Question 1

____________________ introduced the cigarette-making machine and founded the American Tobacco Company.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ introduced the cigarette-making machine and founded...

Question 2

The writer who offered a first-hand account of the spiritual suffering of Indian children in boarding schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs was Helen Hunt Jackson.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Plains Indian culture was based on the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Plains Indian culture was based on the...

Question 4

____________________ led the campaign to crush the Sioux in retaliation for the defeat of Custer and his men at Little Big Horn.

Accepted Answer

General Ph

Question 5

The completion of the transcontinental railroad was marked by the use of a(n) "____________________" for the last track.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The completion of the transcontinental railroad was...

Question 6

Fredrick Jackson Turner's thesis included an early call for environmental protection of the west.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The economy of the "New South" was colonial in that

Accepted Answer

A) it had not changed since the colonial period of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. 
B) it depended on raw materials imported from Caribbean colonies. 
C) many major industries were financed and controlled by northern businessmen. 
D) southern leaders invested more capital in agriculture than in manufacturing. 
E) European investors controlled much of the land and the industry. 
A) it had not changed since the colonial period of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. 
B) it depended on raw materials imported from Caribbean colonies. 
C) many major industries were financed and controlled by northern businessmen. 
D) southern leaders invested more capital in agriculture than in manufacturing. 
E) European investors controlled much of the land and the industry.

Question 8

The Chinese emigrated to the United States

Accepted Answer

A) to escape poverty in their  homeland. 
B) in search of gold. 
C) to shed China's political unrest. 
D) from the Pearl River delta in southeast China. 
E) All of these choices. 
A) to escape poverty in their  homeland. 
B) in search of gold. 
C) to shed China's political unrest. 
D) from the Pearl River delta in southeast China. 
E) All of these choices.

Question 9

All of the following statements regarding women in the West are true except

Accepted Answer

A) unmarried women could not own land under the Homestead Act. 
B) in 1860, more than 85 percent of Chinese women in San Francisco were prostitutes. 
C) women were less than 10 percent of the population in the California gold rush. 
D) western states were the first the grant suffrage to women. 
E) gender arrangements differed in the west compared to other regions. 
A) unmarried women could not own land under the Homestead Act. 
B) in 1860, more than 85 percent of Chinese women in San Francisco were prostitutes. 
C) women were less than 10 percent of the population in the California gold rush. 
D) western states were the first the grant suffrage to women. 
E) gender arrangements differed in the west compared to other regions.

Question 10

Itinerant and ethnically diverse labor was common in the west.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Ida Wells was an advocate for

Accepted Answer

A) copper miners. 
B) Chinese women in California. 
C) southern blacks. 
D) civil reform in government. 
E) Mexican Americans. 
A) copper miners. 
B) Chinese women in California. 
C) southern blacks. 
D) civil reform in government. 
E) Mexican Americans.

Question 12

Under the Homestead Act, a total of ____________________ acres of public land was claimed by settlers.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Under the Homestead Act, a total of...

Question 13

The most environmentally destructive type of mining in California's gold rush was

Accepted Answer

A) strip. 
B) placer. 
C) pan. 
D) stamping. 
E) hydraulic. 
A) strip. 
B) placer. 
C) pan. 
D) stamping. 
E) hydraulic.

Question 14

Industrialization of the west added to its ethnic diversity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Under President Grant the Board of Indian Commissioners was staffed by former Indian fighters hostile to the interests of the natives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In the mining frontier,

Accepted Answer

A) the largest and most profitable mines were owned by mining corporations. 
B) small independent miners controlled production and set prices. 
C) labor/management relations were peaceful due to high pay and industry profits. 
D) environmental concerns prevented the use of wasteful and destructive technologies. 
E) Native Americans supplied most of the labor force. 
A) the largest and most profitable mines were owned by mining corporations. 
B) small independent miners controlled production and set prices. 
C) labor/management relations were peaceful due to high pay and industry profits. 
D) environmental concerns prevented the use of wasteful and destructive technologies. 
E) Native Americans supplied most of the labor force.

Question 17

The notorious massacre of hundreds of Indian women and children by Colonel John Chivington (1864) in Colorado occurred at ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The notorious massacre of hundreds of Indian...

Question 18

The "Battle" of Wounded Knee

Accepted Answer

A) was the worst defeat in the history of the U.S. Army. 
B) was a shoot out between sheep herders and cattlemen in Wyoming. 
C) revitalized Plains Indian culture. 
D) symbolized the death of the Plains Indians' way of life. 
E) defeated the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. 
A) was the worst defeat in the history of the U.S. Army. 
B) was a shoot out between sheep herders and cattlemen in Wyoming. 
C) revitalized Plains Indian culture. 
D) symbolized the death of the Plains Indians' way of life. 
E) defeated the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico.

Question 19

In the fight for equal rights, black leader Booker T. Washington adopted a strategy that emphasized

Accepted Answer

A) segregation. 
B) political equality and freedoms. 
C) self-help and education. 
D) government assistance to blacks. 
E) violent resistance. 
A) segregation. 
B) political equality and freedoms. 
C) self-help and education. 
D) government assistance to blacks. 
E) violent resistance.

Question 20

The Foreign Miners Tax of 1850 was intended to protect Mexican land claims in California.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 18: A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

____________________ introduced the cigarette-making machine and founded the American Tobacco Company.

The writer who offered a first-hand account of the spiritual suffering of Indian children in boarding schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs was Helen Hunt Jackson.

Plains Indian culture was based on the ____________________.

____________________ led the campaign to crush the Sioux in retaliation for the defeat of Custer and his men at Little Big Horn.

The completion of the transcontinental railroad was marked by the use of a(n) "____________________" for the last track.

Fredrick Jackson Turner's thesis included an early call for environmental protection of the west.

The economy of the "New South" was colonial in that

The Chinese emigrated to the United States

All of the following statements regarding women in the West are true except

Itinerant and ethnically diverse labor was common in the west.

Ida Wells was an advocate for

Under the Homestead Act, a total of ____________________ acres of public land was claimed by settlers.

The most environmentally destructive type of mining in California's gold rush was

Industrialization of the west added to its ethnic diversity.

Under President Grant the Board of Indian Commissioners was staffed by former Indian fighters hostile to the interests of the natives.

In the mining frontier,

The notorious massacre of hundreds of Indian women and children by Colonel John Chivington (1864) in Colorado occurred at ____________________.

The "Battle" of Wounded Knee

In the fight for equal rights, black leader Booker T. Washington adopted a strategy that emphasized

The Foreign Miners Tax of 1850 was intended to protect Mexican land claims in California.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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