Question 1

Match each Indian chief below with his tribe. 
A.Chief Joseph
B.Sitting Bull
C.Geronimo
1)Apache
2)Cheyenne
3)Nez Percé
4)Sioux

Accepted Answer

A)  A-1, B-2, C-3 
B)  A-3, B-4, C-1 
C)  A-2, B-4, C-3 
D)  A-4, B-3, C-2 
E)  A-1, B-3, C-4 
A)  A-1, B-2, C-3 
B)  A-3, B-4, C-1 
C)  A-2, B-4, C-3 
D)  A-4, B-3, C-2 
E)  A-1, B-3, C-4

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – Sep

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​mechanization of agriculture

Accepted Answer

Mechanization of agriculture refers to t

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Populist (People's) Party

Accepted Answer

The Populist Party, also known as the Pe

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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 6

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

Accepted Answer

The Granger Laws were a series of legisl

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Battle of Little Bighorn

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Little Bighorn, also known

Question 8

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.

Accepted Answer

After the Civil War, the United States f

Question 9

Why did free silver become the key issue of the farmers' revolt? What other issues were important to them? Explain why Populism came down to a single-issue movement by 1896 and how this fixation may have harmed their cause.

Accepted Answer

Free silver became the key issue of the

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​fourth party system

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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 12

The root cause of the American farmers' problems after 1880 was

Accepted Answer

A)  underproduction of agricultural foodstuffs. 
B)  foreign competition. 
C)  the declining number of farms and farmers. 
D)  the shortage of farm machinery. 
E)  low prices and a deflated currency. 
A)  underproduction of agricultural foodstuffs. 
B)  foreign competition. 
C)  the declining number of farms and farmers. 
D)  the shortage of farm machinery. 
E)  low prices and a deflated currency.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Chief Joseph, whose native name was Hin-

Question 14

For white American treaty makers, Indian tribes were

Accepted Answer

A)  revered as having the authority to organize and lead scattered Native Americans. 
B)  considered as an appropriate and efficient way to organize Native American scattered over thousands of miles. 
C)  a fiction of the white imagination. 
D)  a better alternative to the scattered bands that they had had in the past. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  revered as having the authority to organize and lead scattered Native Americans. 
B)  considered as an appropriate and efficient way to organize Native American scattered over thousands of miles. 
C)  a fiction of the white imagination. 
D)  a better alternative to the scattered bands that they had had in the past. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

The Cheyenne are a Native American peopl

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The Comanches are a Native American nati

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry

Accepted Answer

The National Grange of the Patrons of Hu

Question 19

The Populist party's presidential candidate in 1892 was

Accepted Answer

A)  James B. Weaver. 
B)  William Jennings Bryan. 
C)  Mary Elizabeth Lease. 
D)  Adlai Stevenson. 
E)  William "Coin" Harvey. 
A)  James B. Weaver. 
B)  William Jennings Bryan. 
C)  Mary Elizabeth Lease. 
D)  Adlai Stevenson. 
E)  William "Coin" Harvey.

Question 20

The Farmers' Alliance was originally formed to

Accepted Answer

A)  drive up farm prices by reducing crop production. 
B)  advance agriculturally useful education in state land-grant colleges. 
C)  join poor black and white farmers in a political alliance to advance their similar economic interests. 
D)  undermine eastern bankers by providing low-cost loans to farmers. 
E)  break the economic grip of the railroads through farmers' cooperatives. 
A)  drive up farm prices by reducing crop production. 
B)  advance agriculturally useful education in state land-grant colleges. 
C)  join poor black and white farmers in a political alliance to advance their similar economic interests. 
D)  undermine eastern bankers by providing low-cost loans to farmers. 
E)  break the economic grip of the railroads through farmers' cooperatives.

Match each Indian chief below with his tribe. A.Chief Joseph B.Sitting Bull C.Geronimo 1)Apache 2)Cheyenne 3)Nez Percé 4)Sioux

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -mechanization of agriculture

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Populist (People's) Party

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: -Granger Laws

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Battle of Little Bighorn

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.

Why did free silver become the key issue of the farmers' revolt? What other issues were important to them? Explain why Populism came down to a single-issue movement by 1896 and how this fixation may have harmed their cause.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -fourth party system

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

The root cause of the American farmers' problems after 1880 was

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

For white American treaty makers, Indian tribes were

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry

The Populist party's presidential candidate in 1892 was

The Farmers' Alliance was originally formed to

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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Exam 5: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Match each Indian chief below with his tribe. A.Chief Joseph B.Sitting Bull C.Geronimo 1)Apache 2)Cheyenne 3)Nez Percé 4)Sioux

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​mechanization of agriculture

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Populist (People's) Party

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: -Granger Laws

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Battle of Little Bighorn

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.

Why did free silver become the key issue of the farmers' revolt? What other issues were important to them? Explain why Populism came down to a single-issue movement by 1896 and how this fixation may have harmed their cause.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​fourth party system

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

The root cause of the American farmers' problems after 1880 was

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

For white American treaty makers, Indian tribes were

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry

The Populist party's presidential candidate in 1892 was

The Farmers' Alliance was originally formed to

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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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -mechanization of agriculture

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -fourth party system