Multiple Choice Chapter 16 Self-Quiz 2

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. How did Theodore Roosevelt react to the 1890 census report that the western frontier was officially "closed"?

He took it as an enormous accomplishment. correct incorrect

He welcomed it with a sense of relief. correct incorrect

He viewed this development with great anxiety. correct incorrect

He shrugged off the report as an exaggeration. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was not a factor in the lack of Mexican control over its northern provinces that would later become New Mexico, Arizona, and California?

politics correct incorrect

bureaucratic incompetence correct incorrect

economics correct incorrect

Anglo-American migrants correct incorrect

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. Which of the following cities was on El Camino Real, along which migrant laborers moved from Mexico into the American Southwest?

Tijuana correct incorrect

San Diego correct incorrect

Cabos San Lucas correct incorrect

Chihuahua correct incorrect

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. What did geology professor and Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell warn about in his 1878 Report on the Lands of the Arid Region?

He thought the local Indian tribes far too dangerous. correct incorrect

He warned of jealous North Mexican rancheros. correct incorrect

He considered the flora and fauna of the region unappealing and harmful. correct incorrect

He thought the climate of the region did not allow for traditional settlements. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best summarized the "dark side" of the mythical West in American History?

It justified the mistreatment of Indians and their ancestral homelands. correct incorrect

It made light of the presence of chattel slavery in the American Far West. correct incorrect

It downplayed the dangers of radical politics in western cities. correct incorrect

It failed to show that the West suffered from an aging and shrinking population. correct incorrect

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. What did southern blacks and Chinese workers in the American West have in common in the late 19th century?

They worked in the cotton fields. correct incorrect

They had yet to gain the right to vote. correct incorrect

They frequently faced white lynch mobs. correct incorrect

They developed an extensive underground drug economy. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following "Robber Barons" was known as the "Empire Builder"?

James J. Hill correct incorrect

Collis P. Huntington correct incorrect

J. P. Morgan correct incorrect

John D. Rockefeller correct incorrect

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. Populist Party activist Mary Elizabeth Lease and her husband lost everything

in the Galveston hurricane of 1900. correct incorrect

in the Chicago fire of 1871. correct incorrect

in the economic crash of 1873. correct incorrect

in a misguided speculation on silver. correct incorrect

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. What made Galveston a good distribution point for the burgeoning cattle industry in the late 19th century?

its established oil industry correct incorrect

its large population of cowboys correct incorrect

its long island cattle range correct incorrect

its large population of skilled butchers correct incorrect

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. Who did Custer and the Seventh Cavalry encounter in the Battle of Little Big Horn of 1876?

the Nez Perce correct incorrect

the Hunkpapa Sioux correct incorrect

the Wampanoag correct incorrect

the Comanches correct incorrect

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. In 1870, Congress supported assimilation with a $100,000 appropriation for the creation of federal

industrial schools. correct incorrect

reservations. correct incorrect

casinos. correct incorrect

Indian trade centers. correct incorrect

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. What did British-Australian officials do after they had failed to secure Aboriginal land in negotiations?

They abandoned the concept of settlement. correct incorrect

They gave Aborigines equal civil rights. correct incorrect

They questioned their own notions of superiority. correct incorrect

They declared the area Terra Nullius, or empty land. correct incorrect

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. How did Congress belatedly commemorate the extinct buffalo herds in 1913?

It created a battalion of buffalo soldiers. correct incorrect

It introduced buffalos into local zoos. correct incorrect

It coined the "buffalo nickel." correct incorrect

It formed the D.C. Buffalos—a football team. correct incorrect

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. The Sierra Club is best understood as

a special interest lobby for the lumber industry. correct incorrect

an example of growing national concern for the value of nature. correct incorrect

a group of Emerson-inspired idealists with no grasp of politics. correct incorrect

an elite gathering of middle-class whites concerned about their water quality. correct incorrect