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the New South gospel emphasized all the following EXCEPT:
industrialization
sectional peace
women’s rights
racial harmony
better education
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women’s rights
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Proponents of the New South believed that the South should:
eliminate agriculture
form a separate nation
industrialize
be dominated by planter aristocrats
encourage immigration of cheap labor
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industrialize
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The Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902:
sold to settlers the lands created by clearing the timber from the western public lands
allowed the government to reclaim some of the land once given to railroads
authorized the government to begin a tremendous tree-planting project to reclaim part of the arid West
provided funds for irrigation works
called for the construction of a dredged harbor in Los Angeles
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provided funds for irrigation works
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King Cotton survived the Civil War and expanded over new acreage:
because traditional overplanting of the crop continued
due to expanding its export market
because the U.S. government now gave farmers new subsidies
in spite of growing claims of collusion in the marketplace
even as synthetic materials were invented in the 1890s
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in spite of growing claims of collusion in the marketplace
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The Indian tribe that defeated Custer and put up the greatest resistance to U.S. domination was the:
Apache
Comanche
Crow
Sioux
Blackfeet
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Sioux
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Cattlemen rationalized violence against sheepherders because:
they saw sheepherder ethnicity or religious beliefs as inferior
the myth of the Old West suggested that cowboys use guns
they did not want to hurt the grasslands
sheepherders were known to be violent themselves
refrigerated railcars only had so much space for beef and mutton
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they saw sheepherder ethnicity or religious beliefs as inferior
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In the landmark case Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company:
New South leader Robert Woodruff sued a company polluting the Coca-Cola bottling plant
America’s clean air laws were established
the judge ruled on the legality of dumping mining debris in water sources
Woodruff, a mine employee, sued because of an injury
the court ruled that open-pit mines were illegal in Michigan
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the court ruled that open-pit mines were illegal in Michigan
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Why was Alabama named the "Pittsburgh of the South"?
It was an iron center.
It had pirates.
It was Andrew Carnegie’s birthplace.
It lacked racial segregation.
It had the same population size.
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It was an iron center.
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In 1877, President Rutherford Hayes addressed the American approach to dealing with Native Americans, saying
"we must kill the Indian in order to save the man"
"the only good Indian is a dead one"
"if we kill the bison, we control the Indians"
"Indians must be removed from tribes in order to progress"
"Indian wars have had their origin in broken promises and acts of injustice on our part"
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"Indian wars have had their origin in broken promises and acts of injustice on our part"
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The fight for survival in the trans-Mississippi West made men and women:
more equal partners than were their eastern counterparts
have a mutual hatred for Native Americans
come to an understanding that women would play a subservient role on the frontier
realize their mistakes that led them to follow a very nomadic lifestyle
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more equal partners than were their eastern counterparts
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Proponents of creating a "New South" argued that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because:
slavery was unsustainable
of its inept military leadership
the Union embraced more desirable cultural values
the southern elite were soft and undisciplined
it relied too much upon King Cotton
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it relied too much upon King Cotton
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In the battle at the Little Bighorn River in 1876:
General George Custer’s troops defeated the Cherokee and Seminole Indians
some 2,500 Indians annihilated a detachment of 210 soldiers
Chief Red Cloud was captured and murdered
Sioux and Cheyenne Indians won a large chuck of the Montana Territory, which they kept for fourteen years
Sitting Bull scouted for the United States against his own people
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some 2,500 Indians annihilated a detachment of 210 soldiers
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The 1890 Census reported that:
Indians still outnumbered whites in the West
more people lived in big cities than in rural areas
the frontier era in American development was over
it would take several more generations to close the American West to settlement
California had become the most populous state in the Union
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the frontier era in American development was over
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Joseph Glidden:
was a railroad man who reaped great profits from the early cattle drives
perfected the invention of barbed wire
made his fame as a buffalo hunter, slaughtering thousands of the animals
led the sheep ranchers against the cattlemen for control of western grazing lands
called for regulation of bonanza farms
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perfected the invention of barbed wire
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What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?
It was designed to sever ties the Native Americans had with Canada.
It gave individual Indians up to 520 acres of land.
It made the KKK illegal.
It sought to "Americanize" Indians by dealing with them as individuals.
It made Native Americans U.S. citizens.
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It sought to "Americanize" Indians by dealing with them as individuals.
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The postwar South suffered from an acute shortage of:
capital
labor
cotton
domestic help
water
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capital
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The first great cowtown was:
Abilene, Kansas
St. Louis, Missouri
Fort Worth, Texas
Butte, Montana
Denver, Colorado
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Abilene, Kansas
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Congress passed the Homestead Act:
because the big ranchers lobbied for it
to encourage settlement of the western lands
in order to encourage the railroads to build a transcontinental road out of the north
to place Indians on reservations
in order to build militias in Indian country
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to encourage settlement of the western lands
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Black migrants to the West were called "Exodusters" because:
most were ex-crop dusters
they were often making their exodus from the South
they carried exodermic infections
most saw the West as an exotic destination
their bodies were extremely dusty after the long trip
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they were often making their exodus from the South
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Buffalo soldiers were:
black soldiers who served in the West
Indian scouts who helped the army against the Plains tribes
white hunters who killed millions of buffalo
Jamaican immigrants who joined the army in exchange for citizenship
the Rough Riders who rode with William Cody
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black soldiers who served in the West
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"Exodusters" were:
A) Chinese immigrants in California
B) religious zealots on the northern plains
C) black Southerners who moved west
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C) black Southerners who moved west
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The case of Plessy v. Ferguson involved a challenge to segregation laws that applied to:
A) public schools
B) passenger trains
C) hotels
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B) passenger trains
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Cattle drives:
A) were largely over by 1886
B) typically started from ranches in Kansas and Oklahoma
C) delivered herds to the slaughterhouses in Chicago
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A) were largely over by 1886
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Cattlemen rationalized violence against sheepherders because:
A) they saw sheepherder ethnicity or religious beliefs as inferior
B) the myth of the Old West suggested that cowboys use guns
C) refrigerated railcars only had so much space for beef and mutton
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A) they saw sheepherder ethnicity or religious beliefs as inferior
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The Comstock Lode was:
A) in Nevada
B) on land given to the Cherokee Indians in the 1830s
C) the site of the first uranium mine in the United States
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A) in Nevada
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The Dawes Severalty Act:
A) was designed to sever ties Native Americans had with Canada
B) made the KKK illegal
C) sought to "Americanize" Indians by dealing with them as individuals
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C) sought to "Americanize" Indians by dealing with them as individuals
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The fight for survival in the trans-Mississippi West made men and women:
A) more equal partners than were their eastern counterparts
B) have a mutual hatred for Native Americans
C) realize their mistakes that led them to follow a very nomadic lifestyle
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A) more equal partners than were their eastern counterparts
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In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court:
A) ruled that a federal civil rights act could not extend to individual action
B) ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of "equal protection of the laws" applied to private businesses
C) upheld a Louisiana segregation law
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C) upheld a Louisiana segregation law
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In the late 1800s, the South experienced major increases in the production of all but one of the following:
A) textiles
B) automobiles
C) lumber
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B) automobiles
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Much of the development of the western plains has been shaped by its:
A) lush forestation
B) aridity
C) vastness
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B) aridity
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Perhaps the ultimate paradox of the Bourbons’ rule was that their paragons of white supremacy tolerated:
A) laws to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan
B) a lingering black voice in politics
C) Radical Republican rule of the country
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B) a lingering black voice in politics
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The Pittsburgh of the South, so named because it was an iron center, was:
A) Birmingham, Alabama
B) Charleston, West Virginia
C) Nashville, Tennessee
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A) Birmingham, Alabama
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Six states were created from the western territories in the years 1889-1890. These states were not admitted before 1889 because:
A) the lawlessness of many western towns discouraged Congress from admitting the territories as states
B) if large mining firms had been forced to pay state taxes, they would have had to close down
C) Democrats in Congress were reluctant to create states out of territories that were heavily Republican
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C) Democrats in Congress were reluctant to create states out of territories that were heavily Republican
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Under Bourbon rule in the South, state spending for public education:
A) decreased in Mississippi, but increased everywhere else
B) dramatically declined
C) stayed about the same
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B) dramatically declined
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Who said, "In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the five fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress"?
A) Booker T. Washington
B) Henry Grady
C) W. E. B. Du Bois
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A) Booker T. Washington
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