Question 1

Mining in the west

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A)  did not see any great mineral strikes until after the Civil War.
B)  flourished until the 1930s.
C)  saw corporations move in first, followed by individual prospectors.
D)  kept ranchers and farmers from establishing their own economic base.
E)  produced the region's first economic boom.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 2

The 1890 massacre at ____________________ signaled the end of the western wars against the Native American.

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Question 3

In the late nineteenth century, which of the following was NOT a major western industry?

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A)  mining
B)  fur trading
C)  ranching
D)  commercial farming
E)  railroad buildingF) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 4

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864

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A)  involved the killing of Indian women and children.
B)  saw the death of Chief Black Kettle.
C)  was carried out by George Custer.
D)  moved Colonel J.M.Chivington to denounce the United States Army.
E)  All the answers are correct.F) All of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 6

In the 1870s, in the Far West 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) C) and D)

Question 7

Before 1860, the traditional policy of the federal government was to regard Indians as

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A)  members of dependent states.
B)  a natural enemy of the United States.
C)  wards of the president of the United States.
D)  non-humans.
E)  citizens of the United States.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 8

The last Indian tribe to maintain organized resistance against the whites was the ____________________.

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Question 9

During the nineteenth century, in the Far West the term "coolie"

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A)  was a description for all Asian immigrants.
B)  was an epithet used by whites to describe members of Chinese tongs.
C)  applied to all non-Indians who came to the Far West before the California gold rush.
D)  was a slang term for prostitutes in mining towns.
E)  referred to Chinese indentured servants.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 10

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the working class in the western economy was

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A)  highly multiracial.
B)  highly divided along racial lines.
C)  paid higher wages than workers in the East.
D)  All the answers are correct.
E)  None of the answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

What was Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis" and what are the criticisms of it?

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Question 12

In the mid-nineteenth century, Hispanic society in the Southwest grew, despite the increasing Anglo-American settlement in that area.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn

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A)  took place in Wyoming.
B)  saw the destruction of the entire Seventh Cavalry.
C)  was a short-lived Indian victory.
D)  marked the start of prolonged warfare in the Dakotas.
E)  saw the Sioux united under Sitting Bull and Geronimo.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 14

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

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A)  railroads
B)  state governments
C)  banks
D)  manufacturers
E)  pricesF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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A)  resulted in the deportation of half of the Chinese in the United States.
B)  was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
C)  banned Chinese in the United States from becoming naturalized citizens.
D)  was only applied in California.
E)  had little effect on the size of the Chinese population in America.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 16

A number of Chinese immigrants worked in the mines of California before turning to the railroad for employment.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Commercial farmers in the Midwest and West were forced to become self-sufficient.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Range wars in the West were fought between farmers and _____________.

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Question 19

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) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 20

The most widespread Indian groups in the West were the __________________.

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Exam 16: The Conquest of the Far West

In the late nineteenth century, which of the following was NOT a major western industry?

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The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864

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A number of Chinese immigrants worked in the mines of California before turning to the railroad for employment.

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The most widespread Indian groups in the West were the __________________.

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The 1890 massacre at ____________________ signaled the end of the western wars against the Native American.

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, the working class in the western economy was

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

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The 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn

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

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

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Mining in the west

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The last Indian tribe to maintain organized resistance against the whites was the ____________________.

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What was Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis" and what are the criticisms of it?

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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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During the nineteenth century, in the Far West the term "coolie"

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In the mid-nineteenth century, Hispanic society in the Southwest grew, despite the increasing Anglo-American settlement in that area.

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Commercial farmers in the Midwest and West were forced to become self-sufficient.

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Before 1860, the traditional policy of the federal government was to regard Indians as

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Range wars in the West were fought between farmers and _____________.

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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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