Question 1

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Helen Hunt Jackson

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 2

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Joseph McCoy

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

This export crop spurred growth in agriculture in the West during the late nineteenth century:

Accepted Answer

A)  cotton 
B)  rice 
C)  corn 
D)  wheat 
E)  cattle 
A)  cotton 
B)  rice 
C)  corn 
D)  wheat 
E)  cattle

Question 4

All of the following groups were prominent in the West during the late nineteenth century EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Exodusters 
B)  cowboys 
C)  slaves 
D)  miners 
E)  Indians 
A)  Exodusters 
B)  cowboys 
C)  slaves 
D)  miners 
E)  Indians

Question 5

Why did tenant farmers have no incentive to take care of the farmland that they were on?

Accepted Answer

A)  They did not own the land on which they farmed. 
B)  It was not part of their tenant agreement. 
C)  They did not have the basic skills to keep it up. 
D)  They were tired of their status as tenant farmers. 
E)  Cotton replenishes the soil by adding nitrogen. 
A)  They did not own the land on which they farmed. 
B)  It was not part of their tenant agreement. 
C)  They did not have the basic skills to keep it up. 
D)  They were tired of their status as tenant farmers. 
E)  Cotton replenishes the soil by adding nitrogen.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Helen Hunt Jackson

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Joseph McCoy

This export crop spurred growth in agriculture in the West during the late nineteenth century:

All of the following groups were prominent in the West during the late nineteenth century EXCEPT:

Why did tenant farmers have no incentive to take care of the farmland that they were on?

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

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Helen Hunt Jackson

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Joseph McCoy

This export crop spurred growth in agriculture in the West during the late nineteenth century:

All of the following groups were prominent in the West during the late nineteenth century EXCEPT:

Why did tenant farmers have no incentive to take care of the farmland that they were on?

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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