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
How did the Navajo and Hopi manage to adapt, survive, and even grow as a culture? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: federal Indian policy; adaptations; traditions; negotiation and mediation
Date: September 9th, 2020
Before writing The Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie had made his fortune in __________. A) electric power generation B) railroads C) steel production D) banking ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “self-improvement” movement mainly affected the urban __________. A) working class B) upper class C) middle class D) new immigrants ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the end of the century, nearly 80 percent of African Americans in the North __________. A) lived in urban areas B) lived in rural areas C) were contemplating returning to the South D) were employed in industry ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The largest women’s organization in the world in the late nineteenth century was __________. A) the National Women’s Alliance B) the Woman’s League for Equal Rights C) the National Organization for Women D) the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The annexation of the Philippines by the United States __________. A) assured Philippine independence B) ended the Philippine independence movement C) gave control of the government to Emilio Aguinaldo D) resulted in a four-year war of conquest by the Americans ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these could not join the Northern Farmers’ Alliance? A) Italian farmers B) German farmers C) Irish farmers D) black farmers ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
