Question 1

The Dawes Severalty Act

Accepted Answer

A) protected tribal ownership of land and separate nation status. 
B) offered each Indian head of family 160 acres of farmland or 320 acres of grazing land. 
C) resulted in the addition of millions of acres to tribal holdings. 
D) only affected the five "civilized tribes." 
E) led to the revival of traditional cultures. 
A) protected tribal ownership of land and separate nation status. 
B) offered each Indian head of family 160 acres of farmland or 320 acres of grazing land. 
C) resulted in the addition of millions of acres to tribal holdings. 
D) only affected the five "civilized tribes." 
E) led to the revival of traditional cultures.

Question 2

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 3

Southern cotton output doubled between 1878 and 1898.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Industrialization of the west added to its ethnic diversity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The basic institution of the southern rural economy after the Civil War was the "crop lien system."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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 7

Most Chinese immigrants to California did not intend on staying there permanently.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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 9

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 10

Most Americans could not afford to participate in the Homestead Act.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

____________________ was the founder of Tuskegee Institute who emphasized that educational and economic opportunities were more important than civil rights.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ was the founder of Tuskegee Institute...

Question 12

The man who assassinated President Garfield was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The man who assassinated President Garfield was...

Question 13

During the Civil War,many major American Indian tribes signed treaties of alliance with the Confederacy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Battle of Little Bighorn in which George A.Custer and his men were killed occurred after

Accepted Answer

A) whites had entered the sacred Black Hills seeking gold. 
B) the U.S.army had massacred the Ghost Dancers at Wounded Knee. 
C) Custer had insulted the Sioux chief. 
D) the Sioux had been confined to a reservation in Dakota territory. 
E) the army had carried out mass executions of Indian prisoners of war. 
A) whites had entered the sacred Black Hills seeking gold. 
B) the U.S.army had massacred the Ghost Dancers at Wounded Knee. 
C) Custer had insulted the Sioux chief. 
D) the Sioux had been confined to a reservation in Dakota territory. 
E) the army had carried out mass executions of Indian prisoners of war.

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

Mexican Americans for the most part,did not lose land to American settlers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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 native 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 native southern whites. 
D) cheap labor,made up mostly of immigrants. 
E) better weather conditions.

Question 18

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 19

In the Sand Creek massacre half of the Indians killed were women and children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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) were increasingly confined to city barrios. 
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) were increasingly confined to city barrios. 
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 Dawes Severalty Act

The "Battle" of Wounded Knee

Southern cotton output doubled between 1878 and 1898.

Industrialization of the west added to its ethnic diversity.

The basic institution of the southern rural economy after the Civil War was the "crop lien system."

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

Most Chinese immigrants to California did not intend on staying there permanently.

By 1890,the Sioux and other reservation Indians

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

Most Americans could not afford to participate in the Homestead Act.

____________________ was the founder of Tuskegee Institute who emphasized that educational and economic opportunities were more important than civil rights.

The man who assassinated President Garfield was ____________________.

During the Civil War,many major American Indian tribes signed treaties of alliance with the Confederacy.

The Battle of Little Bighorn in which George A.Custer and his men were killed occurred after

"Jim Crow" laws

Mexican Americans for the most part,did not lose land to American settlers.

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

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

In the Sand Creek massacre half of the Indians killed were women and children.

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

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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