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Post-Civil War Westward Expansion - Quiz 1

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Which of the following did NOT contribute to the end of the open range cattle industry?

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droughts.

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farming.

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railroads.

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barbed wire.

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sheep herding.

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The mining towns which developed between 1860 and 1890?

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were often abandoned after the mines closed.

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were predominantly settled by men.

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frequently suffered from lawlessness.

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all of these choices are correct.

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Open-range ranching came to an end due to?

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overproduction of beef and declining prices.

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federal support for irrigated agriculture.

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the range wars between cattlemen and sheepherders.

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increase in cattle production in the Midwest and East.

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fencing of the plains with barbed wire.

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The United States government's outlawing of the Indian Sun (Ghost) Dance in 1890 resulted in the?

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Battle of Little Big Horn.

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Battle of Potowanamie Creek.

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Dawes Severality Act.

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Massacre at Sand Creek.

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Battle of Wounded Knee.

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During the late 1800s, farmers supported free and unlimited coinage of silver mainly because they believed that it would lead to?

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the establishment of government farm price supports.

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higher prices for farm products.

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the lowering of rates charged by railroads.

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lower prices for consumer goods.

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The two factors that did most to stimulate rapid western settlement were?

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the Homestead Act and the railroad.

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removal of the buffalo and Native Americans from the plains.

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the gold rushes and the rise of the great cattle kingdoms.

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the removal of the Indians and the gold rushes.

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The rapid development of railroads in the United States was accomplished?

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in large measure through the investment of European banking firms.

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exclusively through the support of large numbers of small investors.

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with the help of some of the largest government subsidies ever granted.

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almost totally through the investment of a handful of shrewd millionaires.

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The United States' policy toward the Native American changed dramatically with the passage in 1887 of the Dawes Act, which?

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wiped out tribal ownership of property and granted 160 acres to heads of families.

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treated the tribes as independent nations.

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established new and larger reservations for all tribes.

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granted full citizenship to all tribal members.

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forbade selling alcohol or guns on reservations.

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According to the new view of the environment that was developing in the late 19c?

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humans tended to be disturbers of nature.

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nature existed to be tamed and conquered.

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natural resources were abundant and existed to be exploited.

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natural wildlife management would help to stabilize the buffalo population.

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The historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the frontier shaped America by?

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killing off many of the most adventurous individuals.

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stimulating individualism, nationalism, and democracy.

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producing institutions very much like those of Europe.

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creating new opportunities for women.

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