Question 1

A number of Chinese immigrants worked in the mines of California before turning to the railroad for employment.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Hamlin Garland wrote novels celebrating the hope and spirit of the American West.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What deep-rooted American ideals and beliefs are found in the mythic status of western cowboys?

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Question 4

In the 1870s in the Far West, the largest single Chinese community was located in

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A)   Seattle.
B)   Sacramento.
C)   San Diego.
D)   Los Angeles.
E)   San Francisco.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D) E

Question 5

The Indian leader who said, "I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever," was

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A)   Black Kettle.
B)   Sitting Bull.
C)   Chief Joseph.
D)   Crazy Horse.
E)   Cochise.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

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

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 7

In the 1840s and 1850s, in the Far West, the response by white Americans to the Chinese

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A)   moved from initial hostility to gradual acceptance.
B)   was one of consistent acceptance.
C)   was one of consistent hostility.
D)   moved from initial acceptance to gradual hostility.
E)   depended mainly on whether the white American was pro-slavery or antislavery.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 8

During the late nineteenth century, Plains farm life

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A)   was marked by active community life.
B)   became increasingly profitable for most.
C)   was generally admired by the growing urban public.
D)   often lacked any access to the outside world.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

Between 1865 and 1875, the number of buffalo in the American West declined from 15 million to under 1,000.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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A)   resulted in the deportation of half of the Chinese in the United States.
B)   was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
C)   banned Chinese in the United States from becoming naturalized citizens.
D)   was only applied in California.
E)   had little effect on the size of the Chinese population in America.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

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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Question 12

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

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Question 13

In the late nineteenth century, which of the following was NOT a major western industry that relied on the East for markets and capital?

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A)   mining
B)   fur trading
C)   ranching
D)   commercial farming
E)   timberingF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

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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Question 15

Hispanic societies survived in the ________ in part because they were so far from the centers of English-speaking society.

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Question 16

During the nineteenth century, in the Far West the term "coolie"

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A)   was a description for all Asian immigrants.
B)   was an epithet used by whites to describe members of Chinese tongs.
C)   applied to all non-Indians who came to the Far West before the California gold rush.
D)   was a slang term for prostitutes in mining towns.
E)   referred to Chinese indentured servants.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B) E

Question 17

In 1851, a new reservation policy known as "________" replaced the idea that large numbers of tribes could live in one great enclave.

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Question 18

By the mid-1840s, the American West

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A)   contained few migrants from the United States.
B)   was extensively populated.
C)   had seen the elimination of nearly all Indian tribes.
D)   closely resembled its popular image.
E)   was still an empty, desolate land.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 19

Many of the Plains Indians subsisted largely through hunting ________.

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Question 20

Mining in the West

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A)   did not see any great mineral strikes until after the Civil War.
B)   flourished until the 1930s.
C)   saw corporations move in first, followed by individual prospectors.
D)   kept ranchers and farmers from establishing their own economic base.
E)   saw individual prospectors move in first, followed by corporations.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Exam 16: The Conquest of the Far West

A number of Chinese immigrants worked in the mines of California before turning to the railroad for employment.

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Hamlin Garland wrote novels celebrating the hope and spirit of the American West.

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What deep-rooted American ideals and beliefs are found in the mythic status of western cowboys?

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In the 1870s in the Far West, the largest single Chinese community was located in

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The Indian leader who said, "I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever," was

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

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In the 1840s and 1850s, in the Far West, the response by white Americans to the Chinese

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During the late nineteenth century, Plains farm life

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Between 1865 and 1875, the number of buffalo in the American West declined from 15 million to under 1,000.

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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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

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In the late nineteenth century, which of the following was NOT a major western industry that relied on the East for markets and capital?

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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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Hispanic societies survived in the ________ in part because they were so far from the centers of English-speaking society.

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During the nineteenth century, in the Far West the term "coolie"

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In 1851, a new reservation policy known as "________" replaced the idea that large numbers of tribes could live in one great enclave.

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By the mid-1840s, the American West

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Many of the Plains Indians subsisted largely through hunting ________.

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Mining in the West

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