Question 1

By 1900, lumbering in the South had surpassed textiles in value.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-J. M. Chivington

Accepted Answer

A) editor of the Atlanta Constitution 
B) made improved plow for plains farmers 
C) a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene, Kansas, as the first successful cow town 
D) the foremost promoter of black migration to the West 
E) founded American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped American national character
H)led massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor 
A) editor of the Atlanta Constitution 
B) made improved plow for plains farmers 
C) a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene, Kansas, as the first successful cow town 
D) the foremost promoter of black migration to the West 
E) founded American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped American national character
H)led massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor

Question 3

The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged the development of thriving western farms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Twenty-five percent of the cowboys who participated in the Texas cattle drives were African Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the crop-lien system, farmers could grow little besides cotton, tobacco, or some other staple crop.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was designed to sever ties the Native Americans had with Canada. 
B)  It gave individual Indians up to 520 acres of land. 
C)  It made the KKK illegal. 
D)  It sought to "Americanize" Indians by dealing with them as individuals. 
E)  It made Native Americans U.S. citizens. 
A)  It was designed to sever ties the Native Americans had with Canada. 
B)  It gave individual Indians up to 520 acres of land. 
C)  It made the KKK illegal. 
D)  It sought to "Americanize" Indians by dealing with them as individuals. 
E)  It made Native Americans U.S. citizens.

Question 7

The open range meant

Accepted Answer

A)  land was owned by all 
B)  land was owned by the Indians 
C)  land was part of the public domain 
D)  land ownership had to be approved by Congress 
E)  land was open to mining 
A)  land was owned by all 
B)  land was owned by the Indians 
C)  land was part of the public domain 
D)  land ownership had to be approved by Congress 
E)  land was open to mining

Question 8

The frontier Indian wars began with the closing of the frontier in 1890.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Buffalo soldiers were:

Accepted Answer

A)  black soldiers who served in the West 
B)  Indian scouts who helped the army against the Plains tribes 
C)  white hunters who killed millions of buffalo 
D)  Jamaican immigrants who joined the army in exchange for citizenship 
E)  the Rough Riders who rode with William Cody 
A)  black soldiers who served in the West 
B)  Indian scouts who helped the army against the Plains tribes 
C)  white hunters who killed millions of buffalo 
D)  Jamaican immigrants who joined the army in exchange for citizenship 
E)  the Rough Riders who rode with William Cody

Question 10

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Henry Grady

Accepted Answer

A) editor of the Atlanta Constitution 
B) made improved plow for plains farmers 
C) a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene, Kansas, as the first successful cow town 
D) the foremost promoter of black migration to the West 
E) founded American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped American national character
H)led massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor 
A) editor of the Atlanta Constitution 
B) made improved plow for plains farmers 
C) a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene, Kansas, as the first successful cow town 
D) the foremost promoter of black migration to the West 
E) founded American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped American national character
H)led massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor

Question 11

A violent "Negrophobia" swept across only the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Rutherford B. Hayes

Accepted Answer

A) editor of the Atlanta Constitution 
B) made improved plow for plains farmers 
C) a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene, Kansas, as the first successful cow town 
D) the foremost promoter of black migration to the West 
E) founded American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped American national character
H)led massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor 
A) editor of the Atlanta Constitution 
B) made improved plow for plains farmers 
C) a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene, Kansas, as the first successful cow town 
D) the foremost promoter of black migration to the West 
E) founded American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped American national character
H)led massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor

Question 13

The American Tobacco Company was:

Accepted Answer

A)  based in Dallas, Texas 
B)  second only to the Bull Durham Company in cigarette production at the turn of the century 
C)  dominating the U.S. tobacco industry by the twentieth century 
D)  the first such government-owned company in the United States 
E)  Virginia's largest industrial employer 
A)  based in Dallas, Texas 
B)  second only to the Bull Durham Company in cigarette production at the turn of the century 
C)  dominating the U.S. tobacco industry by the twentieth century 
D)  the first such government-owned company in the United States 
E)  Virginia's largest industrial employer

Question 14

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Frederick Jackson Turner

Accepted Answer

A) editor of the Atlanta Constitution 
B) made improved plow for plains farmers 
C) a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene, Kansas, as the first successful cow town 
D) the foremost promoter of black migration to the West 
E) founded American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped American national character
H)led massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor 
A) editor of the Atlanta Constitution 
B) made improved plow for plains farmers 
C) a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene, Kansas, as the first successful cow town 
D) the foremost promoter of black migration to the West 
E) founded American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped American national character
H)led massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor

Question 15

By 1883, there were half a million cattle in eastern Montana.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the frontier shaped America's national character 
B)  equality has always been this country's leading ideal 
C)  America's culture is largely a copy of Europe's 
D)  the United States would become the world's leading power 
E)  America would have to find "new" Indians to conquer 
A)  the frontier shaped America's national character 
B)  equality has always been this country's leading ideal 
C)  America's culture is largely a copy of Europe's 
D)  the United States would become the world's leading power 
E)  America would have to find "new" Indians to conquer

Question 17

In the battle at the Little Bighorn River in 1876:

Accepted Answer

A)  General George Custer's troops defeated the Cherokee and Seminole Indians 
B)  some 2,500 Indians annihilated a detachment of 210 soldiers 
C)  Chief Red Cloud was captured and murdered 
D)  Sioux and Cheyenne Indians won a large chunk of the Montana Territory, which they kept for fourteen years 
E)  Sitting Bull scouted for the United States against his own people 
A)  General George Custer's troops defeated the Cherokee and Seminole Indians 
B)  some 2,500 Indians annihilated a detachment of 210 soldiers 
C)  Chief Red Cloud was captured and murdered 
D)  Sioux and Cheyenne Indians won a large chunk of the Montana Territory, which they kept for fourteen years 
E)  Sitting Bull scouted for the United States against his own people

Question 18

Proponents of creating a "New South" argued that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because:

Accepted Answer

A)  slavery was unsustainable 
B)  of its inept military leadership 
C)  the Union embraced more desirable cultural values 
D)  the southern elite were soft and undisciplined 
E)  it relied too much upon King Cotton 
A)  slavery was unsustainable 
B)  of its inept military leadership 
C)  the Union embraced more desirable cultural values 
D)  the southern elite were soft and undisciplined 
E)  it relied too much upon King Cotton

Question 19

Who was a prominent southern tobacco executive during the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  H. L. Mencken 
B)  Joe Camel 
C)  James Buchanan Duke 
D)  Henry Grady 
E)  Roy Bean 
A)  H. L. Mencken 
B)  Joe Camel 
C)  James Buchanan Duke 
D)  Henry Grady 
E)  Roy Bean

Question 20

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-James Buchanan Duke

Accepted Answer

A) editor of the Atlanta Constitution 
B) made improved plow for plains farmers 
C) a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene, Kansas, as the first successful cow town 
D) the foremost promoter of black migration to the West 
E) founded American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped American national character
H)led massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor 
A) editor of the Atlanta Constitution 
B) made improved plow for plains farmers 
C) a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene, Kansas, as the first successful cow town 
D) the foremost promoter of black migration to the West 
E) founded American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped American national character
H)led massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor

Exam 18: The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

By 1900, lumbering in the South had surpassed textiles in value.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -J. M. Chivington

The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged the development of thriving western farms.

Twenty-five percent of the cowboys who participated in the Texas cattle drives were African Americans.

In the crop-lien system, farmers could grow little besides cotton, tobacco, or some other staple crop.

What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?

The open range meant

The frontier Indian wars began with the closing of the frontier in 1890.

Buffalo soldiers were:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Henry Grady

A violent "Negrophobia" swept across only the South.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Rutherford B. Hayes

The American Tobacco Company was:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Frederick Jackson Turner

By 1883, there were half a million cattle in eastern Montana.

The historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued that:

In the battle at the Little Bighorn River in 1876:

Proponents of creating a "New South" argued that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because:

Who was a prominent southern tobacco executive during the late nineteenth century?

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -James Buchanan Duke

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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