Question 1

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

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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)  ran an insurgent political campaign that unified a divided Democratic party. 
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)  ran an insurgent political campaign that unified a divided Democratic party.

Question 2

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

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The Comstock Lode refers to a major disc

Question 3

The Populists' political program called for

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

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 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 win the support of debtor farmers. 
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 win the support of debtor farmers.

Question 6

The Pullman strike created the first instance of

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A)  management recognition of the right of workers to organize and strike. 
B)  government use of federal troops to break a labor strike. 
C)  violence during a labor strike. 
D)  a united front between urban workers and agrarian Populists. 
E)  government use of a federal court injunction to break a strike. 
A)  management recognition of the right of workers to organize and strike. 
B)  government use of federal troops to break a labor strike. 
C)  violence during a labor strike. 
D)  a united front between urban workers and agrarian Populists. 
E)  government use of a federal court injunction to break a strike.

Question 7

Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona, was centered around

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A)  the cruel mistreatment of Indians in California. 
B)  the cheating of Indians by federal agents on the reservations. 
C)  the efforts of Christian reformers to prevent the killing of Indians. 
D)  an Indian girl's attempt to retain her culture in an Indian boarding school. 
E)  the last Indian wars between the U.S. army and the Apaches in the Southwest. 
A)  the cruel mistreatment of Indians in California. 
B)  the cheating of Indians by federal agents on the reservations. 
C)  the efforts of Christian reformers to prevent the killing of Indians. 
D)  an Indian girl's attempt to retain her culture in an Indian boarding school. 
E)  the last Indian wars between the U.S. army and the Apaches in the Southwest.

Question 8

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

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Geronimo (1829-1909) was a prominent lea

Question 9

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 10

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

Question 11

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

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The Sioux, also known as the Dakota, Lak

Question 12

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

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Frederick Jackson Turner was an American

Question 13

The bitter conflict between whites and Indians intensified

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A)  during the Civil War. 
B)  as mining operations receded in the West. 
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 mining operations receded in the West. 
C)  when big business took over the mining industry. 
D)  as the mining frontier expanded. 
E)  after the Battle of Wounded Knee.

Question 14

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 15

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 16

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

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The historical significance of Sand Cree

Question 17

The Homestead Act was less successful than hoped. Why? Consider the provisions of the law. What were its strengths, its weaknesses, and its loopholes? How did the environmental conditions on the Great Plains affect the Homestead Act?

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The Homestead Act, passed in 1862, was i

Question 18

In the decades after the Civil War, most American farmers

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A)  bartered to obtain many of their necessities. 
B)  diversified their crops. 
C)  became increasingly self-sufficient. 
D)  saw their numbers grow as more people moved west. 
E)  grew a single cash crop such as wheat or corn. 
A)  bartered to obtain many of their necessities. 
B)  diversified their crops. 
C)  became increasingly self-sufficient. 
D)  saw their numbers grow as more people moved west. 
E)  grew a single cash crop such as wheat or corn.

Question 19

Why were the conflicts between federal and state military forces and western Indian tribes exceptionally bitter and cruel?

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The conflicts between federal and state

Question 20

If you had lived in the 1880s as a white farmer on the Great Plains, 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?

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As a white farmer living on the Great Pl

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

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

The Populists' political program called for

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

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

The Pullman strike created the first instance of

Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona, was centered around

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

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?

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

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

The bitter conflict between whites and Indians intensified

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

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

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

The Homestead Act was less successful than hoped. Why? Consider the provisions of the law. What were its strengths, its weaknesses, and its loopholes? How did the environmental conditions on the Great Plains affect the Homestead Act?

In the decades after the Civil War, most American farmers

Why were the conflicts between federal and state military forces and western Indian tribes exceptionally bitter and cruel?

If you had lived in the 1880s as a white farmer on the Great Plains, 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?

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

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

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

The Populists' political program called for

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

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

The Pullman strike created the first instance of

Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona, was centered around

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

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?

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

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

The bitter conflict between whites and Indians intensified

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

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

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

The Homestead Act was less successful than hoped. Why? Consider the provisions of the law. What were its strengths, its weaknesses, and its loopholes? How did the environmental conditions on the Great Plains affect the Homestead Act?

In the decades after the Civil War, most American farmers

Why were the conflicts between federal and state military forces and western Indian tribes exceptionally bitter and cruel?

If you had lived in the 1880s as a white farmer on the Great Plains, 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?

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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