Question 1

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 2

All of the following writers and artists made significant contributions to the romanticizing of the American West EXCEPT

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A)   Frederic Remington.
B)   Mark Twain.
C)   Theodore Roosevelt.
D)   James Whistler.
E)   Frederick Jackson Turner.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

American Indians were generally accepting and supportive of the terms of the Dawes Act.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The most valuable mineral in the great Comstock Lode was gold.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

By ancestry, the western cattle industry was Mexican and Texan.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The western working class was highly multiracial and stratified along racial lines.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The federal government reservation policy known as "concentration" had few benefits for either whites or Indians.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The number of men in mining towns greatly outnumbered the number of women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

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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 stratified along racial lines.
C)   paid higher wages than workers in the East.
D)   both highly multiracial and paid higher wages than workers in the East.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 11

The Homestead Act of 1862

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

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

In the late nineteenth century, "range wars" in the West were often between

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A)   white Americans and Indians.
B)   white American ranchers and Mexican ranchers.
C)   white American ranchers and Chinese ranchers.
D)   individual white American ranchers and large American ranching corporations.
E)   white American ranchers and farmers.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

Before 1860, the traditional policy of the federal government was to regard Indians partly 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) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 15

Range wars in the West were often fought between ranchers and ________.

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Question 16

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

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Question 17

Chinese tongs were

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

Question 18

By the end of the nineteenth century, the Hispanic presence in California was concentrated in the working class.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota,

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A)   Plains Indians mounted their last major attack on white Americans.
B)   the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred more than 300 Indians.
C)   the Sioux attempted to leave the reservation for Canada.
D)   the U.S. Seventh Cavalry suffered no casualties.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

The western farmers' first and most burning grievance was directed against the ________.

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Exam 16: The Conquest of the Far West

The western farmers' first and most burning grievance was directed against the ________.

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By ancestry, the western cattle industry was Mexican and Texan.

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American Indians were generally accepting and supportive of the terms of the Dawes Act.

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The most valuable mineral in the great Comstock Lode was gold.

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

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By the end of the nineteenth century, the Hispanic presence in California was concentrated in the working class.

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

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All of the following writers and artists made significant contributions to the romanticizing of the American West EXCEPT

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The number of men in mining towns greatly outnumbered the number of women.

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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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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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The western working class was highly multiracial and stratified along racial lines.

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In the late nineteenth century, "range wars" in the West were often between

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In 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota,

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The federal government reservation policy known as "concentration" had few benefits for either whites or Indians.

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The Homestead Act of 1862

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Range wars in the West were often fought between ranchers and ________.

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

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