Question 1

The 1896 presidential election marked the last time that

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A)  rural America would defeat urban America. 
B)  the South remained solid for the Democratic party. 
C)  a third-party candidate had a serious chance at the White House. 
D)  factory workers would favor inflation. 
E)  a serious effort to win the White House would be made with mostly agrarian votes. 
A)  rural America would defeat urban America. 
B)  the South remained solid for the Democratic party. 
C)  a third-party candidate had a serious chance at the White House. 
D)  factory workers would favor inflation. 
E)  a serious effort to win the White House would be made with mostly agrarian votes.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Eugene V.Debs

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Eugene V. Debs was an American socialist

Question 3

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

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William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 –

Question 4

Farmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because they

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A)  were not well educated. 
B)  did not possess the money necessary to establish a national political movement. 
C)  were divided by the wealthier, more powerful manufacturers and railroad barons. 
D)  were too busy trying to eke out a living. 
E)  were, by nature, highly independent and individualistic. 
A)  were not well educated. 
B)  did not possess the money necessary to establish a national political movement. 
C)  were divided by the wealthier, more powerful manufacturers and railroad barons. 
D)  were too busy trying to eke out a living. 
E)  were, by nature, highly independent and individualistic.

Question 5

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

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A)  a home for new immigrants. 
B)  recreational activities for its inhabitants. 
C)  a home for economically struggling farmers, miners, and easterners. 
D)  None of these 
E)  All of these 
A)  a home for new immigrants. 
B)  recreational activities for its inhabitants. 
C)  a home for economically struggling farmers, miners, and easterners. 
D)  None of these 
E)  All of these

Question 6

In the warfare that raged between the Indians and the American military after the Civil War,

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A)  the Indians were never as well armed as the soldiers. 
B)  the U.S. army was able to dominate with its superior technology. 
C)  there was often great cruelty and massacres on both sides. 
D)  Indians proved to be no match for the soldiers. 
E)  Indians and soldiers seldom came into face-to-face combat. 
A)  the Indians were never as well armed as the soldiers. 
B)  the U.S. army was able to dominate with its superior technology. 
C)  there was often great cruelty and massacres on both sides. 
D)  Indians proved to be no match for the soldiers. 
E)  Indians and soldiers seldom came into face-to-face combat.

Question 7

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 8

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 9

The Homestead Act was less successful than hoped.Why? Consider the provisions of the law and its loopholes and environmental conditions on the Great Plains.

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The Homestead Act was less successful th

Question 10

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 11

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

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"Gold Bugs" were individuals who strongl

Question 12

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 13

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 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sand Creek,Colorado

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The historical significance of Sand Cree

Question 15

The Dawes Severalty Act was designed to promote Indian

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A)  prosperity. 
B)  annihilation. 
C)  assimilation. 
D)  culture. 
E)  education. 
A)  prosperity. 
B)  annihilation. 
C)  assimilation. 
D)  culture. 
E)  education.

Question 16

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 17

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

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John Peter Altgeld was an American polit

Question 18

The Plains Indians were finally forced to surrender

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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 army began using artillery against them. 
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 army began using artillery against them. 
E)  by the coming of the railroads and the virtual extermination of the buffalo.

Question 19

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 20

How does the new western history revive the idea of the West's uniqueness in American history? How does it differ from the Turner thesis? How does the West compare as a distinctive American region with New England,the South,or the Midwest?

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The new western history revives the idea

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

The 1896 presidential election marked the last time that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Eugene V.Debs

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

Farmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because they

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

In the warfare that raged between the Indians and the American military after the Civil War,

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

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

The Homestead Act was less successful than hoped.Why? Consider the provisions of the law and its loopholes and environmental conditions on the Great Plains.

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sand Creek,Colorado

The Dawes Severalty Act was designed to promote Indian

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

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

The Plains Indians were finally forced to surrender

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

How does the new western history revive the idea of the West's uniqueness in American history? How does it differ from the Turner thesis? How does the West compare as a distinctive American region with New England,the South,or the Midwest?

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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