Question 1

The Spanish brought the first cattle into Texas in the 1700s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 3

____________________ expanded as open-range grazing declined.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ expanded as open-range grazing declined....

Question 4

According to Frederick Jackson Turner,the frontier shaped a new kind of democratic egalitarian culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Cattle drives grew longer as railroads inched forward.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The borderland communities way for life was dramatically changed by

Accepted Answer

A) the Mexican War. 
B) cattle grazing. 
C) the end of the Civil War. 
D) the coming of railroads. 
E) statehood for California. 
A) the Mexican War. 
B) cattle grazing. 
C) the end of the Civil War. 
D) the coming of railroads. 
E) statehood for California.

Question 7

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 8

Plains Indian culture was based on the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Wages in southern cotton mills were roughly the same as those in northern mills.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The system of credit used in the South by merchants to provide necessary goods on credit in return for profit on a future crop was called the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The system of credit used in the...

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 Ghost Dance was to prepare warriors for battle.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

By the end of the 19ᵗʰ century,which industry was not growing in the South?

Accepted Answer

A) cotton 
B) railroads 
C) iron 
D) meat packing 
E) tobacco 
A) cotton 
B) railroads 
C) iron 
D) meat packing 
E) tobacco

Question 15

Describe the sod-house frontier and the role of the farmer in the settling of the West.

Accepted Answer

In the twenty-five years following the C

Question 16

General Custer lost his life in his defeat at ____________________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Most laborers in the west

Accepted Answer

A) were cowboys. 
B) were miners. 
C) worked for one company all their lives. 
D) made a lot of money. 
E) were itinerant and temporary. 
A) were cowboys. 
B) were miners. 
C) worked for one company all their lives. 
D) made a lot of money. 
E) were itinerant and temporary.

Question 18

The McKinley Tariff of 1890

Accepted Answer

A) established the first income tax. 
B) had a reform measure that reduced the price of American manufactured products. 
C) was vetoed by President Benjamin Harrison. 
D) was responsible for the decisive Republican victory in the election of 1892. 
E) had a protective tax that raised import duties to an average of 50 percent. 
A) established the first income tax. 
B) had a reform measure that reduced the price of American manufactured products. 
C) was vetoed by President Benjamin Harrison. 
D) was responsible for the decisive Republican victory in the election of 1892. 
E) had a protective tax that raised import duties to an average of 50 percent.

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-New South

Accepted Answer

enterprising,commercial South that suppo

Question 20

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

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

The Spanish brought the first cattle into Texas in the 1700s.

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

____________________ expanded as open-range grazing declined.

According to Frederick Jackson Turner,the frontier shaped a new kind of democratic egalitarian culture.

Cattle drives grew longer as railroads inched forward.

The borderland communities way for life was dramatically changed by

The Supreme Court case Plessy v.Ferguson stated that

Plains Indian culture was based on the ____________________.

Wages in southern cotton mills were roughly the same as those in northern mills.

The system of credit used in the South by merchants to provide necessary goods on credit in return for profit on a future crop was called the ____________________.

Texas Rangers

The Ghost Dance was to prepare warriors for battle.

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

By the end of the 19ᵗʰ century,which industry was not growing in the South?

Describe the sod-house frontier and the role of the farmer in the settling of the West.

General Custer lost his life in his defeat at ____________________.

Most laborers in the west

The McKinley Tariff of 1890

IDENTIFICATIONS -New South

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

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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