Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William McKinley

Accepted Answer

William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – Sep

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885) was an Am

Question 3

The Populists' political program called for

Accepted Answer

A)  a graduated income tax. 
B)  government ownership of the railroads and telephones. 
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 and telephones. 
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 4

If you had lived at the time,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

If I had lived at the time, I would have

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which one of the following was not among influential Populist leaders?

Accepted Answer

A)  William "Coin" Harvey 
B)  Ignatius Donnelley 
C)  Mary Elizabeth Lease 
D)  James B. Weaver 
E)  Eugene V. Debs 
A)  William "Coin" Harvey 
B)  Ignatius Donnelley 
C)  Mary Elizabeth Lease 
D)  James B. Weaver 
E)  Eugene V. Debs

Question 7

Sooners were settlers who "jumped the gun" in order to

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A)  pan gold in California. 
B)  stake claims in the Comstock Lode in Nevada. 
C)  claim land in Oklahoma before the territory was legally opened to settlement. 
D)  drive the first cattle to Montana and Wyoming. 
E)  grab town sites in the Dakotas. 
A)  pan gold in California. 
B)  stake claims in the Comstock Lode in Nevada. 
C)  claim land in Oklahoma before the territory was legally opened to settlement. 
D)  drive the first cattle to Montana and Wyoming. 
E)  grab town sites in the Dakotas.

Question 8

The bitter conflict between whites and Indians intensified

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A)  during the Civil War. 
B)  as a result of vigilante justice. 
C)  when big business took over the mining industry. 
D)  as the mining frontier expanded. 
E)  after the Battle of Wounded Knee. 
A)  during the Civil War. 
B)  as a result of vigilante justice. 
C)  when big business took over the mining industry. 
D)  as the mining frontier expanded. 
E)  after the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Question 9

A new round of warfare between the Sioux and U.S.Army began in 1874 when

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A)  the U.S. Army decided to retaliate for the Fetterman massacre. 
B)  Sioux Chief Crazy Horse began an effort to drive all whites from Montana and the Dakotas. 
C)  Colonel George Custer led an expedition to Little Big Horn, Montana. 
D)  Colonel George Custer discovered gold on Sioux land in the Black Hills. 
E)  the federal government announced that it was opening all Sioux lands to settlement. 
A)  the U.S. Army decided to retaliate for the Fetterman massacre. 
B)  Sioux Chief Crazy Horse began an effort to drive all whites from Montana and the Dakotas. 
C)  Colonel George Custer led an expedition to Little Big Horn, Montana. 
D)  Colonel George Custer discovered gold on Sioux land in the Black Hills. 
E)  the federal government announced that it was opening all Sioux lands to settlement.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Chief Joseph, whose native name was Hin-

Question 11

Factors eventually leading to the defeat of the Plains Indians included

Accepted Answer

A)  the arrival of the railroads in the West. 
B)  disease. 
C)  near-extermination of the buffalo. 
D)  warfare with the U.S. army. 
E)  extinction of Indian religious beliefs. 
A)  the arrival of the railroads in the West. 
B)  disease. 
C)  near-extermination of the buffalo. 
D)  warfare with the U.S. army. 
E)  extinction of Indian religious beliefs.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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)  was backed by the Democratic Party establishment. 
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)  was backed by the Democratic Party establishment.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Granger Laws

Accepted Answer

The Granger Laws were a series of legisl

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Frederick Jackson Turner

Accepted Answer

Frederick Jackson Turner was an American

Question 15

To assimilate Indians into American society,the Dawes Act did all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  dissolve many tribes as legal entities. 
B)  try to make rugged individualists of the Indians. 
C)  wipe out tribal ownership of land. 
D)  promise Indians U.S. citizenship in twenty-five years. 
E)  outlaw the sacred Sun Dance. 
A)  dissolve many tribes as legal entities. 
B)  try to make rugged individualists of the Indians. 
C)  wipe out tribal ownership of land. 
D)  promise Indians U.S. citizenship in twenty-five years. 
E)  outlaw the sacred Sun Dance.

Question 16

Do you agree that the frontier was for Americans as much a symbol and a state of mind as it was an actual place? Did that symbol weaken with the closing of the frontier in 1890,or did it actually gain strength once the actual frontier was gone?

Accepted Answer

Yes, I agree that the frontier was for A

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pullman Strike

Accepted Answer

The Pullman Strike was a significant eve

Question 18

The Indians battled whites for all the following reasons except to

Accepted Answer

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 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ghost Dance

Accepted Answer

The Ghost Dance was a spiritual movement

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William McKinley

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

The Populists' political program called for

If you had lived at the time,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: -Colored Farmers National Alliance

Which one of the following was not among influential Populist leaders?

Sooners were settlers who "jumped the gun" in order to

The bitter conflict between whites and Indians intensified

A new round of warfare between the Sioux and U.S.Army began in 1874 when

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

Factors eventually leading to the defeat of the Plains Indians included

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Granger Laws

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Frederick Jackson Turner

To assimilate Indians into American society,the Dawes Act did all of the following except

Do you agree that the frontier was for Americans as much a symbol and a state of mind as it was an actual place? Did that symbol weaken with the closing of the frontier in 1890,or did it actually gain strength once the actual frontier was gone?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pullman Strike

The Indians battled whites for all the following reasons except to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ghost Dance

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

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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