Question 1

The Pendleton Civil Service Act passed during the presidential administration of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Pendleton Civil Service Act passed during...

Question 2

The five "civilized tribes"

Accepted Answer

A) sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. 
B) were nomadic hunters who followed the buffalo across the plains. 
C) were the first organized group to openly oppose slavery in the United States. 
D) received millions of additional acres of land from the federal government in the 1860s. 
E) moved to Mexico after the Civil War. 
A) sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. 
B) were nomadic hunters who followed the buffalo across the plains. 
C) were the first organized group to openly oppose slavery in the United States. 
D) received millions of additional acres of land from the federal government in the 1860s. 
E) moved to Mexico after the Civil War.

Question 3

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 4

Southern cotton production after the Civil War was so plentiful,prices for it declined tremendously.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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 6

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

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Question 7

Nine out of ten western cowboys were born in the eastern United States.Middle class black women became leaders of the movement for "racial uplift."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Mugwumps,Stalwarts,and Half-Breeds were divisions within the ____________________ Party.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Mugwumps,Stalwarts,and Half-Breeds were divisions within the ____________________...

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) most black southerners were denied the right to vote. 
B) a record number of blacks did manage to own land in the post-Reconstruction era. 
C) most southern blacks lived as tenant farmers or sharecroppers. 
D) industrialization in the South created jobs for blacks. 
E) lynching and racial violence increased significantly. 
A) most black southerners were denied the right to vote. 
B) a record number of blacks did manage to own land in the post-Reconstruction era. 
C) most southern blacks lived as tenant farmers or sharecroppers. 
D) industrialization in the South created jobs for blacks. 
E) lynching and racial violence increased significantly.

Question 10

The "Ghost Dance" was

Accepted Answer

A) a religious movement that promised the destruction of the white man and the return of Indian land. 
B) a Halloween celebration popular among Czech and German immigrants on the plains. 
C) the only Indian cultural activity permitted by Indian agents on the reservations in the 1890s. 
D) introduced by Christian missionaries as a means of undermining pagan rituals. 
E) a funeral ritual practiced by the Pueblo Indians. 
A) a religious movement that promised the destruction of the white man and the return of Indian land. 
B) a Halloween celebration popular among Czech and German immigrants on the plains. 
C) the only Indian cultural activity permitted by Indian agents on the reservations in the 1890s. 
D) introduced by Christian missionaries as a means of undermining pagan rituals. 
E) a funeral ritual practiced by the Pueblo Indians.

Question 11

Exodusters

Accepted Answer

The answer of Exodusters...

Question 12

Ida Wells was an advocate for

Accepted Answer

A) copper miners. 
B) Chinese women in California. 
C) southern blacks. 
D) civil reform in government. 
E) Mexican Americans. 
A) copper miners. 
B) Chinese women in California. 
C) southern blacks. 
D) civil reform in government. 
E) Mexican Americans.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In Williams v.Mississippi,the U.S.Supreme Court outlawed the use of literacy and property qualifications to limit voting rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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.

The Pendleton Civil Service Act passed during the presidential administration of ____________________.

The five "civilized tribes"

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

Southern cotton production after the Civil War was so plentiful,prices for it declined tremendously.

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

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.

Nine out of ten western cowboys were born in the eastern United States.Middle class black women became leaders of the movement for "racial uplift."

Mugwumps,Stalwarts,and Half-Breeds were divisions within the ____________________ Party.

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

The "Ghost Dance" was

Exodusters

Ida Wells was an advocate for

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

In Williams v.Mississippi,the U.S.Supreme Court outlawed the use of literacy and property qualifications to limit voting rights.

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

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Exam 2: A Transformed Nation: The West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Pendleton Civil Service Act passed during the presidential administration of ____________________.

The five "civilized tribes"

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

Southern cotton production after the Civil War was so plentiful,prices for it declined tremendously.

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

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.

Nine out of ten western cowboys were born in the eastern United States.Middle class black women became leaders of the movement for "racial uplift."

Mugwumps,Stalwarts,and Half-Breeds were divisions within the ____________________ Party.

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

The "Ghost Dance" was

Exodusters

Ida Wells was an advocate for

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

In Williams v.Mississippi,the U.S.Supreme Court outlawed the use of literacy and property qualifications to limit voting rights.

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

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

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