Question 1

All of the following statements regarding race relations during the New South period are true except

Accepted Answer

A) Forty percent of the workers were women. 
B) Mill owners provided segregated work areas. 
C) Most southern blacks lived as tenant farmers or sharecroppers. 
D) An African American middle class was formed. 
E) Lynching and racial violence declined significantly. 
A) Forty percent of the workers were women. 
B) Mill owners provided segregated work areas. 
C) Most southern blacks lived as tenant farmers or sharecroppers. 
D) An African American middle class was formed. 
E) Lynching and racial violence declined significantly.

Question 2

Ida B.Wells was a southern black journalist who carried on an extensive campaign against lynching.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the late 1870s,thousands of southern blacks were encouraged to move west to Kansas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Eastern Americans were introduced to the myths of the West as they were entertained by ____________________ show.

Accepted Answer

Buffalo Bi

Question 5

Compare and contrast the lifestyles and treatment of the Eastern Woodland and Plains Indians.

Accepted Answer

The Eastern Woodland Indians originated

Question 6

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 7

Longhorn cattle were introduced in southern Texas by

Accepted Answer

A) German farmers. 
B) the Spaniards. 
C) Anglo ranchers. 
D) the Indians. 
E) Canadians. 
A) German farmers. 
B) the Spaniards. 
C) Anglo ranchers. 
D) the Indians. 
E) Canadians.

Question 8

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 9

Cheyenne leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeated U.S.cavalrymen at Little Big Horn in July 1876.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Chinese immigrants were subjected to all of the following discriminatory measures except

Accepted Answer

A) Forbidden to walk on the sidewalk 
B) Hair length restrictions 
C) Denied the ability to create communities 
D) Not allowed to testify in court 
E) Denied right to own land 
A) Forbidden to walk on the sidewalk 
B) Hair length restrictions 
C) Denied the ability to create communities 
D) Not allowed to testify in court 
E) Denied right to own land

Question 11

Republicans who opposed civil service reform were known as ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Republicans who opposed civil service reform were...

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In 1867,the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads employed workforces that were almost 90 percent Chinese.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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) received less pay than white workers. 
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) received less pay than white workers.

Question 15

All of the following statements regarding homesteading on the Great Plains are false except

Accepted Answer

A) most homes were simple wooden cabins made out of oak or pine. 
B) the northern Plains were heavily populated by foreign-born residents. 
C) Plains communities were notable in their lack of ethnic diversity. 
D) most immigrants who settled there were from southern Italy and Russia. 
E) the largest segment of settlers came from the American South. 
A) most homes were simple wooden cabins made out of oak or pine. 
B) the northern Plains were heavily populated by foreign-born residents. 
C) Plains communities were notable in their lack of ethnic diversity. 
D) most immigrants who settled there were from southern Italy and Russia. 
E) the largest segment of settlers came from the American South.

Question 16

The historian who contended that the frontier had shaped American character and culture was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Frederick

Question 17

The opponent of Winfield Scott Hancock in the 1880 presidential election was

Accepted Answer

A) James G.Blaine. 
B) Rutherford B.Hayes. 
C) Chester Arthur. 
D) James Garfield. 
E) William Jennings Bryan. 
A) James G.Blaine. 
B) Rutherford B.Hayes. 
C) Chester Arthur. 
D) James Garfield. 
E) William Jennings Bryan.

Question 18

Most of the New South's iron and steel industry was concentrated in

Accepted Answer

A) central Georgia. 
B) northern Alabama. 
C) southern Mississippi. 
D) eastern Tennessee. 
E) Texas 
A) central Georgia. 
B) northern Alabama. 
C) southern Mississippi. 
D) eastern Tennessee. 
E) Texas

Question 19

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 20

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.

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

All of the following statements regarding race relations during the New South period are true except

Ida B.Wells was a southern black journalist who carried on an extensive campaign against lynching.

In the late 1870s,thousands of southern blacks were encouraged to move west to Kansas.

Eastern Americans were introduced to the myths of the West as they were entertained by ____________________ show.

Compare and contrast the lifestyles and treatment of the Eastern Woodland and Plains Indians.

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

Longhorn cattle were introduced in southern Texas by

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

Cheyenne leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeated U.S.cavalrymen at Little Big Horn in July 1876.

Chinese immigrants were subjected to all of the following discriminatory measures except

Republicans who opposed civil service reform were known as ____________________.

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

In 1867,the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads employed workforces that were almost 90 percent Chinese.

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

All of the following statements regarding homesteading on the Great Plains are false except

The historian who contended that the frontier had shaped American character and culture was ____________________.

The opponent of Winfield Scott Hancock in the 1880 presidential election was

Most of the New South's iron and steel industry was concentrated in

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

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

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

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

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

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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