Question 1

The landmark Supreme Court case that sanctioned Jim Crow laws was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The landmark Supreme Court case that sanctioned...

Question 2

The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson stated that

Accepted Answer

A) the right of blacks to vote was not constitutionally protected. 
B) black Americans could be prevented from running for office. 
C) Jim Crow laws were illegal. 
D) black and white Americans could be segregated by race, but must be supplied with equal facilities. 
E) the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to private acts of discrimination. 
A) the right of blacks to vote was not constitutionally protected. 
B) black Americans could be prevented from running for office. 
C) Jim Crow laws were illegal. 
D) black and white Americans could be segregated by race, but must be supplied with equal facilities. 
E) the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to private acts of discrimination.

Question 3

In the aftermath of the Civil War, the process of concentrating Indian tribes on reservations slowed down.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Wounded Knee occurred at ____________________ Reservation.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Wounded Knee occurred at ____________________ Reservation....

Question 5

Since most Plains Indian cultures traditionally included an economy based on individually owned farms, tribal members quickly adapted to reservation life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Discuss the major issues in national politics during the period 1876 through 1892.

Accepted Answer

During the period of 1876 through 1892,

Question 7

In 1867, the Union Pacific railroad employed workforce that was almost 90 percent Chinese.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

By the 1890s, southern farmers were importing nearly ____ of their food.

Accepted Answer

A) one-half 
B) one-quarter 
C) two-thirds 
D) two-fifths 
E) nine-tenths 
A) one-half 
B) one-quarter 
C) two-thirds 
D) two-fifths 
E) nine-tenths

Question 9

Republicans won the presidency and gained control of both houses of Congress in 1888.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Mugwumps were small in number but large in influence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Frederick Jackson Turner, American character and culture were primarily influenced by

Accepted Answer

A) the Spanish and the French traditions. 
B) the development of civilized cities and towns. 
C) the spread of the plantation system. 
D) the existence of the frontier and the westward movement. 
E) war. 
A) the Spanish and the French traditions. 
B) the development of civilized cities and towns. 
C) the spread of the plantation system. 
D) the existence of the frontier and the westward movement. 
E) war.

Question 12

By 1890, the Sioux and other reservation Indians

Accepted Answer

A) were rapidly adapting to a capitalist, agrarian lifestyle. 
B) had achieved full U.S. citizenship and equal rights. 
C) were reduced to lives of poverty, depression, and alcoholism. 
D) were profiting from the discovery of oil on their ancestral lands. 
E) were working in large numbers for the mining industry. 
A) were rapidly adapting to a capitalist, agrarian lifestyle. 
B) had achieved full U.S. citizenship and equal rights. 
C) were reduced to lives of poverty, depression, and alcoholism. 
D) were profiting from the discovery of oil on their ancestral lands. 
E) were working in large numbers for the mining industry.

Question 13

All of the following statements regarding the Chinese in California are true except they

Accepted Answer

A) were overwhelmingly male. 
B) were unable to develop communities owing to a shortage of women. 
C) were actively recruited to come to the region as laborers. 
D) were subject to the Foreign Miners' Tax. 
E) referred to California as "Gold Mountain." 
A) were overwhelmingly male. 
B) were unable to develop communities owing to a shortage of women. 
C) were actively recruited to come to the region as laborers. 
D) were subject to the Foreign Miners' Tax. 
E) referred to California as "Gold Mountain."

Question 14

To ensure the construction of the railroads that would connect the West to the rest of the United States, the federal government passed ______________________, which provided loans and land subsidies to two railroad companies.

Accepted Answer

the Pacifi

Question 15

During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, presidential elections were

Accepted Answer

A) all won by Republicans. 
B) so close they were usually determined by one percent of the popular vote. 
C) dominated by issues related to Reconstruction. 
D) won only by candidates who had fought for the Union in the Civil War. 
E) all of these choices 
A) all won by Republicans. 
B) so close they were usually determined by one percent of the popular vote. 
C) dominated by issues related to Reconstruction. 
D) won only by candidates who had fought for the Union in the Civil War. 
E) all of these choices

Question 16

The African Americans -- "Exodusters" -- who left the South beginning in the 1870s​

Accepted Answer

A) were lured  to the North by agents seeking industrial workers.​ 
B) moved to escape poverty.​ 
C) were acting on a rumor that there was free land for them in Kansas.​ 
D) comprised 50,000  people hoping to resettle in Africa and leave southern racism behind.​ 
E) were acting on the advice of noted leader Booker T. Washington.​ 
A) were lured  to the North by agents seeking industrial workers.​ 
B) moved to escape poverty.​ 
C) were acting on a rumor that there was free land for them in Kansas.​ 
D) comprised 50,000  people hoping to resettle in Africa and leave southern racism behind.​ 
E) were acting on the advice of noted leader Booker T. Washington.​

Question 17

Describe the role of the United States' federal government in facilitating settlement of the West.

Accepted Answer

The United States' federal government pl

Question 18

Discuss race relations in the New South period. Describe the institutionalization of discrimination, and examine the response of black and white reformers.

Accepted Answer

Race relations in the New South period w

Question 19

Examine the westward expansion of the United States in the years after the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

The westward expansion of the United Sta

Question 20

In the post-Civil War period, the Spanish speaking peoples of the Southwest and California

Accepted Answer

A) preserved many of their distinctive traditions. 
B) increasingly turned to the courts in an attempt to preserve their land rights. 
C) lost much of their political influence. 
D) were forced out of the gold fields. 
E) all of these choices 
A) preserved many of their distinctive traditions. 
B) increasingly turned to the courts in an attempt to preserve their land rights. 
C) lost much of their political influence. 
D) were forced out of the gold fields. 
E) all of these choices

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

The landmark Supreme Court case that sanctioned Jim Crow laws was ____________________.

The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson stated that

In the aftermath of the Civil War, the process of concentrating Indian tribes on reservations slowed down.

Wounded Knee occurred at ____________________ Reservation.

Since most Plains Indian cultures traditionally included an economy based on individually owned farms, tribal members quickly adapted to reservation life.

Discuss the major issues in national politics during the period 1876 through 1892.

In 1867, the Union Pacific railroad employed workforce that was almost 90 percent Chinese.

By the 1890s, southern farmers were importing nearly ____ of their food.

Republicans won the presidency and gained control of both houses of Congress in 1888.

The Mugwumps were small in number but large in influence.

According to Frederick Jackson Turner, American character and culture were primarily influenced by

By 1890, the Sioux and other reservation Indians

All of the following statements regarding the Chinese in California are true except they

To ensure the construction of the railroads that would connect the West to the rest of the United States, the federal government passed ______________________, which provided loans and land subsidies to two railroad companies.

During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, presidential elections were

The African Americans -- "Exodusters" -- who left the South beginning in the 1870s​

Describe the role of the United States' federal government in facilitating settlement of the West.

Discuss race relations in the New South period. Describe the institutionalization of discrimination, and examine the response of black and white reformers.

Examine the westward expansion of the United States in the years after the Civil War.

In the post-Civil War period, the Spanish speaking peoples of the Southwest and California

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