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
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
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
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
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
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
When Hawai’ian Queen Lili’uokalani appealed to President Cleveland for support after she was deposed, Cleveland __________. A) ordered her tried for treason B) sent in Marines to arrest her C) ordered her reinstatement D) ignored her pleas ANSWER Answer: C
Frederick Jackson Turner argued that, with the closing of the frontier, Americans __________. A) should devote themselves to improving their own society B) should embrace Populist reforms C) required a new frontier outside America D) had no need for new challenges ANSWER Answer: C
Which organization would have been most likely to promote the “social gospel”? A) Patrons of Husbandry B) YWCA C) Knights of Labor D) AFL ANSWER Answer: B
The section of the World’s Columbian Exposition known as “The White City” celebrated the __________. A) victory of virtue over vice B) role of Christianity in industrial progress C) triumph of the white race D) global achievements of American business ANSWER Answer: D