Chapter 26 Test 11.11.15

Question 1

The Plains Indians were finally forced to surrender

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by the coming of the railroads and the virtual extermination of the buffalo

Question 2

The mining frontier played a vital role in

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attracting the first substantial white population to the West

Question 3

In the long run, the group that probably did the most to shape the modern West was the

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hydraulic engineers

Question 4

A major problem faced by settlers on the Great Plains in the 1870’s was

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the scarcity of water

Question 5

The enormous mineral wealth taken from the mining frontier of the West

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helped to finance the Civil War

Question 6

The wild frontier towns where the three major cattle trails from Texas ended were

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Abilene, Kansas; Ogalalla, Nebraska; and Cheyenne, Wyoming

Question 7

The Homestead Act

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was a drastic departure from previous government public land policy designed to raise revenue

Question 8

One problem with the Homestead Act was that

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160 acres were inadequate for productive farming on the rain-scarce Great Plains

Question 9

“Sooners” were settlers who “jumped the gun” in order to

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claim land in Oklahoma

Question 10

The Nex Perce Indians of Idaho were goaded into war when

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the federal government attempted to put them on a reservation$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Question 11

The buffalo were nearly exterminated

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through wholesale butchery by whites

Question 12

To assimilate Indians into American society, the Dawes Act did all of the following EXCEPT

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outlaw the scared Sun Dance

Question 13

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Dawes Severalty Act is passed; (B) Oklahoma land rush takes place; (C) Indians are granted full citizenship; (D) Congress restores the tribal basis of Indian life

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A, B, C, D

Question 14

The bitter conflict between whites and Indians intensified

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as the mining frontier expanded

Question 15

In the post Civil War America, Indians only surrendered their land when they

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received solemn promises from the government that they would be left alone and provided with supplies on the remaining land

Question 16

The nineteenth century humanitarians who advocated “kind” treatment of the Indians

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had no more respect for traditional Indian culture than those who sought to exterminate them

Question 17

The indians battled whites for the all the following reasons EXCEPT to

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rescue their families who had been exiled to Oklahoma

Question 18

Match each Indian chief below with his tribe.

A. Chief Joseph 1. Apache
B. Sitting Bull 2. Cheyenne
C. Geronimo 3. Nez Perce
4. Sioux

Answer 18

A-3, B-4, C-1

Question 19

The Homestead Act assumed that public land should be administered in such a way as to

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promote frontier settlement

Question 20

Among the following, the LEAST likely to migrate to the cattle farming frontier were

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eastern city dwellers

Question 21

A Century of Dishonor (1881), which chronicled the dismal history of Indian-White relations, was authored by

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Helen Hunt Jackson

Question 22

As a result of the complete defeat of Captain William Fetterman’s command in 1866

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the government abandoned the Bozeman Trail and guaranteed the Sioux their lands

Question 23

The United States government’s outlawing of the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance in 1890 resulted in the

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Battle of Wounded Knee

Question 24

The Dawes Severalty Act was designed to promote Indian

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assimilation

Question 25

In the warfare that raged between the Indians and the American military after the Civil War

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there was often great cruelty and massacres on both sides

Question 26

The first major farmers’ organization was the

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Patrons of Husbandry

Question 27

Farmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because they

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were not well educated

Question 28

The area of the country in which the federal government has done the most to aid economic and social development is

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the West

Question 29

With agricultural production rising drastically in the post-Civil War years

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tenant farming spread rapidly throughout the Midwest and South

Question 30

Which of the following provides the LEAST valid support of the theory that the frontier served as a “safety valve” for American social discontent and economic conflict?

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Eastern city dwellers headed west to get free homesteads during depressions

Question 31

Cities like Denver and San Francisco did serve as a major “safety valve” by providing

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a home for failed farmers and busted miners

Question 32

The Farmers’ Alliance was especially weakened by

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the exclusion of black farmers

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The Populits Party’s presidential candidate in 1892 was

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James B. Weaver

Question 34

Late nineteenth-century farmers believed that their difficulties stemmed primarily from

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the deflated currency

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The root cause of the American farmers’ problem after 1880 was

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overproduction of agricultural goods

Question 36

Battle of Wounded Knee

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Conflict over the Ghost Dance where the U.S. military killed over 200 men, women and children in 1890

Question 37

The Populist Party arose as the direct successor to

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the Farmers’ Alliance

Question 38

The Populists

a. None of the choices are correct.This answer is correct.
b. refused to look to the federal government for assistance.
c. gained most of their electoral votes from the South.
d. received substantial support from industrial workers.

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a. None of the choices are correct

Question 39

The Farmers’ Alliance was formed to

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take action to break the strangling grip of the railroads

Question 40

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

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increased; decreased

Question 41

In 1890, when the superintendant of the census announced that a stable frontier line was no longer discernable,

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Americans were disturbed that the free land of the West was gone

Question 42

The original purpose of the Grange was to

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stimulate self-improvement through educational and social activities

Question 43

In several states, farmers helped to pass the “Granger Laws,” which

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regulated railroad rates

Question 44

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

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Eugene V. Debs

Question 45

The real “safety valve” in the late nineteenth century was

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the western cities

Question 46

In a bid to win labor’s support, the Populist Party

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opposed injunctions against labor strikes

Question 47

In the decades after the Civil War, most American farmers

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grew a single cash crop

Question 48

William Jennings Bryan gained the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party primarily because he

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eloquently supported the farmers’ demand for the unlimited coinage of silver

Question 49

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

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demand that the government relieve unemployment with a public works program

Question 50

Match each individual with his role in the Pullman Strike:

A. Richard Olney 1. Head of the American Railway Union that organized the strike
B. Eugene V. Debs 2. Governor of Illinois who sympathized with the striking workers
C. George Pullman 3. United States Attorney General who brought in federal troops to crush the strike
D. John P. Altgeld 4. Owner of the “palace railroad car” company and company town where the strike began

Answer 50

A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

Question 51

The Democrtic Party nominee for president in 1896 was_______________________________; the Republicans nominated______________________________________; and the Populists endorsed_____________________________.

Answer 51

William Jennings Bryan; William McKinley; William Jennings Bryan

Question 52

The 1896 victory of William McKinley ushered in a long period of Republican dominance that was accompanied by

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diminishing voter participation in elections

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The monetary inflation needed to relieve the social and economic hardships of the late nineteenth century eventually came as a result of

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an increase in the international gold supply

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The Pullman strike created the first instance of

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government use of a federal court injunction to break a strike

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President Grover Cleveland justified federal intervention in the Pullman strike of 1894 on the grounds that

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the strike was preventing the transit of U.S. mail

Question 56

In the election of 1896, the major issue became

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free and unlimited coinage of silver

Question 57

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

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He was an energetic and charismatic campaigner

Question 58

As president, William McKinley can best be described as

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cautious and conservative

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Mark Hanna, the Ohio Republican president-maker, believed that the prime function of government was to

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aid business

Question 60

The strongest ally of Mark Hanna and the Republicans in the 1896 presidential election was

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fear of the alleged radicalism of William Jennings Bryan and the free silver cause

Question 61

The 1896 presidential election marked the last time that

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a serious effort to win the White House would be made with mostly agrarian votes

Question 62

All of the following characteristics describe William Jennings Bryan in 1896 EXCEPT

a. he was very youthful.
b. he was an energetic and charismatic campaigner.
c. he had a brilliant mind.
d. he was an excellent orator.

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c. he had a brilliant mind

Question 63

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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the history of racial division in the region made it hard to cooperate with blacks

Question 64

The depression of the 1890’s and episodes like the Pullman Strike made the election of 1896 shape up as

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a battle between down-and-out workers and farmers and establishment conservatives

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

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proof of an alliance between big business, the federal government, and the courts against the working people

Question 66

One key to the Republican victory in the 1896 presidential election was the

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support of farmers

Question 67

Which one of the following was LEAST sympathetic to workers and farmers hard-pressed by the Depression of 1893?

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Richard Olney