Multiple Choice Chapter 16 Self-Quiz 1

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. In the late 19th century, the African American community of Galveston exercised its influence in the city through the

Anglican Church. correct incorrect

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. correct incorrect

Negro Longshoremen's Association. correct incorrect

United Negro Improvement Association. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following factors drew Americans in the West into cities?

the lure of open land correct incorrect

the prospects of farming correct incorrect

the possibilities in the mining industry correct incorrect

environmental forces correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was most significant for the growing importance of Arizona's copper mines in the 1890s?

the nation's expanding communication system correct incorrect

the nation's radio industry correct incorrect

the region's trade networks correct incorrect

the shipping industry along the Pacific Rim correct incorrect

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. Which of the following cities featured a "Chinatown" at the turn of the 20th century?

Boise correct incorrect

Denver correct incorrect

Indianapolis correct incorrect

Boston correct incorrect

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. Compared to the land parcels available through the Homestead Act of 1862, those available through the Desert Lands Act of 1877 were

larger. correct incorrect

smaller. correct incorrect

more expensive. correct incorrect

more fertile. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following types of violence was most common in the American West during the late 19th century?

individual gunfights correct incorrect

large-scale military battles correct incorrect

court-supervised executions correct incorrect

group vigilantism correct incorrect

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. Which of the following groups suffered the most from the unpredictability of international commodities markets in the late 19th century?

immigrants correct incorrect

farmers correct incorrect

the industrial elite correct incorrect

the urban middle class correct incorrect

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. In the long run, the only consistently successful method for reaping the riches of the Plains proved to be

dirt-farming. correct incorrect

small-scale ranching. correct incorrect

industrial ranching. correct incorrect

organic farming. correct incorrect

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. The most powerful railroad company in California in the late 19th century was the

Santa Fe Railroad. correct incorrect

Baltimore and Ohio. correct incorrect

Union Pacific. correct incorrect

Southern Pacific Railroad. correct incorrect

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. The environmental challenges of the American West in the latter 19th century

undermined the rise of a conservation movement. correct incorrect

destroyed the growth prospects of the Pacific Coast. correct incorrect

demonstrated the perils of hasty government policies. correct incorrect

were minor compared to those in the Northeast in the 18th century. correct incorrect

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. By the 1880s, the U.S. government acknowledged that the only Indian territory left was

in New Mexico. correct incorrect

on offshore islands. correct incorrect

in shrinking reservations. correct incorrect

south of the border. correct incorrect

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. What did Carlisle Pratt tell his arriving students and visitors about his Indian boarding school in the late 19th century?

He would "kill the Indian to save the man." correct incorrect

He would "save the Indian, even if he had to kill a man." correct incorrect

He would "kill any man, save for an Indian." correct incorrect

He would "kill all Indians to save one man." correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was a consequence of the Dawes, or General Allotment, Act of 1887?

It made fraud harder. correct incorrect

It raised Indian prosperity. correct incorrect

It made casinos possible. correct incorrect

It decreased Indian self-sufficiency. correct incorrect

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. Preservationists were inspired by authors such as

Nathaniel Hawthorne. correct incorrect

Thorstein Veblen. correct incorrect

Walt Whitman. correct incorrect

Jane Austen. correct incorrect