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Quiz 1
Quiz 1
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2. Contact between the Sioux and Europeans produced what consequence for the Sioux of the Great
Plains?
steam energy
coal mining
electric power
steel production
4. Which of the following best describes the relationship of Eugene V. Debs to the Socialist Party of
America?
Debs defected from Socialist Party of America after becoming disillusioned with its
inability to secure the votes of American-born voters.
Debs launched the Socialist Labor Party in 1877 but defected to the rival Socialist Party
of America after his experiences in the Pullman boycott.
Debs campaigned effectively and tirelessly for the Socialist Party of America in the
twentieth century after becoming disillusioned with the American system because of the
governments repression of workers and unions in the Pullman boycott.
A one-time believer in the essential goodness of American society, Debs joined the
Socialist Party of America after the Pullman Strike and became its candidate for
President in 1896.
5. Which was not a characteristic of the range cattle industry in the nineteenth century?
To what degree, and for whom, was the American city a locus of opportunity in the years 18701913?
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most came from rural Europe and only a minority could read
most were unskilled laborers who could not read
compared to earlier immigrants illiteracy was high comparatively but most could read
Jews and Catholics from urban areas predominated
the majority were impoverished, illiterate, and non-English speakers
9. Which of the following does not represent a change in middle class views between 1870 and 1910?
It promoted tribal sovereignty by permitting tribes to form tribal councils and courts.
It was promoted by white reformers as the key to Indians economic salvation.
It prevented sales of Indian lands by holding them in trust for twenty-five years.
It permitted the sale of all surplus or un-allotted Indian lands to non-Indians.
It authorized the subdivision of tribal lands into individual farms of one hundred and
sixty acres.
12. Unlike trade unions, the Knights of Labor __________.
fielded political candidates and endorsed a broad array of reforms but consistently
excluded blacks and women from joining
developed a brotherhood of workers and an exclusive focus upon wages and hours
rather than grand, utopian schemes
consistently opposed strikes from the 1860s throughout the struggle for the eight-hour
day
organized workers regardless of skill level fielded political candidates, and sought to
improve life for all Americans
13. Which best accounts for the economic woes of western farmers in the 1870s and 1880s?
exceptionally high interest rates charged by lenders
rising railroad freight rates
high property taxes
price swings of international markets for farm products
rising prices for manufactured goods
14. In urban America, religion flourished among impoverished European immigrants, but it held relatively
little appeal for the American-born.
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false
15. What did Andrew Carnegie argue in his Gospel of Wealth?
true
false
17. Which description most accurately characterizes Buffalo Bill?
Buffalo Bills heroic image was entirely the product of his skill as a showman and
actor.
Buffalo Bill was an authentic army scout whose exploits were exaggerated and
dramatically embellished in novels, plays, and shows.
Buffalo Bill was an authentic army scout in real life whose showmanship accurately
portrayed his heroic feats without exaggeration.
18. Which most accurately describes the impact of the Homestead Act of 1862?
The Homestead Act primarily benefited American farm families, but one-third of the
lands were acquired by speculators.
Women filed nearly one-fourth of all land claims under the Homestead Act.
The Homestead Act rarely benefited immigrants and blacks.
The Homestead Act primarily benefited speculators, but also provided farms for
thousands of American families.
19. Which of the following was not a consequence for workers of mechanization in the industrial
revolution?
lost autonomy
deskilling
less strenuous work
the stint
20. Which of the following interpretive metaphors best fits Virginia Yans-McLaughlins findings for Sicilian
immigrants in New York?
uprooted
transplanted