Question 1

The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   lariats.
C)   spurs.
D)   leather chaps.
E)   saddles.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

In the 1840s and 1850s,in the Far West,the response by white Americans to the Chinese

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A)   was one of consistent hostility.
B)   moved from initial acceptance to gradual hostility.
C)   moved from initial hostility to gradual acceptance.
D)   was one of consistent acceptance.
E)   depended mainly on whether the white American was pro-slavery or antislavery.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

During the latter half of the nineteenth century,the structure of the cattle industry became increasingly corporate.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the late nineteenth century,regarding western agriculture,

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A)   commercial farmers were not self-sufficient and made little effort to become so.
B)   farmers increasingly owned the land on which they worked.
C)   the reality of farming was very much like its popular image with the public.
D)   American farm families were relatively unaffected by the effects of world production.
E)   the prices paid for American farm goods rose after the 1880s.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

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

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A)   wards of the president of the United States.
B)   members of dependent states.
C)   nonhumans.
D)   citizens of the United States.
E)   a natural enemy of the United States.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D) A

Question 6

A homestead unit of 160 acres was too small for grain farming on the Great Plains.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 7

Describe the rise and decline of the western Plains farmer in the late nineteenth century.

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The late nineteenth century saw a signif...

Question 8

White hostility to Chinese immigrants was rooted in the perception that they were lazy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Describe the origins and development of the Texas cattle industry.

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The origins of the Texas cattle industry...

Question 10

Early in 1866,a massive joint cattle drive from Texas to Missouri

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   saw the herds suffer heavy losses.
C)   both proved that cattle could be driven to distant markets, and established a link to the booming urban markets of the East.
D)   proved that cattle could be driven to distant markets.
E)   established a link to the booming urban markets of the East.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 11

Late-nineteenth-century American farmers increasingly sold their produce in competitive international markets and bought their supplies in a domestic market protected by tariffs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

In what ways did the American West not conform to its popular image?

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The American West did not conform to its...

Question 14

The Chinese from California became the major source of labor for the transcontinental railroad in part because

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A)   most were experienced in railroad construction.
B)   their more well-established unions won the railroad contracts.
C)   most were forced into working for the railroads.
D)   they worked for lower wages than what whites would accept.
E)   they had no other employment prospects.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864

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

Question 16

What economic factors would motivate someone to move to the West during the second half of the nineteenth century?

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During the second half of the nineteenth...

Question 17

Management of Indian affairs by the federal government was in the hands of the army.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Custer's defeat at Little Bighorn in 1876 was made possible in part by an unusually large gathering of tribal warriors.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887

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A)   ended the U.S. government's effort to assimilate Indian tribes.
B)   was designed to force Indians to become landowners and farmers.
C)   was intended to preserve traditional Indian culture.
D)   denied U.S. citizenship to landowning Indian adults.
E)   reaffirmed tribal ownership of western lands in the face of white claims to it.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

Question 20

Which tribe should NOT be included among the Plains Indians?

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A)   Sioux
B)   Cheyenne
C)   Arapaho
D)   Pawnee
E)   YurokF) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

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The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop

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In the 1840s and 1850s,in the Far West,the response by white Americans to the Chinese

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During the latter half of the nineteenth century,the structure of the cattle industry became increasingly corporate.

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In the late nineteenth century,regarding western agriculture,

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

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A homestead unit of 160 acres was too small for grain farming on the Great Plains.

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Describe the rise and decline of the western Plains farmer in the late nineteenth century.

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White hostility to Chinese immigrants was rooted in the perception that they were lazy.

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Describe the origins and development of the Texas cattle industry.

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Early in 1866,a massive joint cattle drive from Texas to Missouri

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Late-nineteenth-century American farmers increasingly sold their produce in competitive international markets and bought their supplies in a domestic market protected by tariffs.

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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 what ways did the American West not conform to its popular image?

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The Chinese from California became the major source of labor for the transcontinental railroad in part because

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What economic factors would motivate someone to move to the West during the second half of the nineteenth century?

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Management of Indian affairs by the federal government was in the hands of the army.

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Custer's defeat at Little Bighorn in 1876 was made possible in part by an unusually large gathering of tribal warriors.

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The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887

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