Question 1

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 2

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

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John Milton Chivington (1821–1894) was a

Question 3

With agricultural production rising dramatically in the post-Civil War years

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A)  more farmers could purchase land. 
B)  tenant farming spread rapidly throughout the Midwest and South. 
C)  bankruptcies declined. 
D)  western farmers prospered, while southern farmers had grave troubles selling their cotton. 
E)  the government began buying surplus cash crops in order to sustain farmers' economic welfare. 
A)  more farmers could purchase land. 
B)  tenant farming spread rapidly throughout the Midwest and South. 
C)  bankruptcies declined. 
D)  western farmers prospered, while southern farmers had grave troubles selling their cotton. 
E)  the government began buying surplus cash crops in order to sustain farmers' economic welfare.

Question 4

Late-nineteenth-century farmers believed that their difficulties stemmed primarily from

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A)  low tariff rates. 
B)  overproduction. 
C)  a deflated currency and low prices for their agricultural goods. 
D)  immigration laws. 
E)  insufficient agricultural exports. 
A)  low tariff rates. 
B)  overproduction. 
C)  a deflated currency and low prices for their agricultural goods. 
D)  immigration laws. 
E)  insufficient agricultural exports.

Question 5

If you were a farmer in western Kansasin 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 6

The monetary inflation needed to relieve the social and economic hardships of the late nineteenth century eventually came as a result of

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A)  the repeal of the Gold Standard Act. 
B)  McKinley's adoption of the bimetallic standard. 
C)  an increase in the international gold supply. 
D)  the United States going off the gold standard. 
E)  the creation of the Federal Reserve System. 
A)  the repeal of the Gold Standard Act. 
B)  McKinley's adoption of the bimetallic standard. 
C)  an increase in the international gold supply. 
D)  the United States going off the gold standard. 
E)  the creation of the Federal Reserve System.

Question 7

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

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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)  expand recognized tribes' collective land ownership holdings. 
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)  expand recognized tribes' collective land ownership holdings.

Question 8

The safety valve theory that the West dampened class conflict, while exaggerated, did have some validity because

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A)  free western land did attract many immigrants to the West who might have crowded urban job markets. 
B)  western farmers tended to be politically more conservative than those in the East. 
C)  wealthy western farmers hired many unemployed laborers from eastern cities. 
D)  eastern city dwellers headed west to get free homesteads during depressions. 
E)  western cities had less class conflict than those in the East. 
A)  free western land did attract many immigrants to the West who might have crowded urban job markets. 
B)  western farmers tended to be politically more conservative than those in the East. 
C)  wealthy western farmers hired many unemployed laborers from eastern cities. 
D)  eastern city dwellers headed west to get free homesteads during depressions. 
E)  western cities had less class conflict than those in the East.

Question 9

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

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The Apaches were a group of Native Ameri

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Haymarket Square anarchists

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The Haymarket Square anarchists refer to

Question 11

In 1890, when the superintendent of the census announced that a stable frontier line was no longer discernible, Americans were disturbed because

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A)  they knew that the Homestead Act would no longer do them much good. 
B)  they thought that there would be a renewal of Indian warfare. 
C)  the idea of an endlessly open West had been an element of America's history from the beginning. 
D)  many of them hoped eventually to migrate to the West. 
E)  they feared that an influx of new western states would strengthen the Populists and other radicals. 
A)  they knew that the Homestead Act would no longer do them much good. 
B)  they thought that there would be a renewal of Indian warfare. 
C)  the idea of an endlessly open West had been an element of America's history from the beginning. 
D)  many of them hoped eventually to migrate to the West. 
E)  they feared that an influx of new western states would strengthen the Populists and other radicals.

Question 12

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 13

The Buffalo Soldiers were

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A)  U. S. Army units who survived on the plains by killing buffalo. 
B)  African American cavalry and soldiers who served in the frontier wars. 
C)  soldiers who sought to defeat the Indians by depriving them of their primary food supply. 
D)  soldiers who were killed in the Fetterman massacre. 
E)  soldiers who were court martialed for assisting Plains Indians with food and other provisions. 
A)  U. S. Army units who survived on the plains by killing buffalo. 
B)  African American cavalry and soldiers who served in the frontier wars. 
C)  soldiers who sought to defeat the Indians by depriving them of their primary food supply. 
D)  soldiers who were killed in the Fetterman massacre. 
E)  soldiers who were court martialed for assisting Plains Indians with food and other provisions.

Question 14

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 15

Farmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because they

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A)  were divided between small, self-sufficient family farmers and large cash crop farmers with onerous mortgages. 
B)  did not possess the money necessary to establish a national political movement. 
C)  did not believe they could compete politically with 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 divided between small, self-sufficient family farmers and large cash crop farmers with onerous mortgages. 
B)  did not possess the money necessary to establish a national political movement. 
C)  did not believe they could compete politically with 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 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Coxey's Army

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Coxey's Army refers to a protest march t

Question 17

Which one of the following was least sympathetic to workers and farmers hard-pressed by the Depression of 1893?

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A)  John P. Altgeld 
B)  Richard Olney 
C)  Eugene V. Debs 
D)  Jacob Coxey 
E)  William Jennings Bryan 
A)  John P. Altgeld 
B)  Richard Olney 
C)  Eugene V. Debs 
D)  Jacob Coxey 
E)  William Jennings Bryan

Question 18

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 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Bonanza farms

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Bonanza farms were very large farms in t

Question 20

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

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George A. Custer was a United States Arm

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

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

With agricultural production rising dramatically in the post-Civil War years

Late-nineteenth-century farmers believed that their difficulties stemmed primarily from

The monetary inflation needed to relieve the social and economic hardships of the late nineteenth century eventually came as a result of

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

The safety valve theory that the West dampened class conflict, while exaggerated, did have some validity because

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Haymarket Square anarchists

In 1890, when the superintendent of the census announced that a stable frontier line was no longer discernible, Americans were disturbed because

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

The Buffalo Soldiers were

Farmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because they

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Coxey's Army

Which one of the following was least sympathetic to workers and farmers hard-pressed by the Depression of 1893?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bonanza farms

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

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

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

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

With agricultural production rising dramatically in the post-Civil War years

Late-nineteenth-century farmers believed that their difficulties stemmed primarily from

The monetary inflation needed to relieve the social and economic hardships of the late nineteenth century eventually came as a result of

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

The safety valve theory that the West dampened class conflict, while exaggerated, did have some validity because

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Haymarket Square anarchists

In 1890, when the superintendent of the census announced that a stable frontier line was no longer discernible, Americans were disturbed because

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

The Buffalo Soldiers were

Farmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because they

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Coxey's Army

Which one of the following was least sympathetic to workers and farmers hard-pressed by the Depression of 1893?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bonanza farms

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

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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