Question 1

More than 300,000 Indians lived on the Pacific coast before the arrival of Spanish settlers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Many of the Plains Indians subsisted largely through hunting ___________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Many of the Plains Indians subsisted largely...

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

The western working class was highly multiracial and stratified along racial lines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Dawes Severalty Act sought the gradual elimination of most tribal ownership of land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In the 1850s, the United States policy of "concentration" for Indians

Accepted Answer

A)  set the basis for Indian policy for the rest of the century.
B)  affirmed and continued the previous federal treatment of Indians.
C)  had many benefits for both whites and Indians.
D)  reduced conflicts between whites and Indians.
E)  assigned all tribes to their own defined reservations.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 7

Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn in 1876 was made possible in part by an unusually large gathering of tribal warriors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In the 1870s, nearly one out of every eighty miners was killed on the job.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

______________________ headed the most popular Wild West shows in the late nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ______________________ headed the most popular Wild West...

Question 10

What economic factors would motivate someone to move to the West during the second half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

During the second half of the nineteenth...

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The real West of the mid-nineteenth century bore little resemblance to its popular image.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Compare the myths and the realities of the American cowboy.

Accepted Answer

The myths of the American cowboy often p...

Question 15

The 1869 completion of the _________________ speeded development of the West.

Accepted Answer

transconti...

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

The Comstock Lode primarily produced

Accepted Answer

A)  copper.
B)  silver.
C)  gold.
D)  lead.
E)  zinc.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 18

The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop

Accepted Answer

A)  saddles.
B)  spurs.
C)  lariats.
D)  leather chaps.
E)  All the answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

In the last half of the nineteenth centu...

Question 20

Those who flocked to mining towns and failed to strike it rich most often left the West.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 16: The Conquest of the Far West

Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn in 1876 was made possible in part by an unusually large gathering of tribal warriors.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerAnswered by ExamLex AIIn the last half of the nineteenth centu...View AnswerShow Answer

The real West of the mid-nineteenth century bore little resemblance to its popular image.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The Dawes Severalty Act sought the gradual elimination of most tribal ownership of land.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The Comstock Lode primarily produced

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

In the 1850s, the United States policy of "concentration" for Indians

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Compare the myths and the realities of the American cowboy.

Correct AnswerAnswered by ExamLex AIThe myths of the American cowboy often p...View AnswerShow Answer

Many of the Plains Indians subsisted largely through hunting ___________.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What economic factors would motivate someone to move to the West during the second half of the nineteenth century?

Correct AnswerAnswered by ExamLex AIDuring the second half of the nineteenth...View AnswerShow Answer

The 1869 completion of the _________________ speeded development of the West.

Correct Answerverifiedtransconti...View AnswerShow Answer

The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

______________________ headed the most popular Wild West shows in the late nineteenth century.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Those who flocked to mining towns and failed to strike it rich most often left the West.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The western working class was highly multiracial and stratified along racial lines.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

More than 300,000 Indians lived on the Pacific coast before the arrival of Spanish settlers.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

In the 1870s, nearly one out of every eighty miners was killed on the job.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
In the last half of the nineteenth centu...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
The myths of the American cowboy often p...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
During the second half of the nineteenth...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified
transconti...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified