold Standard Act.

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After the Civil War, the United States f

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

All of the following are true statements about the Homestead Act except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Homestead Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Coin's Financial School

The safety valve theory that the West dampened class conflict, while exaggerated, did have some validity because

The Homestead Act was less successful than hoped. Why? Consider the provisions of the law. What were its strengths, its weaknesses, and its loopholes? How did the environmental conditions on the Great Plains affect the Homestead Act?

The nineteenth-century humanitarians who advocated kind treatment of the Indians

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The Populists' political program called for

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The decline of the long drive and the cattle boom resulted from

In the long run, the group that probably did the most to shape the modern West was the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fetterman massacre

Explain why the Populist party became the most successful third party in American history up to that time. Explain why it failed to survive the decade of the 1890s.

The Nez Percé Indians of Idaho were goaded into war when

How did the various mining, ranching, and farming stakeholders on the respective frontiers respond to the social and economic challenges and opportunities of the Industrial Revolution? What role did government play in addressing these challenges and opportunities?

The monetary inflation needed to relieve the social and economic hardships of the late nineteenth century eventually came as a result of

The Pullman strike created the first instance of

U.S. Attorney General Richard Olney and President Grover Cleveland justified federal intervention in the Pullman strike of 1894 on the grounds that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Battle of Wounded Knee

Among the following, the least likely to migrate to the cattle and farming frontier were

In several states, farmers helped to pass the Granger Laws, which were designed to

Trace the history of the currency question in American politics from the aftermath of the Civil War to the passage of the Gold Standard Act.

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. -The Populists' political program called for

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The decline of the long drive and the cattle boom resulted from