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26 The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896
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1In post-Civil War America, what was the only reason that Indians voluntarily surrendered their ancestral land?
- AIndians chose to migrate further wast from their ancestral lands for superior farming
- BIndians received solemn promises from the federal government that they would be left alone and provided with food, clothing, and supplies on their remaining lands
- CIndians traded land to whites for rifles, blankets, food, and medicine
- DIndians were permitted to control the supply of food, buffalo, and other staples within the reservations
2What sparked a new round of warfare between the Sioux tribe and the U.S. Army in 1874?
- AThe massacre of U.S. Army Captain William Fetterman and his soldiers by a Sioux war party near the Bozeman Trail
- BThe start of an effort by Sioux Chief Crazy Horse to drive all whites from Montana and the Dakotas
- CAn expedition by U.S. Army Colonel George Custer to Little Big Horn, Montana
- DThe discovery of gold by Colonel George Custer on Sioux land in the Black Hills
3All of the following factors contributed to the ultimate surrender of the Plains Indians by the 1880's EXCEPT:
- Athe coming of the railroads
- Bthe successive waves of army troops, farmers, cattlemen, sheepherders, and settlers competing for and seizing Plains Indian lands, food and other staples, and natural resources
- Cthe failure of Plains Indians to display courage, cunning, and cruelty in warfare
- Dmedical ravaging of the Indian population by white people's disease
4In an effort to assimilate Indians into American society, the Dawes Act did all of the following EXCEPT:
- Adissolving many tribes as legal entities
- Babolishing tribal ownership of land
- Cpromising Indians U.S. citizenship in twenty-five years
- Doutlawing the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance
5What was the most important role played by the mining frontier?
- ABringing law and order the the West
- BAttracting substantial white population and wealth to the West
- CReducing the intensity of conflict between whites and Indians
- DEnsuring that the mining industry would remain in the hands of independent and small businessmen
6Which of the following was NOT a serious obstacle or difficulty encountered by families seeking to farm in the frontier West?
- AInsufficient quantities of acreage for productive farming in the rain scarce Great Plains offered for sale through the Homestead Act
- BLand grabbing promoters and speculators obtaining the most attractive land for farming
- CInhospitable soil and inadequate available technology for farming the prairie sod of the Great Plains
- DUnscrupulous corporations using dummy homesteaders to obtain the best land
7Among the following, which group was least likely to migrate to the cattle and farming frontier of the West?
- AEastern city dwellers
- BEastern farmers
- CAfrican Americans
- DMidwestern farmers
8Why were Americans disturbed when the superintendent of the census announced in 1890 that a stable frontier line was no longer discernible?
- AAmericans now knew that the Homestead Act would no longer provide them with adequate amounts of cheap, hospitable western lands to farm
- BAmericans believed that this declaration meant a renewal of the Indian wars
- CIt meant that a renewal of political tensions and warfare with Mexico was inevitable
- DThe promise of an endlessly open and vacant West, an element of American's mythological history from its beginnings, was now over
9How does the safety valve theory of frontier America explain the role of the West in dampening class conflict in the United States?
- AFree western land attracted many immigrants to the West who might otherwise have clogged urban eastern job markets and depressed the wages of eastern city dwellers
- BWestern farmers tended to be more politically conservative than those in the East and thus less apt to support populist or radical appeals to their economic conditions
- CWealthy western farmers hired many unemployed laborers from eastern cities to reduce unemployment in the East
- DWestern cities had less class conflict than those in the East
10Which of the following did late-nineteenth century farmers believe to be most responsible for their difficult economic circumstances:
- ALow tariff rates
- BOverpopulation
- CA deflated currency
- DAn inflated currency
11The Populist party sought to win farmers and labors political support by endorsing all of the following EXCEPT:
- Anationalizing the railroads, telephone, and telegraph
- Ba graduated income tax
- Cfree coinage of silver
- Dlow tariff rates
12What was the primary lesson drawn by labor unions, Populists, and debtors from the violent legal end of the Pullman railway strike?
- AProof of an alliance among big business, the federal government, and the courts against working people
- BA strategy by which united working class action could succeed
- CThe potential for the federal government to act as an effective counterweight to big business
- DThe ability to rely on the courts to uphold the rights of workers to strike for better wages and working conditions
13All of the following characterized the election of 1896 EXCEPT:
- Athe major political issue of the election was free and unlimited coinage of silver
- Ban ushering in of an extended period of increased voter participation, the strengthening of party organizations, and the continued presence of the money question and civil service reforms in the national political discourse
- Cit was the last time in American history that a serious effort to win the White House would be made by mostly agrarian voters
- Dmillions of dollars were raised from trusts and big businessmen by Republican National Committee Chairman Mark Hanna to ensure the election of William McKinley and protect big business interest
14What was the primary cause of the monetary inflation that eventually relieved, but did not end, the social and economic hardships of the late nineteenth century?
- AThe Gold Standard Act
- BMcKinley's adoption of the bimetallic standard
- CAn increase in the international gold supply
- DPopulist fusion with the Democratic party
15The historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the frontier shaped America by:
- Akilling off many of the most adventurous individuals
- Bstimulating individualism, nationalism, and democracy
- Cproducing institutions very much like those of Europe
- Dcreating new opportunities for women
16During the late 1800s, farmers supported free and unlimited coinage of silver mainly because they believed that it would lead to?
- Athe establishment of government farm price supports
- Bhigher prices for farm products
- Cthe lowering of rates charged by railroads
- Dlower prices for consumer goods
17The United States government's outlawing of the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance in 1890 resulted in the?
- ABattle of Little Big Horn
- BBattle of Potowanamie Creek
- CMassacre at Sand Creek
- DBattle of Wounded Knee
18The two factors that did most to stimulate rapid western settlement were?
- Athe Homestead Act and the railroad
- Bremoval of the buffalo and Native Americans from the plains
- Cthe gold rushes and the rise of the great cattle kingdom
- Dthe removal of the Indians and the gold rushes
19Open range ranching came to an end due to:
- Athe range wars between cattlemen and sheepherders
- Bincrease in cattle production in the Midwest and East
- Cfencing of the plains with barbed wire
- Doverproduction of beef and declining prices
20The basic economic motivation behind the coinage of silver was to:
- Aencourage reduced production of agriculture products
- Bease the burden of debtors
- Cincrease foreign trade
- Dencourage increased production of agriculture products
21After the Granger laws ran into legal problems and were overturned in the case of Wabash v. Illiniois, Congress attempted to provide relief through the?
- ASherman Antitrust Act
- Bgraduated income tax
- CHomestead Act
- DInterstate Commerce Act
22Helen Hunt Jackson's book entitled "A Century of Dishonor" (1880) recounted?
- AAmerican imperialism and its effects on the middle class
- Bthe atrocities of the Spanish-American War
- Cthe long record of broken treaties and injustices against American Indians
- Dthe abuses involving big business trusts in America
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