The American Frontier & Industrial North Quiz

Second Treaty of Fort Laramie, agreed between the US government and various bands of the Sioux nation, 1868 Article 6 of the treaty most likely reflected which of the following sentiments?

-A hope held by some in the government that American Indians would adopt lifestyles similar to the lifestyles of White settlers

William Graham Sumner, university professor, What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, 1883 The practices of big-business leaders in the late 1800s best reflects which of the following actions illustrated by the excerpt?

-Big-business leaders used their influence to facilitate rapid economic growth

Bar Graph: Based on the data from the US Bureau of the Census, Historical Stats of the US 1975 Which of the following was a long-term development that contributed to the changed in Chinese immigration depicted in the graph between 1875 and 1885?

-Chinese laborers competed with White laborers for jobs and mineral wealth during the 1850s and 1860s

Second Treaty of Fort Laramie, agreed between the US government and various bands of the Sioux nation, 1868 The conflict between the Sioux nation and the US was primarily driven by differing...

-Claims to land

Hoarce Greeley, editor of the NY Tribune, letter to R.L. Sanderson, 1871 The fulfillment of advice such as that in excerpt most directly contributed to which of the following the late 19th century?

-Competition for resources among White settlers and American Indians

The Dawes Severalty Act, 1887 The primary goal of the government policy cited above was to...

-End tribal identities

Ocala (Populist) Platform, December 1890 The Ocala Platform proved an important link between which of the following groups?

-Farmer organizations and the Populist movement

Ocala (Populist) Platform, December 1890 The economic reasoning behind the Ocala Platform assumes that...

-Increasing the money supply would increase prices and incomes

Hoarce Greeley, editor of the NY Tribune, letter to R.L. Sanderson, 1871 The advice in the excerpt most directly reflects the influence of which of the following prevailing American ideas?

-Manifest Destiny

Bar Graph: Based on the data from the US Bureau of the Census, Historical Stats of the US 1975 Which of the following was a difference between the immigration from 1865 to 1895 depicted in the graph and immigration in the 1840s and 1850s?

-More immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s arrived with cultural practices similar to those Americans than did the immigrants who arrived between 1865 and 1895

Bar Graph: Based on the data from the US Bureau of the Census, Historical Stats of the US 1975 Which of the following was a response to both immigration in the 1850s and the immigration depicted in the graph?

-Navists advocated against the continued arrival of immigrants

Hoarce Greeley, editor of the NY Tribune, letter to R.L. Sanderson, 1871 Which of the following most accurately describes a group who acted on ideas such as those in the excerpt?

-Northern European immigrants pursuing mining, farming, and ranching

The Dawes Severalty Act, 1887 During the late 19th century, western Native American life was most affected by...

-Post-Civil War migrations of whites

Ocala (Populist) Platform, December 1890 The Ocala Platform resulted from a protest movement that primarily involved ...

-Small farmers

The Dawes Severalty Act, 1887 Historically, struggles between American Indian tribes and the federal government have stemmed from...

-The Constitution's failure to precisely define the relationship between American Indian tribes and the national government

William Graham Sumner, university professor, What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, 1883 The excerpt best reflects which of the following economic developments in the 1800s?

-The consolidation of power over the economy by business leaders

Second Treaty of Fort Laramie, agreed between the US government and various bands of the Sioux nation, 1868 Which of following contributed to reducing the conflict that article 11 and similar provisions of other treaties were designed to address?

-The destruction of nearly the entire population of buffalo

William Graham Sumner, university professor, What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, 1883 The excerpt best reflects which of the following economic developments in the lat 1800s?

-The increase in wealth inequality in the US society

Hoarce Greeley, editor of the NY Tribune, letter to R.L. Sanderson, 1871 Which of the following late 19th century federal actions most directly supported the ideas expressed in the excerpt?

-The sale of land to settlers at low cost

Second Treaty of Fort Laramie, agreed between the US government and various bands of the Sioux nation, 1868 Which of the following was typical of agreement such as the Fort Laramie Treaty, between the US government and the American Indians in the post-Civil War West?

-They usually lasted a short time before being broken by settlers' incursions on American Indian reservations