History Quiz 1 – Flashcards
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By the mid-1840s, the American West
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was extensively populated.
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Which of the following Indian tribes was NOT found on the Pacific coast of the Far West?
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Creek
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In the mid-nineteenth century, the Plains Indians were
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the most widespread Indian groups in the West.
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Which tribe should NOT be included among the Plains Indians?
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the Yurok
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Which of the following statements regarding Hispanic New Mexico is FALSE?
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Taos Indians, allied with Navajo and Apaches, forced out Anglo-Americans until 1847.
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During the nineteenth century, in the Far West the term "coolie"
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referred to Chinese indentured servants.
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The Chinese from California became the major source of labor for the transcontinental railroad because
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they worked for lower wages than what whites would accept.
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During the 1840s, Hispanics living in California
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lost ownership of large areas of lands
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In the 1870s, in the Far West the largest single Chinese community was located in
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San Francisco.
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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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moved from initial acceptance to gradual hostility.
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Chinese tongs were
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secret societies
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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banned Chinese in the United States from becoming naturalized citizens.
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By 1900, one of the three American territories in the contiguous United States that had NOT been granted statehood was
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Arizona.
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In the second half of the nineteenth century, the working class in the western economy was
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Mining in the West
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produced the region's first economic boom.
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The Comstock Lode primarily produced
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silver
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Women in nineteenth-century western mining towns
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often found work doing domestic tasks.
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The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop: a) saddles b) spurs c) lariats d) leather chaps e) All these answers are correct
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e) ALL THESE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
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In the 1860s, cattle drives from Texas to Missouri a) saw the herds suffer heavy losses. b) proved that cattle could be driven to distant markets. c) established a link to the booming urban markets of the East d) both pr oved that cattle could be driven to distant markets, and established a link to the booming urban markets of the East. e) All these answers are correct
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e) ALL THESE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
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The town which reigned as the railhead of the cattle kingdom for many years was
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Abilene, Kansas.
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In the late nineteenth century, the popular image of the American West a) presented a heroic image of cowboys. b) perceived the region to be a place offering true freedom c) was promoted by the Rocky Mountain School. d) both presented a heroic image of cowboys, and was promoted by the Rocky Mountain School. e) All these answers are correct
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e) ALL THESE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
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The "Rocky Mountain School" of painting
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helped inspire a growth of tourism in the West.
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In Owen Wister's novel, The Virginian (1902), the American cowboy was
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portrayed as a simple and virtuous frontiersman.
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William Cody's Wild West shows
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proved to be popular in Europe as well as the United States.
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In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick Jackson Turner claimed
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the frontier had made Americans a distinctive people.
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In the 1850s, the United States policy of "concentration" for Indians
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assigned all tribes to their own defined reservations.
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The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864
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involved the killing of Indian women and children.
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The Indian leader who said, "I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever," was
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Chief Joseph.
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In 1890, the "Ghost Dance"
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was a spiritual revival among Plains Indians.
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The Dawes Act of 1887
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was viewed by the United States government as a plan to save the Indians.
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In the late nineteenth century, the western agricultural economy
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saw the railroad become the most important factor in its development.
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In the late nineteenth century, fences for Plains farms were usually made from
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barbed wire.
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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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state governments
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The 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn
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was a short-lived Indian victory.
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During the late nineteenth century, Plains farm life
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often lacked any access to the outside world.
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In his writings during the late 1800s, the popular author Hamlin Garland
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reflected the growing disillusionment of western farmers.
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In the late nineteenth century, regarding western agriculture
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commercial farmers were not self-sufficient and made little effort to become so.
