Question 1

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)  strikes against railroads were illegal. 
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)  strikes against railroads were illegal. 
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 2

The Farmers' Alliance was especially weakened by

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A)  its political ineptitude. 
B)  its inability to overcome racial divisions in the South. 
C)  corrupt leadership. 
D)  its failure to target landowners. 
E)  regional concentration in the South. 
A)  its political ineptitude. 
B)  its inability to overcome racial divisions in the South. 
C)  corrupt leadership. 
D)  its failure to target landowners. 
E)  regional concentration in the South.

Question 3

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

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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

One key to the Republican victory in the 1896 presidential election was

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A)  McKinley's ability to create divisions between western and southern farmers. 
B)  the huge financial and propaganda effort of Mark Hanna and the Republicans. 
C)  McKinley's ability to make the tariff issue more important than free silver. 
D)  the wide travel and numerous speeches made by William McKinley. 
E)  the ability of Republicans to disrupt the solid South. 
A)  McKinley's ability to create divisions between western and southern farmers. 
B)  the huge financial and propaganda effort of Mark Hanna and the Republicans. 
C)  McKinley's ability to make the tariff issue more important than free silver. 
D)  the wide travel and numerous speeches made by William McKinley. 
E)  the ability of Republicans to disrupt the solid South.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-safety-valve theory

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The "safety-valve theory" is a concept o

Question 7

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 to raise revenue. 
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 law was designed to provide a stimulus to the family farm. 
A)  it was consistent with previous government public land policy designed to raise revenue. 
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 law was designed to provide a stimulus to the family farm.

Question 8

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

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George A. Custer was a United States Arm

Question 9

All of the following characteristics describe William Jennings Bryan in 1896 except he

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A)  disliked the concept of class conflict. 
B)  was very youthful. 
C)  was an energetic and charismatic campaigner. 
D)  was an excellent orator. 
E)  radiated honesty and sincerity. 
A)  disliked the concept of class conflict. 
B)  was very youthful. 
C)  was an energetic and charismatic campaigner. 
D)  was an excellent orator. 
E)  radiated honesty and sincerity.

Question 10

Was the reservation system inherently flawed from the beginning,or might it have worked if the federal government had enabled the Indians to keep more and better land and had treated them more fairly?

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The reservation system was inherently fl

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Cheyenne

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The Cheyenne are a Native American peopl

Question 12

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 13

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 could theoretically preserve their cultural autonomy. 
B)  they were forced to eke out an existence. 
C)  they became wards of the U.S. government. 
D)  they felt protected by the U.S. government. 
E)  many died from diseases. 
A)  they could theoretically preserve their cultural autonomy. 
B)  they were forced to eke out an existence. 
C)  they became wards of the U.S. government. 
D)  they felt protected by the U.S. government. 
E)  many died from diseases.

Question 14

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

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William J. Fetterman was a United States

Question 15

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 16

The largest single source of silver and gold in the frontier of the West was discovered in 1859 in

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A)  Montana. 
B)  the Black Hills of South Dakota. 
C)  California. 
D)  New Mexico. 
E)  Nevada. 
A)  Montana. 
B)  the Black Hills of South Dakota. 
C)  California. 
D)  New Mexico. 
E)  Nevada.

Question 17

In what way did the mining,ranching,and farming frontiers respond to the industrial revolution in the same way as entrepreneurs and laborers?

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The mining, ranching, and farming fronti

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Gold Standard Act

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The Gold Standard Act was a United State

Question 19

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

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The Fetterman Massacre, also known as th

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Yellowstone

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

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

President Grover Cleveland justified federal intervention in the Pullman strike of 1894 on the grounds that

The Farmers' Alliance was especially weakened by

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

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

One key to the Republican victory in the 1896 presidential election was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -safety-valve theory

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

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

All of the following characteristics describe William Jennings Bryan in 1896 except he

Was the reservation system inherently flawed from the beginning,or might it have worked if the federal government had enabled the Indians to keep more and better land and had treated them more fairly?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cheyenne

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

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: -William J.Fetterman

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

The largest single source of silver and gold in the frontier of the West was discovered in 1859 in

In what way did the mining,ranching,and farming frontiers respond to the industrial revolution in the same way as entrepreneurs and laborers?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gold Standard Act

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Yellowstone

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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