Transcript West Review

West Review
Question 1
• During the late 1800s, barbed wire fences and
sod houses were most likely found: (a) on the
Great Plains (b) in the Deep South (c) along
the Great Lakes (d) in the Pacific Northwest
Question 2
• What was the most significant (important)
economic impact of the transcontinental
railroads during the late 1800s? (a) Eliminating
overseas trade with Europe (b) expanding
interstate commerce nationwide (c)
decreasing the influence of big business (d)
This answer is wrong DO NOT choose it.
Question 3
• In the late 1800s, the policy of the Federal
Government toward Native American Indians, as
exemplified (shown by) the Dawes Act, was to: (a)
give immediate and full citizenship rights to
Native Americans (b) encourage assimilation of
Native Americans into the mainstream of
American culture (c) move Native Americans into
the cities to supply labor for developing
industries (d) restore lands to the Native
American Indian tribes that had lost land to white
settlers
Question 4
• The Homestead Act was important in the
growth of the West because it: (a) set aside
reservations for Native Americans (b) created
the Department of Agriculture to aid farmers
(c) encourages settlement of the Great Plains
(d) provided land to build a canal system
Question 5
• In the 19th century, the federal government
aided (helped) the growth of transcontinental
railroads by: (a) legalizing large rebates for
large shippers (b) providing free land for laying
railroad tracks (c) requiring standard gauge
tracks on all interstate lines (d) You are so ugly
and your momma dresses you funny!
Question 6
• In the mid-1800s, the growth of the
populations of California and the western
territories was mainly a result of the: (a)
discovery of gold and silver (b) opening of the
Panama Canal (c) migration of freedmen after
the Civil War (d) secession of the Southern
states
Question 7
• The term manifest destiny was first used to
support: (a) independence from Great Britain
(b) westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean
(c) efforts to stop the secession of southern
states (d) laws restricting labor activity
Question 8
• Passage of the Dawes Act of 1887 affected
Native Americans by: (a) supporting their
cultural traditions (b) attempting to assimilate
them into mainstream American culture (c)
forcing their removal from areas east of the
Mississippi River (d) starting a series of wars
on the Great Plains
Question 9
• In the second half of the 1800s, the federal
government encouraged the building of
transcontinental railroads by: (a) giving land to
the railroad companies (b) purchasing large
amounts of railroad stock (c) forcing convicts
to work as laborers (d) taking control of the
railroad trust
Question 10
• The Homestead Act attempted to promote
development of western lands by: (a) placing
Native Americans on reservations (b)
providing free land to settlers (c) removing all
restrictions on immigration (d) creating a
system of dams for crop irrigation.
Question 11
• Which statement about the development of
the Great Plains in the late 1800s is most
accurate? (a) Mechanized farming became
dominant in the region (b) Immigrants could
no longer afford to be farmers (c) Great profits
could be earned in the steel industry (d)
Railroads decreased in importance
Question 12
• In the late 1800s, which group most often
supported the views of the Populist Party? (a)
factory owners (b) nativists (c) farmers (d)
labor unions
Question 13
• The goals of many reformers who wanted to
help Native Americans in the late 1800s was
to: (a) get Indians to adopt the ways of white
people (b) return to Indians all the land that
had been taken from them (c) relocate all the
nations to create an American Indian state in
Oklahoma (d) negotiate treaties to bring
peace to the frontier
Question 14
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Government ownership of the railroads
Free and unlimited coinage of silver
An 8 hour day for industrial workers
Limits on immigration
Election of officials who would help farmers
Which of the following intended to accomplish
the changes listed above in American society?
(a) The Morrill Act (b) the Populist Party (c)
the National Grange (d) The Homestead Act
Question 15
• What played the most important part in the
growth of the West’s population and economy
between 1865 and 1900? (a) the mining
industry (b) the railroad (c) the Populist Party
(d) the Cattle Kingdom
Question 16
• The biggest problem facing western farmers in
the late 1800s was: (a) a scarcity (lack of)
good, cheap land to farm (b) overproduction
and low prices (c) the threat of attacks by
Native Americans (d) Mr. Levine’s large head.
Question 17
• In general, the policy of the United States
government toward Native Americans in the
West was to: (a) send in the army to track
them down and engage them in conflict (b)
move them to reservations and open their
homelands to settlers (c) kill all the buffalo so
they would not be able to continue their
traditional way of life (d) drive them into
Canada and Mexico to settle.
Question 18
• What was a major reason most western states
granted women suffrage (the right to vote)
prior (before) the adoption of the 19th
Amendment? (a) Western states had more
college educated women than the eastern
states. (b) Women outnumbered men in the
states west of the Mississippi River. (c) A
majority of western states had legislatures
controlled by women. (d) The important roles
played by frontier women promoted equality.
Question 19
• Which two geographic features most
influenced American foreign policy
throughout the 19th Century? (a) Atlantic
Ocean and Pacific Ocean (b) Gulf of Mexico
and Missouri River (c) Great Lakes and Hudson
River (d) Appalachian Mountains and Rocky
Mountains
Question 20
• What was a major goal of the Dawes Act? (a)
To provide a tribal legislature to govern all
reservations. (b) To remove the Cherokee from
the southeastern United States. (c) To
strengthen Native American tribal unity. (d) To
encourage the assimilation of Native American
Indians.
Question 21
• In attempts to resolve conflicts with the
frontier settlers in the 1870s, the federal
government forced Native Americans to: (a)
move west of the Mississippi River (b) live on
reservations with definite boundaries (c)
relocate to urban industrial centers (d) help
build the transcontinental railroad
Question 22
• Which region of the United States was most
directly affected by the Homestead Act? (a)
Atlantic Coast (b) Rocky Mountains (c)
Appalachian Mountains (d) Great Plains
Question 23
• The Homestead Act of 1862 helped the
development of the West by: (a) providing
free land to settlers (b) granting land for the
construction of transcontinental railroads (c)
allowing slavery to spread into the territories
(d) placing Native Americans on reservations
Question 24
• The Indian Wars that occurred between 1860
and 1890 were mainly the result of: (a)
disputes over the spread of slavery (b) conflict
with Mexico over Texas and California (c) the
search for gold in California (d) the movement
of settlers on to the Great Plains
Question 25
• The main reason for the passage of the
Homestead Act in 1862 was to provide for: (a)
farms on the Great Plains (b) national parks (c)
irrigation of desert lands (d) reservations for
Native Americans
Question 26
• The Dawes Act of 1887 granted farmland to
Native American Indians as part of a plan to:
(a) give them enough space to raise buffalo (b)
assimilate them into American society (c)
preserve tribal cultural traditions (d) promote
peace between warring tribes
Question 27
• Which development led to the other three?
(a) The buffalo population was greatly
reduced. (b) United States troops fought a
series of wars with Native Americans. (c)
Thousands of settlers migrated (traveled) west
of the Mississippi River. (d) Native American
Indians were forced to move to reservations.
Question 28
• During the late 1800s, many United States
farmers believed their economic problems
would be solved if the government would: (a)
raise interest rates (b) outlaw strikes by labor
unions (c) put more money into circulation (d)
regulate the amount of grain that was
produced
Question 29
• A belief in manifest destiny, the passage of the
Dawes Act and the completion of the
transcontinental railroads are most closely
associated with the: (a) the rise of big
business (b) growth of the labor movement (c)
abolitionist movement (d) expansion and
settlement of the West
Questions 30/31
United States Crop Prices
Years
Wheat
Corn
Cotton
1878-1881
$1.00
$.43
$.09
1882-1885
$.80
$.39
$.09
1886-1889
$.74
$.35
$.08
1890-1893
$.70
$.41
$.07
1894-1897
$.63
$.29
$.05
Question 30
• Which factor was a major cause of the farm
problem indicated by the data on the chart?
(a) major droughts in the Midwest (b) low
farm prices set by government regulations (c)
widespread crop failure during the late 1800s
(d) overproduction
Question 31
• To help solve the problem indicated by the
data in the chart, American farmers wanted
the Federal Government to: (a) reduce
regulation of the railroads (b) increase the
money supply (c) provide funds to increase
the amounts of crops (d) raise tariffs on
foreign manufactured goods
Question 32
• “I am tired of fighting….Hear me, my chiefs. I
am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From
where the sun now stands. I shall fight no
more forever!”
Chief Joseph
• In this statement, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce expressed his reluctant
(hesitant) acceptance of a government policy of: (a) placing Native
Americans on reservations (b) requiring Native Americans to settle West
of the Mississippi River (c) granting immediate citizenship to Native
Americans (d) forcing Native Americans to assimilate into American
culture.
Question 33
• In which pair of events did the first event most
directly influence the second? (a) discovery of
gold in California>Louisiana Purchase (b)
building of the transcontinental
railroads>disappearance of the frontier (c)
settling of the Oregon Territory>passage of
the Homestead Act (d) assimilation of the
Native Americans>passage of the Dawes Act
Question 34
• . In the late 1800s, the goal of the Federal
Government’s policy towards Native
Americans was to: (a) destroy tribal bonds and
thus weaken their traditional cultural values
(b) grant them full citizenship and due process
(c) give their tribal groups authority over their
own affairs (d) increase the land holdings of
western tribes
Question 35
• Which factor was most critical to the building
of transcontinental railroads after the Civil
War? (a) government ownership of the
railroads (b) capital investments by labor
unions (c) land and money provided by the
Federal Government (d) willingness of Native
Americans to leave tribal lands
Question 36
• Which document is a primary source for
information about the Western frontier during
the second half of the 1800s? (a) a novel
about a farm family in the Dakota Territory (b)
a movie presenting a realistic view of cowboys
(c) a biography of George Custer written by
one of his descendants (d) a treaty signed by
the government and the Sioux Indians.
Questions 37/38
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You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great
cities rest upon broad and fertile prairies.
…we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the
brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
William Jennings Bryan
• This excerpt reflects Bryan’s support for: (a) the free coinage of silver (b)
the graduated income tax (c) government regulation of mining practices
(d) government ownership of railroads
• Which group most strongly supported the ideas presented in this speech?
(a) industrialists (b) bankers (c) farmers (d) merchants