Question 1

The buffalo were nearly exterminated

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A)   as a result of being overhunted by the Indians.
B)   when their grasslands were turned into wheat and corn fields.
C)   when their meat became valued in eastern markets.
D)   by disease.
E)   through wholesale butchery by whites.

Question 2

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 3

The authors contend that "American history cannot be properly understood unless it is viewed in light of the westward-moving experience." Do you agree? Why or why not? What unique contributions did the frontier make to American life?

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I agree with the authors' contention tha...

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Indian Reorganization Act ("Indian New Deal")

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The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), als...

Question 5

Match each Indian chief below with his tribe.

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

Question 6

The Populist party's presidential candidate in 1892 was

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A)   James B. Weaver.
B)   William Jennings Bryan.
C)   Mary Elizabeth Lease.
D)   Adlai Stevenson.
E)   William "Coin" Harvey.

Question 7

In the decades after the Civil War,most American farmers

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A)   became attached to their family farms.
B)   diversified their crops.
C)   became increasingly self-sufficient.
D)   saw their numbers grow as more people moved west.
E)   grew a single cash crop.

Question 8

After exploring much of the West,geologist John Wesley Powell warned in 1874 that

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A)   the rush of settlers was devastating the western environment.
B)   land west of the 100th meridian could not be farmed without extensive irrigation.
C)   damming western rivers for irrigation purposes would damage mountains and forests.
D)   mining was the only industry that could sustain the western economy.
E)   the cattle industry would eventually falter because of severe western winters.

Question 9

For Native Americans in the West,tribes were

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A)   the way they perceived their differences with other Indian groups.
B)   a system of socially organizing themselves.
C)   a fiction of the white imagination.
D)   a better alternative to the scattered bands that they had had in the past.
E)   None of these

Question 10

Why did free silver become the key issue of the farmers' revolt? What other issues were important to them? Explain why Populism came down to a single-issue movement by 1896 and how this fixation may have harmed their cause.

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Free silver became the key issue of the ...

Question 11

Trace the history of the currency question in American politics from the aftermath of the Civil War to the passage of the Gold Standard Act.

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After the Civil War, the United States f...

Question 12

The safety valve theory that the West dampened class conflict,while exaggerated,did have some validity because

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A)   free western land did attract many immigrants to the West who might have crowded urban job markets.
B)   western farmers tended to be politically more conservative than those in the East.
C)   wealthy western farmers hired many unemployed laborers from eastern cities.
D)   eastern city dwellers headed west to get free homesteads during depressions.
E)   western cities had less class conflict than those in the East.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James B.Hickok

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James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wi...

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James B.Weaver

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James Baird Weaver (1833–1912) was an Am...

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Battle of Little Bighorn

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The Battle of Little Bighorn, also known...

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Arapahoes

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The Arapahoes, also known as the Arapaho...

Question 17

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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The Populist party, also known as the Pe...

Question 18

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; and (D) Congress restores the tribal basis of Indian life.

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A)   A, B, C, D
B)   B, A, C, D
C)   A, D, B, C
D)   D, C, A, B
E)   C, B, D, A

Question 19

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

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William Hope "Coin" Harvey was an Americ...

Question 20

What do you think was the major technological innovation that influenced life on the Great Plains frontier? Why?

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Exam 26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Battle of Little Bighorn

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The Populist party's presidential candidate in 1892 was

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James B.Weaver

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