Question 1

The best known and most wide-open cow town in Kansas was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The best known and most wide-open cow...

Question 2

Hispanics who lived in the borderland communities of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico

Accepted Answer

A) had grazed sheep on the open range in the 1870s. 
B) found their freight businesses replaced by the railroads by the 1880s. 
C) increasingly competed with Anglo settlers for grazing land. 
D) were squeezed out by major livestock companies. 
E) All of these choices. 
A) had grazed sheep on the open range in the 1870s. 
B) found their freight businesses replaced by the railroads by the 1880s. 
C) increasingly competed with Anglo settlers for grazing land. 
D) were squeezed out by major livestock companies. 
E) All of these choices.

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the Mugwumps, Stalwarts, and Half-Breeds?

Accepted Answer

A) They were conflicting groups within the Democratic Party. 
B) Both the Mugwumps and Half-Breeds supported reforms while the Stalwarts opposed reform. 
C) Only the Stalwarts advocated civil-service reform. 
D) All three groups favored extension of the spoils system. 
E) They were three fledging political parties who supported "clean" politics. 
A) They were conflicting groups within the Democratic Party. 
B) Both the Mugwumps and Half-Breeds supported reforms while the Stalwarts opposed reform. 
C) Only the Stalwarts advocated civil-service reform. 
D) All three groups favored extension of the spoils system. 
E) They were three fledging political parties who supported "clean" politics.

Question 4

Under the Homestead Act, people who lived on the land they claimed and improved it could receive the title to it after ________________ years.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Under the Homestead Act, people who lived...

Question 5

General Custer lost his life in his defeat at ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of General Custer lost his life in his...

Question 6

Many whites believed that Booker T. Washington encouraged black Americans to accept permanent second-class citizenship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The goal of the Indian schools was

Accepted Answer

A) assimilation into American culture. 
B) research into Native American culture. 
C) the preservation of Native American language. 
D) training of Native Americans to factory work. 
E) teaching Native Americans how to vote. 
A) assimilation into American culture. 
B) research into Native American culture. 
C) the preservation of Native American language. 
D) training of Native Americans to factory work. 
E) teaching Native Americans how to vote.

Question 8

Many Chinese women were kidnapped and brought to America to be ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Many Chinese women were kidnapped and brought...

Question 9

President Grant's "Peace Policy" toward the Indians

Accepted Answer

A) called for the extermination of the wild tribes. 
B) continued the tradition of dealing with Indian tribes as "separate nations." 
C) encouraged Indians to accept civilization, Christianity, and citizenship. 
D) offered the peaceful relocation of willing Indians to remote areas in Canada and Alaska. 
E) vastly expanded Indian land holdings. 
A) called for the extermination of the wild tribes. 
B) continued the tradition of dealing with Indian tribes as "separate nations." 
C) encouraged Indians to accept civilization, Christianity, and citizenship. 
D) offered the peaceful relocation of willing Indians to remote areas in Canada and Alaska. 
E) vastly expanded Indian land holdings.

Question 10

Between 1865 and 1900 the white population in the trans-Mississippi west increased

Accepted Answer

A) 90 percent. 
B) 200 percent. 
C) 300 percent 
D) 400 percent. 
E) 800 percent. 
A) 90 percent. 
B) 200 percent. 
C) 300 percent 
D) 400 percent. 
E) 800 percent.

Question 11

Texas Rangers

Accepted Answer

A) protected Mexican American land claims in Texas. 
B) often acted as vigilantes for Anglos in retaliating against Mexican Americans. 
C) always enforced the law impartially. 
D) protected Mexican Americans' right to vote. 
E) protected the rights of blacks in Texas. 
A) protected Mexican American land claims in Texas. 
B) often acted as vigilantes for Anglos in retaliating against Mexican Americans. 
C) always enforced the law impartially. 
D) protected Mexican Americans' right to vote. 
E) protected the rights of blacks in Texas.

Question 12

The ranchers' contemptuous term for farmers was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ranchers' contemptuous term for farmers was...

Question 13

Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and leading advocate for the New South was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and leading...

Question 14

Southern cotton output doubled between 1878 and 1898.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

"Jim Crow" laws

Accepted Answer

A) disenfranchised black Americans. 
B) extended the naturalization period for foreigners. 
C) prevented women from voting. 
D) mandated labor unions. 
E) mandated racial segregation in public facilities. 
A) disenfranchised black Americans. 
B) extended the naturalization period for foreigners. 
C) prevented women from voting. 
D) mandated labor unions. 
E) mandated racial segregation in public facilities.

Question 16

Cheyenne leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse crushed U.S. cavalrymen at Little Big Horn and sent them into permanent retreat in 1876.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In the 1880s, James B. Duke industrialized the ____ industry.

Accepted Answer

A) cotton 
B) coffee 
C) mining 
D) tobacco 
E) meatpacking 
A) cotton 
B) coffee 
C) mining 
D) tobacco 
E) meatpacking

Question 18

The writings of Thomas Nelson Page

Accepted Answer

A) dealt realistically with the problems of southern society. 
B) were not read outside the South. 
C) criticized lynching. 
D) encouraged a diversified economy in the New South. 
E) romanticized plantation society of the Old South. 
A) dealt realistically with the problems of southern society. 
B) were not read outside the South. 
C) criticized lynching. 
D) encouraged a diversified economy in the New South. 
E) romanticized plantation society of the Old South.

Question 19

Southern cotton mills had a competitive advantage over northern mills because of

Accepted Answer

A) cheap energy sources. 
B) cheap labor, made up mostly of former slaves. 
C) cheap labor, made up mostly of poor, non-union, southern whites. 
D) cheap labor, made up mostly of immigrants. 
E) better weather conditions. 
A) cheap energy sources. 
B) cheap labor, made up mostly of former slaves. 
C) cheap labor, made up mostly of poor, non-union, southern whites. 
D) cheap labor, made up mostly of immigrants. 
E) better weather conditions.

Question 20

Discrimination against the Chinese reached a peak in 1882 with the ____________________ Act.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discrimination against the Chinese reached a peak...

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

The best known and most wide-open cow town in Kansas was ____________________.

Hispanics who lived in the borderland communities of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico

Which of the following best describes the Mugwumps, Stalwarts, and Half-Breeds?

Under the Homestead Act, people who lived on the land they claimed and improved it could receive the title to it after ________________ years.

General Custer lost his life in his defeat at ____________________.

Many whites believed that Booker T. Washington encouraged black Americans to accept permanent second-class citizenship.

The goal of the Indian schools was

Many Chinese women were kidnapped and brought to America to be ____________________.

President Grant's "Peace Policy" toward the Indians

Between 1865 and 1900 the white population in the trans-Mississippi west increased

Texas Rangers

The ranchers' contemptuous term for farmers was ____________________.

Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and leading advocate for the New South was ____________________.

Southern cotton output doubled between 1878 and 1898.

"Jim Crow" laws

Cheyenne leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse crushed U.S. cavalrymen at Little Big Horn and sent them into permanent retreat in 1876.

In the 1880s, James B. Duke industrialized the ____ industry.

The writings of Thomas Nelson Page

Southern cotton mills had a competitive advantage over northern mills because of

Discrimination against the Chinese reached a peak in 1882 with the ____________________ Act.

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

Filters