Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Treaty of Fort Laramie

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Question 2

Which of the following was not among the qualifications that helped William McKinley earn the Republican presidential nomination in 1896?

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A)  He came from the key electoral swing state of Ohio. 
B)  He had acquired many years of honorable service in Congress. 
C)  He was a likable and esteemed Civil War veteran. 
D)  He was backed by the skilled political manager and fund raiser Mark Hanna. 
E)  He was an energetic and charismatic campaigner.

Question 3

Explain why the Populist party became the most successful third party in American history up to that time. Explain why it failed to survive the decade of the 1890s.

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Question 4

In the last decades of the nineteenth century, the volume of agricultural goods ____, and the price received for these goods ____.

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A)  increased; decreased 
B)  decreased; increased 
C)  increased; also increased 
D)  decreased; also decreased 
E)  increased; stayed the same.

Question 5

The decline of the long drive and the cattle boom resulted from

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A)  the settlement of homesteading farmers on range land. 
B)  a series of extraordinarily severe winters. 
C)  overgrazing and overproduction. 
D)  the inability to recruit enough veteran cowboys. 
E)  barbed-wire fencing.

Question 6

As president, William McKinley can best be described as

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A)  cautious and conservative. 
B)  a man of little ability. 
C)  an active reformer. 
D)  a person willing to go against the opinion of the majority. 
E)  a skillful negotiator.

Question 7

Explain the ultimate defeat of the Plains Indians by whites. Select and discuss at least three major reasons for the decline of the Plains culture; then tell which you think was the most important and why.

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Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Hope Harvey

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Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William J. Fetterman

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Question 10

Jacob Coxey and his army marched on Washington, D.C., to

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A)  demand a larger military budget. 
B)  protest the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. 
C)  demand that the government relieve unemployment with a public works program. 
D)  try to promote a general strike of all workers. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 11

Which one of the following was not among influential Populist leaders?

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A)  William "Coin" Harvey 
B)  Ignatius Donnelley 
C)  Mary Elizabeth Lease 
D)  James B. Weaver 
E)  Eugene V. Debs

Question 12

Populists often charged that there was conspiracy between government and big business aimed at holding down farmers and workers, and the federal courts were only the tools of banks and big business. What evidence did they cite for this charge? Does their argument convince you? Why or why not?

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Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dawes Severalty Act

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Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Marcus Alonzo Hanna

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Question 15

Labor unions, Populists, and debtors saw in the brutal Pullman episode

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A)  proof of an alliance between big business, the federal government, and the courts against working people. 
B)  a strategy by which united working-class action could succeed. 
C)  the need for a socialist party in the United States. 
D)  the potential of the federal government as a counterweight to big business. 
E)  the fallacy of using labor for organizing strikes to achieve economic gains for working-class citizens.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"16 to 1"

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Question 17

The severe economic depression of the 1890s strengthened the Populists' argument that

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A)  the abolition of all metallic money in favor of paper was essential. 
B)  white and black farmers had common economic interests 
C)  government should not own the railroads, telephone, and telegraph companies. 
D)  farmers had nothing in common with the residents of industrial cities. 
E)  wage earners and farmers alike were victims of an oppressive economic and political system.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sooner State

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Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ignatius Donnelley

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Question 20

During the 1892 presidential election, large numbers of southern white farmers refused to desert the Democratic Party and support the Populist Party because

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A)  they did not think the Populists represented their political interests. 
B)  they were not experiencing the same hard times as Midwestern farmers. 
C)  the history of racial division in the region made it hard to cooperate with blacks. 
D)  they believed that too many Populists were former Republicans. 
E)  they could not accept the Populists' call for government ownership of the railroads, telegraph, and telephones.

Exam 5: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Treaty of Fort Laramie

Which of the following was not among the qualifications that helped William McKinley earn the Republican presidential nomination in 1896?

Explain why the Populist party became the most successful third party in American history up to that time. Explain why it failed to survive the decade of the 1890s.

In the last decades of the nineteenth century, the volume of agricultural goods , and the price received for these goods .

The decline of the long drive and the cattle boom resulted from

As president, William McKinley can best be described as

Explain the ultimate defeat of the Plains Indians by whites. Select and discuss at least three major reasons for the decline of the Plains culture; then tell which you think was the most important and why.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Hope Harvey

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William J. Fetterman

Jacob Coxey and his army marched on Washington, D.C., to

Which one of the following was not among influential Populist leaders?

Populists often charged that there was conspiracy between government and big business aimed at holding down farmers and workers, and the federal courts were only the tools of banks and big business. What evidence did they cite for this charge? Does their argument convince you? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dawes Severalty Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Marcus Alonzo Hanna

Labor unions, Populists, and debtors saw in the brutal Pullman episode

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"16 to 1"

The severe economic depression of the 1890s strengthened the Populists' argument that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sooner State

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ignatius Donnelley

During the 1892 presidential election, large numbers of southern white farmers refused to desert the Democratic Party and support the Populist Party because