Question 1

A homestead unit of 160 acres was too small for grain farming on the Great Plains.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The Dawes Act of 1887

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A)  was intended to preserve traditional Indian culture.
B)  denied United States citizenship to landowning Indian adults.
C)  was viewed by the United States government as a plan to save the Indians.
D)  ended the United States government's effort to assimilate Indian tribes.
E)  reaffirmed tribal ownership of western lands in the face of white claims to it.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

The Indian leader who said,"I am tired.My heart is sick and sad.From where the sun now stands,I will fight no more forever," was

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A)  Black Kettle.
B)  Sitting Bull.
C)  Chief Joseph.
D)  Crazy Horse.
E)  Cochise.F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran were painters from the "________ school" who celebrated the West in their art.

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Question 5

The Timber Culture Act and the Desert Land Act were both designed to limit individual homesteaders in the American West.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick Jackson Turner claimed

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A)  the frontier had made Americans a distinctive people.
B)  the United States should expand its northern and southern borders into Canada and Mexico to create new frontier land.
C)  the western wars between whites and Indians were a national disgrace.
D)  most of the frontier land was of little practical use for Americans.
E)  the frontier had repressed individualism,nationalism,and democracy in America.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT a significant source of resentment for the late nineteenth-century farmers?

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A)  railroads
B)  neighboring farms
C)  banks
D)  manufacturers
E)  pricesF) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

The 1866 attempt to create a "long drive" between Texas and Missouri ended in failure.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn in 1876 was made possible in part by an unusually large gathering of tribal warriors.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In the 1880s,the open range cattle industry declined as a result of

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A)  Indian wars.
B)  drought.
C)  disease.
D)  competition from Mexico.
E)  changing consumer habits in the East.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 11

In 1851 the new reservation policy known as "________" replaced the idea that large numbers of tribes could live in one great enclave.

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Question 12

The "Rocky Mountain school" of painting

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A)  marked a sharp departure from the artistic style of the Hudson River Valley painters.
B)  helped inspire the growth of tourism in the West.
C)  emphasized the primitive art of Indians and other indigenous peoples.
D)  first gained popular acceptance in the early twentieth century.
E)  was a significant influence on the abstract art that would soon flourish in Europe.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

Which of the following statements is true regarding western agriculture in the late nineteenth century?

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A)  The prices paid for American farm goods rose after the 1880s.
B)  The reality of farming was very much like its popular image with the public.
C)  Commercial farmers were not self-sufficient and made little effort to become so.
D)  Increasingly,more farmers owned the land on which they worked.
E)  American farm families were relatively unaffected by the effects of world production.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

A Paiute prophet named Wovoka was responsible for the "________."

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The answer of A Paiute prophet named Wovoka was responsible...

Question 15

In the Far West in the 1870s,the largest single Chinese community was located in

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A)  Seattle.
B)  Sacramento.
C)  San Diego.
D)  Los Angeles.
E)  San Francisco.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

The real West of the mid-nineteenth century bore little resemblance to its popular image.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Many of the Plains Indians subsisted largely through hunting ________.

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The answer of Many of the Plains Indians subsisted largely...

Question 18

By 1900,one of the three American territories in the contiguous United States that had NOT been granted statehood was

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A)  Arizona.
B)  Utah.
C)  Colorado.
D)  Nebraska.
E)  South Dakota.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

The post-1850 federal government reservation policy for American Indians had few benefits for either whites or Indians.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

White hostility to the Chinese immigrant was rooted in the perception that the Chinese were lazy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 16: The Conquest of the Far West

A homestead unit of 160 acres was too small for grain farming on the Great Plains.

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The "Rocky Mountain school" of painting

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In the Far West in the 1870s,the largest single Chinese community was located in

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Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran were painters from the "________ school" who celebrated the West in their art.

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A Paiute prophet named Wovoka was responsible for the "________."

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In the 1880s,the open range cattle industry declined as a result of

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In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick Jackson Turner claimed

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In 1851 the new reservation policy known as "________" replaced the idea that large numbers of tribes could live in one great enclave.

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The 1866 attempt to create a "long drive" between Texas and Missouri ended in failure.

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Which of the following statements is true regarding western agriculture in the late nineteenth century?

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The Timber Culture Act and the Desert Land Act were both designed to limit individual homesteaders in the American West.

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The post-1850 federal government reservation policy for American Indians had few benefits for either whites or Indians.

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The Indian leader who said,"I am tired.My heart is sick and sad.From where the sun now stands,I will fight no more forever," was

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Many of the Plains Indians subsisted largely through hunting ________.

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By 1900,one of the three American territories in the contiguous United States that had NOT been granted statehood was

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The Dawes Act of 1887

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Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn in 1876 was made possible in part by an unusually large gathering of tribal warriors.

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White hostility to the Chinese immigrant was rooted in the perception that the Chinese were lazy.

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Which of the following was NOT a significant source of resentment for the late nineteenth-century farmers?

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The real West of the mid-nineteenth century bore little resemblance to its popular image.

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