The demise of the western cattle barons was brought about largely because of __________. A) overgrazing and blizzards B) competition from Argentina C) cattle diseases D) unionization by cowboys ANSWER Answer: A
At the close of the Civil War, the majority of Indians in the trans-Mississippi West lived in __________. A) the Southwest B) Texas C) Indian Territory D) the Great Plains ANSWER Answer: D
What were the root causes of the Indian Wars? Were these wars inevitable? Why or why not? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: postwar migration; railroads; natural resources; federal Indian policy; Indian resistance
The largest labor organization in the nineteenth century was __________. A) the National Labor Union B) the American Federation of Labor C) the Knights of Labor D) the International Workers of the World ANSWER Answer: C
High schools in the late nineteenth century __________. A) had fewer students than before due to industrial jobs B) concentrated on serving the middle class C) were discouraged by the NEA from offering a classical education including Latin and Greek D) concentrated on vocational training ANSWER Answer: B
What term did economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen use to describe the new style created by the rich? A) American virtue B) stoic reserve C) conspicuous consumption D) religious fervor ANSWER Answer: C
Supporters of the new People’s Party founded in 1890 called themselves __________. A) Populists B) Egalitarians C) Partisans D) Socialists ANSWER Answer: A
The 1898 massacre in Wilmington, North Carolina, was a white response to fears that African Americans would ally with the __________. A) Republican Party B) Populists C) AFL D) social gospel movement ANSWER Answer: B
As with Hawai’i and Cuba, American involvement in the Philippines was most beneficial to __________. A) labor unions B) African Americans C) sugar planters D) poor people on these islands ANSWER Answer: C
In general, progressives were __________. A) optimistic about citizens being able to improve social and economic conditions B) revolutionaries pressing for radical reforms C) applying the ideas of social Darwinism as reforms D) antipolitical, preferring to emphasize improvement of individual character ANSWER Answer: A