Grant was nominated by the Republicans in 1868 because of his __________. A) demonstrated political experience B) popularity as a war hero C) ties to the Liberal wing of the party D) friendship with Andrew Johnson ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Defend or refute the following assertion: “The South lost the war but won the peace.” What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: redemption; political violence; northern apathy; northern intervention
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Santa Fe Ring was a group of land spectators, lawyers, and politicians who __________. A) extorted money from the Bureau of Indian Affairs B) benefited from the Timber Culture Act C) cheated Mexicanos out of their landholdings D) negotiated the Gadsden Purchase for their railroad route ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Ghost Dance of Paiute prophet Wovoka was intended to __________. A) restore the Indian peoples and make the whites disappear B) convert all Indians to Christianity C) teach Plains Indians to farm D) make Indians invulnerable to white’s bullets ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did the Homestead Act fail in its purpose of peopling the west with small family farms? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: terms of the Homestead Act; government land policy; corporate interests; climate and geography in the West
Date: September 9th, 2020
With the rapid growth of manufacturing, for working-class people, __________. A) steady employment was rare B) wages rose faster than prices C) the lower class steadily shrank D) the workplace became steadily safer ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Middle-class children in the late nineteenth century __________. A) often had to work to maintain the family lifestyle B) had more leisure to creatively play C) were more regimented than before D) were treated much the same as working-class children ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did rapid industrialization affect the South? A) It reinforced the region’s status as the nation’s internal colony. B) It diminished the region’s status as the nation’s internal colony. C) It led to massive overseas immigration into the region. D) It undermined existing racial hierarchies. ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Granger movement collapsed when __________. A) local communities rioted against their mixed-race meetings B) their bills failed to be passed by state legislatures C) the depression of the 1870s wiped out their programs D) their cooperative purchasing scheme did not interest farmers ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Good Neighbor Policy focused on U.S. relations with __________. A) Europe B) China C) Latin America D) Africa ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
