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HIST-17B Exam Verified Answers
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- HIST 17B
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- Sierra College
HIST-17B Exam Verified Answers
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The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 __________. (Ch 18) - Answers
reversed federal Indian policy that had been in place since the 1830s
The Santa Fe Ring was a group of land spectators, lawyers, and politicians
who __________. (Ch 18) - Answers cheated Mexicanos out of their
landholdings
One result of the mining boom in the West was __________. (Ch 18) -
Answers the creation of strong and effective unions
The people who benefited most from the Homestead Act were the
__________. (Ch 18) - Answers Land Speculators.
On the Great Plains, the most successful farmers were those with
__________. (Ch 18) - Answers money and political power
The Cherokee responded to pressure from whites by __________. (Ch 18)
- Answers learning English, becoming Christians, and adopting
farming
, Q&A
Under the Treaty of Fort Laramie, the Sioux __________. (Ch 18) -
Answers were granted the Black Hills "as long as the grass shall grow"
Under human use, the natural environment of the West __________. (Ch
18) - Answers was destroyed or significantly degraded
Cattle ranchers responded to the growing numbers of farmers and
sheepherders in the West in the 1880s by __________. (Ch 18) -
Answers destroying fences put up by the farmers and sheepherders
Sand Creek was the scene of __________. (Ch 18) - Answers an
unprovoked massacre of Cheyenne Indians by Colorado Volunteers
The Good Neighbor Policy focused on U.S. relations with __________. (Ch
20) - Answers Latin America
Who did the Democrats nominate for president in 1896? (Ch 20) -
Answers William Jennings Bryan
The 1898 massacre in Wilmington, North Carolina, was a white response to
fears that African Americans would ally with the __________. (Ch 20) -
Answers Populists
The town of Pullman, Illinois, was an example of __________. (Ch 20) -
Answers a company town
, Q&A
The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1887 to regulate
__________. (Ch 20) - Answers railroads
Passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883 indicated __________. (Ch 20) -
Answers that both parties recognized a need to professionalize
government service
Supporters of the new People's Party founded in 1890 called themselves
__________. (Ch 20) - Answers Populists
In general, the presidents of the last quarter of the nineteenth century
__________. (Ch 20) - Answers lacked luster and accomplished
little
Discontented farmers aimed their harshest criticism against __________.
(Ch 20) - Answers railroads
The Granger movement collapsed when __________. (Ch 20) - Answers
the depression of the 1870s wiped out their programs
Fredrick Jackson Turner argued that, with the closing of the frontier,
Americans (Ch 20) - Answers required a new frontier outside
America
Ida B. Wells won little white support with her crusade against (Ch 20) -
Answers lynching
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