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Describe and assess the evolution of white American attitudes and policy toward American Indian groups in the last half of the nineteenth century.

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In the last half of the nineteenth centu...

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Compare the myths and the realities of the American cowboy.

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The myths of the American cowboy often p...

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The story of the Nez Percé Indians is of a peaceful tribe forced to turn terribly violent.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864

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

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

The federal government reservation policy known as "concentration" had few benefits for either whites or Indians.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The power of the Navajo and Apache tribes in the Southwest was broken by Hispanic settlers before the arrival of the U.S.Army.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

From the time of initial colonial contact to the close of the nineteenth century,the relationship between Native Americans and white Americans was marked by a high degree of violence by whites toward Natives.What were the popular ideas and cultural beliefs found in white American society that motivated this violence?

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The popular ideas and cultural beliefs f...

Question 11

In 1890 at Wounded Knee,South Dakota,

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A)   Plains Indians mounted their last major attack on white Americans.
B)   the U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred more than 300 Indians.
C)   the Sioux attempted to leave the reservation for Canada.
D)   the U.S. Seventh Cavalry suffered no casualties.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran were painters from the "________ School" who celebrated the West in their art.

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The answer of Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran were painters...

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In 1886,the end of formal warfare between the United States and American Indians was marked by the surrender of

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A)   Cochise.
B)   Wovoka.
C)   Mangas Colorados.
D)   Sitting Bull.
E)   Geronimo.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

Assess the Chinese experience in the West during the second half of the nineteenth century.Despite strong discrimination,why did they stay in the United States and how did they manage to support themselves?

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The defeat of Apache leader ________ marked the end of formal warfare between Indians and whites.

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Question 17

In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick Jackson Turner claimed

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A)   that the end of the "frontier" also marked the end of one of the most important democratizing forces in American life.
B)   the United States should expand its northern and southern borders into Canada and Mexico to create new frontier land.
C)   the western wars between whites and Indians were a national disgrace.
D)   most of the frontier land was of little practical use for Americans.
E)   the frontier had repressed individualism, nationalism, and democracy in America.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 18

By 1900,one of the three American territories in the contiguous United States that had NOT been granted statehood was

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A)   Arizona.
B)   Utah.
C)   Colorado.
D)   Nebraska.
E)   South Dakota.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

What was Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis," and what are the criticisms of it?

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Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier the...

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The 1866 attempt to create a "long drive" between Texas and Missouri ended in failure.

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A) True 
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