The basic cause of the economic depression in 1873 was __________. A) the collapse of the stock market B) rising farm prices C) commercial overexpansion and speculation D) global inflation ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The First Reconstruction Act divided the South into five __________. A) military districts B) railroad divisions C) federal governmental divisions D) federal court districts ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Under the Treaty of Fort Laramie, the Sioux __________. A) were granted the Black Hills “as long as the grass shall grow” B) promised “to fight no more forever” C) were forced onto a small reservation in Oklahoma D) agreed to move west “as far as the setting sun” ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Cattle ranchers responded to the growing numbers of farmers and sheepherders in the West in the 1880s by __________. A) lobbying Congress to slow migration to the West B) reaching amicable agreements with the newcomers C) getting out of the cattle business and joining the farmers and sheepherders D) destroying fences put up by the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The reformers’ intention in the reservation policy and the Dawes Act was to __________. A) protect Indian culture B) curtail white settlement C) restore Indian-governed tribal lands D) assimilate individual Indians into white culture ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did life change in the Mexican borderlands over the course of the second half of the nineteenth century? How did the Mexicano community on the American side of the border respond to these changes? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; relations between Mexicanos and Anglos; the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The AFL considered a strike __________. A) a last resort if negotiations failed B) to be a worker’s right in response to any slight by management C) unacceptable under any circumstances D) only useful for unskilled workers ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Central Park, the first planned public urban park in the United States, opened in 1858 in __________. A) Chicago B) Boston C) New York City D) Philadelphia ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain the connection between mail-order catalogs, chain and department stores, and advertising. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: national markets; railroads; consumer products; the age of consumption; buying power
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1892, the People’s Party __________. A) cost Cleveland the election B) elected three governors, ten congressmen, and five senators C) did extremely well among eastern urban voters D) won enough electoral votes to throw the election into the House ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
