Question 1

In 1890 at Wounded Knee,South Dakota,

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A)   the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred up to 200 Indians.
B)   All these answers are correct.
C)   the Sioux attempted to leave the reservation for Canada.
D)   Plains Indians mounted their last major attack on white Americans.
E)   the U.S. Seventh Cavalry suffered no casualties.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

How did Native Americans respond to federal government policies-and to military actions against them?

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Question 3

In 1890,the "Ghost Dance"

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A)   was a spiritual revival among Plains Indians.
B)   All these answers are correct.
C)   was a spiritual revival among Plains Indians, inspired by the Paiute prophet Chief Joseph.
D)   marked the resumption of hostilities by Plains Indians.
E)   honored all the Indians who had died in battle with white Americans.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 4

In the late nineteenth century,why was assimilation between the peoples of the United States and Indian tribes difficult to attain?

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In the late nineteenth century, assimila...

Question 5

Assess the Chinese experience in the West during the second half of the nineteenth century.Given the strong discrimination,why did they stay in the United States and how did they manage to support themselves?

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Question 6

Men in mining towns greatly outnumbered women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

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

Question 8

The Homestead Act of 1862

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A)   proved to be enormously popular with western ranchers.
B)   only applied to public lands within the borders of an organized state.
C)   was later expanded by the Timber Culture Act.
D)   saw settlers on the Plains complain the claims were too large for grain farming.
E)   gave without condition 160 acres to all settlers who would move to the West.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 9

Permanent settlements were somewhat rare among the Plains Indians.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

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A)   most of the frontier land was of little practical use for Americans.
B)   the western wars between whites and Indians were a national disgrace.
C)   that the end of the "frontier" also marked the end of one of the most important democratizing forces in American life.
D)   the frontier had repressed individualism, nationalism, and democracy in America.
E)   the United States should expand its northern and southern borders into Canada and Mexico to create new frontier land.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

The Comstock Lode primarily produced

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A)   gold.
B)   silver.
C)   lead.
D)   copper.
E)   zinc.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 12

By the mid-1840s,the American West

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A)   had seen the elimination of nearly all Indian tribes.
B)   was still an empty, desolate land.
C)   contained few migrants from the United States.
D)   closely resembled its popular image.
E)   was extensively populated.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 13

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

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A)   competition from Mexico.
B)   changing consumer habits in the East.
C)   disease.
D)   severe weather.
E)   Indian wars.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

Which Indian chief was murdered during the Civil War after white soldiers tricked him into surrendering?

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A)   Wovoka
B)   Mangas Colorados
C)   Cochise
D)   Geronimo
E)   Sitting BullF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 15

Chinese tongs were

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A)   community officials.
B)   indentured servants.
C)   secret societies.
D)   prostitutes.
E)   merchants.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

In his writings during the late 1800s,the popular author Hamlin Garland

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A)   argued the Plains should be abandoned by Americans.
B)   romanticized agrarian life in the West.
C)   criticized western farmers for failing to develop a stable industry.
D)   reflected the growing disillusionment of western farmers.
E)   suggested the trials of rural life refined and enlarged the human spirit.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

In the late nineteenth century,which of the following was NOT a major western industry that relied on the East for markets and capital?

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A)   fur trading
B)   mining
C)   ranching
D)   both fur trading and ranching
E)   commercial farmingF) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

White agents who observed the Indian "Ghost Dance" often did not understand it.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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A)   banned Chinese in the United States from becoming naturalized citizens.
B)   had little effect on the size of the Chinese population in America.
C)   was only applied in California.
D)   was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
E)   resulted in the deportation of half of the Chinese in the United States.F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 20

At the end of the Civil War,whites stepped up their wars against the western Indians on several fronts.

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A) True 
 B)False

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