HIST-173 Midterm Exam with Standard Questions and Accurate Solutions
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HIST-173 Midterm Exam with Standard Questions and Accurate Solutions
Which of the following best characterizes the role of the American West at the turn of the century?
The region remained isolated and impoverished because of its aridity.
The region had become a significant producer of raw...
HIST-173 Midterm Exam with Standard
Questions and Accurate Solutions
Which of the following best characterizes the role of the American West at the turn of the
century?
The region remained isolated and impoverished because of its aridity.
The region had become a significant producer of raw materials for the global economy.
The West was a singular haven for small producers, free from corporate greed and the power
of big business.
The region had come to resemble the Northeast, with much of its economic activity in
manufacturing. ANSWER The region had become a significant producer of raw materials for
the global economy.
Which of the following were the largest landholders in the West by the end of the 19th
century?
Railroads
Banks
Gold Miners
Cattle Barons
,Homesteaders ANSWER Railroads
Which of the following killed most Native Americans in their encounters with Anglo settlers?
Combat
Liquor and disease
Starvation
Railroad accidents ANSWER liquor and disease
Explanation: War was only one way in which contact with whites turned deadly for Native
Americans. Liquor and disease killed more Native Americans than combat did.
Virginia City, Nevada, experienced all of the following after the Comstock Lode discovery
EXCEPT: ANSWER A religious revival
What were "bonanza farms"? ANSWER farms of one thousand acres or more
Explanation: They were most common in the wheat lands of the northern plains
Which of the following is true about Native American tribes in the trans-Mississippi West?
They were led by authoritarian chiefs who lacked sympathy for their people.
, The gap between rich and poor was generally small.
Tribes typically consisted of twenty thousand to thirty thousand people.
Tribes were separated by vastly different experiences and values. ANSWER The gap
between rich and poor was generally small.
Explanation: Although some tribes were materially better off than others, the gap between the
rich and the poor within tribes was miniminal compare to American society
Where did the Union and Central Pacific railroad lines meet in 1869? ANSWER at
Promontory Summit in Utah
Which of the following best characterizes a Native American view of land in the 19th
century?
Only the Lakota Sioux and the French fur trappers should have hunting rights.
Land is sacred and owned by all.
Each male head of household should own 60 acres of land.
Land is best used for farming.
All land should be used for buffalo hunting. ANSWER Land is sacred and owned by all.
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