Question 1

All of the following are true statements about Indians who ended up on reservations in the 1870s and 1880s except

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A) they were fed meagerly by the U.S.government and not annihilated by the U.S.Army. 
B) they were forced to eke out an existence. 
C) they became wards of the U.S.government. 
D) they felt protected and well-provided for by the U.S.government. 
E) many died from diseases. 
A) they were fed meagerly by the U.S.government and not annihilated by the U.S.Army. 
B) they were forced to eke out an existence. 
C) they became wards of the U.S.government. 
D) they felt protected and well-provided for by the U.S.government. 
E) many died from diseases.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Peter Altgeld

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John Peter Altgeld was an American polit

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Helen Hunt Jackson

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Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885) was an Am

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Comstock Lode

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The Comstock Lode refers to a major disc

Question 5

What makes the Turner Thesis so provocative? Why do most modern historians not accept it, or accept it only with reservations? What are the most valid parts of Turner's argument that still hold up?

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The Turner Thesis, proposed by historian

Question 6

The Indians battled whites for all the following reasons except to

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A) rescue their families who had been exiled to Oklahoma. 
B) avenge savage massacres of Indians by whites. 
C) punish whites for breaking treaties. 
D) defend their lands against white invaders. 
E) preserve their nomadic way of life against forced settlement. 
A) rescue their families who had been exiled to Oklahoma. 
B) avenge savage massacres of Indians by whites. 
C) punish whites for breaking treaties. 
D) defend their lands against white invaders. 
E) preserve their nomadic way of life against forced settlement.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Treaty of Fort Laramie

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The Treaty of Fort Laramie, also known a

Question 8

If you were a farmer in western Kansas in 1887, what would be three or four of your major problems? How would you try to solve them? Would you be likely to seek help? Where? Why? What measures would you adopt to solve these identified problems? Where would you turn to help solve these identified problems? Which political and professional organizations might you turn to help solve these problems?

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As a farmer in western Kansas in 1887, I

Question 9

William Jennings Bryan gained the presidential nomination of the Democratic party primarily because he

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A) had already gained the nomination of the Populist party. 
B) had the support of urban workers. 
C) possessed a brilliant political mind. 
D) eloquently supported the farmers' demand for the unlimited coinage of silver. 
E) ran an insurgent political campaign that unified a divided Democratic party. 
A) had already gained the nomination of the Populist party. 
B) had the support of urban workers. 
C) possessed a brilliant political mind. 
D) eloquently supported the farmers' demand for the unlimited coinage of silver. 
E) ran an insurgent political campaign that unified a divided Democratic party.

Question 10

Mark Hanna, the Ohio Republican president-maker, believed that the prime function of the federal government was to

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A) defend against foreign enemies. 
B) maintain a laissez-faire policy. 
C) ensure peace in labor relations between business and labor. 
D) overturn the trickle down theory of economics. 
E) provide aid to big business. 
A) defend against foreign enemies. 
B) maintain a laissez-faire policy. 
C) ensure peace in labor relations between business and labor. 
D) overturn the trickle down theory of economics. 
E) provide aid to big business.

Question 11

What do you think was the major technological innovation that influenced life on the Great Plains frontier? Why?

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The major technological innovation that

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-J. M. Chivington

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John Milton Chivington (1821–1894) was a

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

The Democratic party nominee for president in 1896 was ____; the Republicans nominated ____; and the Populists endorsed ____.

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A) William McKinley; Mark Hanna; William Jennings Bryan 
B) William Jennings Bryan; William McKinley; James B.Weaver 
C) William Jennings Bryan; William McKinley; William Jennings Bryan 
D) Mark Hanna; William Jennings Bryan; William Jennings Bryan 
E) William Jennings Bryan; Theodore Roosevelt; William Jennings Bryan 
A) William McKinley; Mark Hanna; William Jennings Bryan 
B) William Jennings Bryan; William McKinley; James B.Weaver 
C) William Jennings Bryan; William McKinley; William Jennings Bryan 
D) Mark Hanna; William Jennings Bryan; William Jennings Bryan 
E) William Jennings Bryan; Theodore Roosevelt; William Jennings Bryan

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William F. Cody

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William F. Cody, also known as Buffalo B

Question 16

Large numbers of Europeans were persuaded to come to America to farm on the northern frontier by

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A) railroad agents who offered to sell them cheap land. 
B) churches and other nonprofit organizations. 
C) the offer of free homestead land by the U.S.government. 
D) European governments. 
E) All of these choices are correct. 
A) railroad agents who offered to sell them cheap land. 
B) churches and other nonprofit organizations. 
C) the offer of free homestead land by the U.S.government. 
D) European governments. 
E) All of these choices are correct.

Question 17

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

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James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wi

Question 18

For many years historians interpreted the 1896 election as the challenge of the people against the candidate of big business and the status quo. Explain why this view has largely fallen into disfavor, and why more of the people voted for McKinley. Are there any elements in the traditional view worth retaining?

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The answer of For many years historians interpreted the 1896...

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-A Century of Dishonor

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A Century of Dishonor is a book written

Question 20

The Plains Indians were finally forced to surrender and end their resistance to losing their lands

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A) because they were decimated by their constant intertribal warfare. 
B) when they realized that agriculture was more profitable than hunting. 
C) after such famous leaders as Geronimo and Sitting Bull were killed. 
D) when the government extended a better offer to relocate the Plains Indians to unoccupied, large Western lands. 
E) by the coming of the railroads and the virtual extermination of the buffalo. 
A) because they were decimated by their constant intertribal warfare. 
B) when they realized that agriculture was more profitable than hunting. 
C) after such famous leaders as Geronimo and Sitting Bull were killed. 
D) when the government extended a better offer to relocate the Plains Indians to unoccupied, large Western lands. 
E) by the coming of the railroads and the virtual extermination of the buffalo.

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

All of the following are true statements about Indians who ended up on reservations in the 1870s and 1880s except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Peter Altgeld

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Helen Hunt Jackson

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Comstock Lode

What makes the Turner Thesis so provocative? Why do most modern historians not accept it, or accept it only with reservations? What are the most valid parts of Turner's argument that still hold up?

The Indians battled whites for all the following reasons except to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Treaty of Fort Laramie

William Jennings Bryan gained the presidential nomination of the Democratic party primarily because he

Mark Hanna, the Ohio Republican president-maker, believed that the prime function of the federal government was to

What do you think was the major technological innovation that influenced life on the Great Plains frontier? Why?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -J. M. Chivington

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

The Democratic party nominee for president in 1896 was ____; the Republicans nominated ____; and the Populists endorsed ____.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William F. Cody

Large numbers of Europeans were persuaded to come to America to farm on the northern frontier by

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -A Century of Dishonor

The Plains Indians were finally forced to surrender and end their resistance to losing their lands

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