While Civil War battles in the East are often more familiar to people, many historians argue that the Civil War was won in the West. Evaluate that argument. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: natural resources; strategic rivers; participation of Indian peoples; supply lines
Date: September 9th, 2020
Tougaloo, Hampton, and Fisk are examples of __________. A) black teaching colleges founded after the Civil War B) places where lynchings took place C) towns founded by freed African Americans in the West D) missionaries who went South to help in “wayside schools” ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Generally, sharecropping families received __________ of the year’s crop. A) one-tenth B) one-half C) all D) one-third ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the decade following Appomattox, the North’s economy __________. A) shifted away from industry and toward agriculture B) contracted slightly C) slid into a severe depression that lasted from 1865 to 1873 D) continued the industrial boom begun during the Civil War ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
After defeating Custer at Little Big Horn, Sioux chief Sitting Bull reportedly made which of these statements? A) “Now they will leave us alone forever.” B) “Now they will never let us rest.” C) “Now all the whites will leave.” D) “We are a free people now.” ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Unlike European immigrants, native-born American settlers of the Great Plains tended to __________. A) form tight-knit distinctive communities B) look for secluded areas to form colonies C) add to the violence and instability of the West D) settle as individual families isolated on solitary homesteads ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Like other parts of the West, the cattle range was __________. A) under the direct and firm control of federal officials B) settled by family groups C) densely populated D) ethnically diverse ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward, the great mail-order houses, were located in Chicago because it was __________. A) America’s largest city B) the center of the consolidated rail system C) the place where most consumer goods were manufactured D) positioned to take advantage of transport on the Great Lakes ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The proponents of a “New South” envisioned the South as __________. A) a vast agrarian area supplying needed cash crops B) an area of sturdy yeoman farmers C) the primary supplier of raw materials to northern industry D) an area that promoted industrial development and welcomed northern investors ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the 1860s, meatpackers set up one of the earliest __________. A) assembly lines B) unions C) quality control systems D) unemployment insurance funds ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
