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09-01-2010, 02:14 PM
In the early decades of the twentieth century, the South
A. was only slightly behind the West as the second wealthiest region of the nation.
B. came to equal the North in per capita wealth.
C. regained the high per capita wealth characteristic of the pre-Civil War era.
D. remained the poorest section of the nation.
2. Apostles of the New South hoped to revive the region's economy by
A. refocusing Southern agriculture on the production of cotton.
B. catching up with the industrial production of the North.
C. emphasizing the export of raw materials.
D. taking control of the cattle industry from the West.
3. In the post-Civil War years
A. peanuts and soybeans became the dominant southern crop because they brought high prices.
B. most southern farmers turned to cattle production to meet the high demand for beef.
C. cotton production declined as southerners diversified into grain crops.
D. economic and geographic conditions meant that cotton remained the dominant southern crop.
4. The crop that allowed the South to control a national market was
A. corn.
B. rice.
C. sugar.
D. tobacco.
5. Which of the following industries provided young black men with their greatest source of employment?
A. sharecropping
B. textiles
C. timber
D. tobacco
6. In the post-Civil War South
A. southern leaders resented education because it led workers to demand better wages and higher salaries.
B. politicians encouraged the creation of technical and engineering colleges that equaled those in the North.
C. community leaders understood that education was the best way to improve the region's workforce.
D. large investments in improving education attracted northern teachers and engineers to the South.
7. In the New South
A. the pursuit of leisure and love of sports destroyed the influence of Christian morality.
B. southerners embraced the new concepts of hard work, materialism, and secularism.
C. Christian piety so dominated the culture that the South did not experience social tensions.
D. society struggled to reconcile a love of leisure and the powerful influences of Christian piety.
8. Rural southerners late in the nineteenth century found entertainment in all of the following EXCEPT
A. court week.
B. college athletics.
C. hunting.
D. work festivals.
9. In the post-Civil War South
A. women were considered the guardians of moral values, and they were extremely active in church affairs.
B. traditional attitudes prevented women from assuming dynamic roles in church affairs.
C. churches were the one place where gender and racial discrimination did not exist.
D. camp meetings introduced southerners to the modern ideals of the social gospel and the gospel of wealth.
10. Redeemers were
A. evangelical ministers who hoped to reinvigorate religion in the South.
B. northern industrialists who attempted to rescue the southern economy.
C. white southerners who ended the rule of state governments established during Reconstruction.
D. black ministers who reunited families separated by slavery.
11. The Native Americans of the trans-Mississippi West
A. altered ecosystems in a variety of ways and often engaged in wasteful practices.
B. lived in harmony with nature and did not alter the western eco-zones.
C. unlike the eastern tribes,were not influenced by European innovations and institutions.
D. epitomized tribal democracy, and individualism outweighed the collective well-being.
12. The 30-years-long Indian Wars in the West began with
A. Custer's Last Stand.
B. the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon.
C. the slaughter of the huge buffalo herds.
D. the Dakota Sioux uprising in Minnesota.
13. The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887
A. took steps to strengthen tribal authority in order to preserve Indian culture.
B. sought to draw Indians into white society and devastated Native American culture.
C. protected the interests of Native Americans by prohibiting settlers from claiming western lands.
D. marked the final national effort to allow Native Americans to retain their traditional culture.
14. Eyewitness to history Zitkala-Sa
A. feared that having her braids cut would keep her from entering heaven.
B. did not mind having her hair cut because single women in her tribe often wore it that way.
C. believed that having short hair was a disgrace that made her look like a coward.
D. thought that having short hair would lead people to believe that she was white.
15. The mining frontier
A. began as large-scale operations that gave way to independent operators as the gold was mined out.
B. set the western pattern of small-scale operators giving way to large industrial systems.
C. was limited to California and had little influence on western settlement patterns.
D. was unique and unlike other economic ventures in the West.
16. The post-Civil War cattle kingdom came to an end for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A. bad weather.
B. high wages.
C. international competition.
D. overproduction.
17. Under the provisions of the Homestead Act
A. large-scale farmers received free land if they agreed to pay workers $1.25 an hour.
B. settlers could claim title to 160 acres for free if they worked the land for five years.
C. settlers could buy up to 640 acres of land for 25 cents an acre.
D. the richest and most productive western lands were set aside for Civil War veterans.
18. In the West
A. churches often made the first efforts to meet the social needs of communities.
B. churches lacked social influence because the communities were so lawless and violent.
C. most Anglos converted to Catholicism since that church had been in the region for almost 300 years.
D. progressive churches had the most members because westerners had new values that reflected their pioneer experience.
19. The West was tied to the world economy primarily through its
A. manufacturing industries.
B. shipping industries.
C. raw materials.
D. all of the above.
20. Based on the 1890 census, the superintendent of the census
A. mistakenly declared that the frontier would remain open for another century.
B. noted that for the first time most Americans lived west of the Mississippi River.
C. concluded that a discernible frontier line no longer existed in the United States.
D. urged Americans to stop moving west because the region was too crowded.
A. was only slightly behind the West as the second wealthiest region of the nation.
B. came to equal the North in per capita wealth.
C. regained the high per capita wealth characteristic of the pre-Civil War era.
D. remained the poorest section of the nation.
2. Apostles of the New South hoped to revive the region's economy by
A. refocusing Southern agriculture on the production of cotton.
B. catching up with the industrial production of the North.
C. emphasizing the export of raw materials.
D. taking control of the cattle industry from the West.
3. In the post-Civil War years
A. peanuts and soybeans became the dominant southern crop because they brought high prices.
B. most southern farmers turned to cattle production to meet the high demand for beef.
C. cotton production declined as southerners diversified into grain crops.
D. economic and geographic conditions meant that cotton remained the dominant southern crop.
4. The crop that allowed the South to control a national market was
A. corn.
B. rice.
C. sugar.
D. tobacco.
5. Which of the following industries provided young black men with their greatest source of employment?
A. sharecropping
B. textiles
C. timber
D. tobacco
6. In the post-Civil War South
A. southern leaders resented education because it led workers to demand better wages and higher salaries.
B. politicians encouraged the creation of technical and engineering colleges that equaled those in the North.
C. community leaders understood that education was the best way to improve the region's workforce.
D. large investments in improving education attracted northern teachers and engineers to the South.
7. In the New South
A. the pursuit of leisure and love of sports destroyed the influence of Christian morality.
B. southerners embraced the new concepts of hard work, materialism, and secularism.
C. Christian piety so dominated the culture that the South did not experience social tensions.
D. society struggled to reconcile a love of leisure and the powerful influences of Christian piety.
8. Rural southerners late in the nineteenth century found entertainment in all of the following EXCEPT
A. court week.
B. college athletics.
C. hunting.
D. work festivals.
9. In the post-Civil War South
A. women were considered the guardians of moral values, and they were extremely active in church affairs.
B. traditional attitudes prevented women from assuming dynamic roles in church affairs.
C. churches were the one place where gender and racial discrimination did not exist.
D. camp meetings introduced southerners to the modern ideals of the social gospel and the gospel of wealth.
10. Redeemers were
A. evangelical ministers who hoped to reinvigorate religion in the South.
B. northern industrialists who attempted to rescue the southern economy.
C. white southerners who ended the rule of state governments established during Reconstruction.
D. black ministers who reunited families separated by slavery.
11. The Native Americans of the trans-Mississippi West
A. altered ecosystems in a variety of ways and often engaged in wasteful practices.
B. lived in harmony with nature and did not alter the western eco-zones.
C. unlike the eastern tribes,were not influenced by European innovations and institutions.
D. epitomized tribal democracy, and individualism outweighed the collective well-being.
12. The 30-years-long Indian Wars in the West began with
A. Custer's Last Stand.
B. the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon.
C. the slaughter of the huge buffalo herds.
D. the Dakota Sioux uprising in Minnesota.
13. The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887
A. took steps to strengthen tribal authority in order to preserve Indian culture.
B. sought to draw Indians into white society and devastated Native American culture.
C. protected the interests of Native Americans by prohibiting settlers from claiming western lands.
D. marked the final national effort to allow Native Americans to retain their traditional culture.
14. Eyewitness to history Zitkala-Sa
A. feared that having her braids cut would keep her from entering heaven.
B. did not mind having her hair cut because single women in her tribe often wore it that way.
C. believed that having short hair was a disgrace that made her look like a coward.
D. thought that having short hair would lead people to believe that she was white.
15. The mining frontier
A. began as large-scale operations that gave way to independent operators as the gold was mined out.
B. set the western pattern of small-scale operators giving way to large industrial systems.
C. was limited to California and had little influence on western settlement patterns.
D. was unique and unlike other economic ventures in the West.
16. The post-Civil War cattle kingdom came to an end for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A. bad weather.
B. high wages.
C. international competition.
D. overproduction.
17. Under the provisions of the Homestead Act
A. large-scale farmers received free land if they agreed to pay workers $1.25 an hour.
B. settlers could claim title to 160 acres for free if they worked the land for five years.
C. settlers could buy up to 640 acres of land for 25 cents an acre.
D. the richest and most productive western lands were set aside for Civil War veterans.
18. In the West
A. churches often made the first efforts to meet the social needs of communities.
B. churches lacked social influence because the communities were so lawless and violent.
C. most Anglos converted to Catholicism since that church had been in the region for almost 300 years.
D. progressive churches had the most members because westerners had new values that reflected their pioneer experience.
19. The West was tied to the world economy primarily through its
A. manufacturing industries.
B. shipping industries.
C. raw materials.
D. all of the above.
20. Based on the 1890 census, the superintendent of the census
A. mistakenly declared that the frontier would remain open for another century.
B. noted that for the first time most Americans lived west of the Mississippi River.
C. concluded that a discernible frontier line no longer existed in the United States.
D. urged Americans to stop moving west because the region was too crowded.