vol.2 since 1865
Chapter:17,18, 19, 20, 21.
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| 192451665 | Until the 1860s, how did most Americans think of the West beyond the Mississippi? | An uninhabitable wasteland | |
| 192451666 | Before the Civil War, where in the West were most Americans planning to settle? | Oregon and California | |
| 192451667 | In 1865, about how many Native Americans lived in the western half of the country? | Half a million | |
| 192451668 | What food resource was the most important for the Plains Indian culture? | The buffalo | |
| 192451669 | According to the Paiute Wovoka, what would bring back Native American ways of life and cause the white man to disappear? | Performing Ghost Dances | |
| 192451670 | What 1862 federal government policy allowed settlers to claim lands in the West? | Homestead Act | |
| 192451671 | In the nineteenth century, what small but influential group set many patterns of Western culture? | Spanish Mexicans | |
| 192451672 | By the end of the nineteenth century, who were the largest landowners in the West? | Railroad companies | |
| 192451673 | Which of the following is NOT one of the "bonanzas" that brought settlers to the West? | Manufacturing | |
| 192451674 | What was Joseph McCoy most closely associated with? | Driving cattle to railroad towns | |
| 192451675 | he National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry focused on the interests of what group? | Midwestern and southern farmers | |
| 192451676 | Which was NOT a reason for America's rapid industrialization after the Civil War? | Strict legal limits on economic activity | |
| 192451677 | In which area of the country was late 19th century growth most concentrated? | Northeast | |
| 192451678 | During which decade did the greatest growth of America's railroads occur? | 1881-1890 | |
| 192451679 | he power of railroads over American society was demonstrated when, in 1883, the American Railway Association introduced what reform? | Standardized time zones | |
| 192451680 | What important role did J.P. Morgan play in the nineteenth century railroad business? | Reorganizing and stabilizing financing | |
| 192451681 | In what industry did Andrew Carnegie make his great fortune? | Steel production | |
| 192451682 | What innovation in business organization was introduced by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company in 1881? | The trust | |
| 192451683 | Who was called "the Wizard of Menlo Park" for his many inventions? | Who was called "the Wizard of Menlo Park" for his many inventions? | |
| 192451684 | What was Aaron Montgomery Ward and Richard Sears' great innovation in 19th century business? | Mail-order catalog | |
| 192451685 | Between 1867 and 1900, what happened to merchants' spending on advertising? | It grew tenfold. | |
| 192451686 | Which group of workers was paid the least and had the fewest job opportunities in later nineteenth century America? | Girls under 14 | |
| 192451687 | n 1882, what group was "excluded" from immigration to the United States for 10 years? | Chinese | |
| 192451688 | Arabella Mansfield was unusual in later nineteenth century America because she entered what profession? | Law | |
| 192451689 | What large early labor union was led by T.V. Powderly and Uriah Stephens? | Knights of Labor | |
| 192451690 | Where did the Haymarket Square Riot take place in 1884? | Chicago | |
| 192451691 | What happened to Henry Clay Frick during the Homestead Strike that warned Americans of the heavy price of industrialization? | An anarchist tried to kill him. | |
| 192451692 | Which was NOT an innovation which contributed to the growth of nineteenth century American cities? | Underground railroads | |
| 192451693 | What innovation in urban housing was introduced by James E. Ware in the 1870s? | Dumbbell tenement house | |
| 192451694 | Which of the following is NOT true of the "new immigrants" who began arriving in America after 1890? | Few settled in large cities. | |
| 192451695 | What was the "American National Game," which was perhaps the most popular spectator sport in later nineteenth century America? | baseball | |
| 192451696 | What did both the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 and the philanthropy of wealthy industrialists help establish in later nineteenth century America? | College and university education | |
| 192451697 | W.E.B. DuBois was an important figure in promoting opportunities for what group? | African Americans | |
| 192451698 | Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner were advocates of what doctrine? | Social Darwinism | |
| 192451699 | What did Henry George, in Progress and Poverty, suggest as a solution to America's problems? | A single tax on the incremental value of land | |
| 192451700 | Who was the founder of Chicago's Hull House? | Jane Addams | |
| 192451701 | Which of the following best describes party politics and elections from the 1870s to the 1890s? | The two parties were evenly matched and elections closely fought. | |
| 192451702 | What business activity was the Interstate Commerce Commission created to oversee? | Railroads | |
| 192451703 | The Pendleton Act of 1883, passed in response to Garfield's assassination, reformed what area of American government? | The civil service | |
| 192451704 | During the 1890s, what powerful position did Thomas "Czar" Reed hold? | Speaker of the House | |
| 192451705 | What law did the Supreme Court case of U.S. v. E.C. Knight severely cripple? | Sherman Anti-Trust Act | |
| 192451706 | How did voters respond to the "billion-dollar Congress" in the elections of 1890? | Republicans were crushed in Congressional and state elections. | |
| 192451707 | What did farmers in the 1890s NOT blame for their declining economic condition? | International competition | |
| 192451708 | Where did Farmers' Alliance leaders from across the country meet in 1890 to adopt a political platform? | Ocala, Florida | |
| 192451709 | In the presidential election of 1892, what name did Farmers' Alliance leaders give their political party? | People's Party | |
| 192451710 | The Panic of 1893 was sparked by the collapse of overextended companies in what industry? | Railroads | |
| 192451711 | Suppression of Coxey's Army Correct Answer: | Pullman Strike | |
| 192451712 | Looking at the results of the elections of 1894, whom did Americans mainly blame for the country's economic ills? | President Cleveland and the Democrats | |
| 192451713 | What impact did the depression following the Panic of 1893 have on the American labor force?. | Women and children entered the workforce in accelerating numbers. | |
| 192451714 | American literature at the end of the nineteenth century? | A growing movement toward realism and naturalism. | |
| 192452451 | William Harvey's book, Coin's Financial School, argued that the country's problems could be solved by what means? | Free coinage of silver | |
| 192452452 | At which party's 1896 convention did William Jennings Bryan give the "Cross of Gold" speech? | Democratic | |
| 192452453 | What was the result of the presidential election of 1896? | McKinley won both the popular and electoral vote. | |
| 192452454 | Which of the following best describes McKinley's administration? | It was popular and activist. | |
| 192452455 | Which of the following is NOT true of the presidential election of 1900? | The election was much closer than the election of 1896 | |
| 192452456 | Which of the following was NOT a motive for late nineteenth century American imperialism? | Increasing diversity in the American population | |
| 192452457 | What territory did the U.S. annex in 1898 after a "revolution" provoked by American residents? | Hawaii | |
| 192452458 | As Alfred Thayer Mahan and many others argued, what was the key to American influence in world affairs? | A modern navy | |
| 192452459 | Where was the battleship USS Maine when it exploded and sank in February, 1898? | Havana | |
| 192452460 | Where did Commodore George Dewey-after his "you may fire when ready, Gridley" command-win a decisive battle early in the Spanish-American War? | The Philippines | |
| 192452461 | Who were the "smoked Yankees" who played a decisive role in the American victory in Cuba? | African American Army troops | |
| 192452462 | As a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1898, which Spanish territory was NOT directly annexed by the United States? | Cuba | |
| 192452463 | Where did Emilio Aguinaldo lead a guerilla insurrection against American annexation? | The Philippines | |
| 192452464 | Announced in 1900, to which Far Eastern country did the "Open Door" policy apply? | China |
