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Chapter 7 New Frontiers
  1. Which is a TRUE statement about the Great Plains cowhands of the late 1800s?
   a) A cowhand's wages were higher than those of other jobs.
   b) The American cowhand experience evolved from the vaqueros, Mexican cowhands.
   c) Cowhands were primarily Hispanic Americans.
   d) American cowhand culture had a Native American heritage.
  2. The __________ promised free land to any settler who would farm the land for at least 5 years.
   a) Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads
   b) Pacific Railroad Act
   c) Homestead Act
   d) Dawes Severalty Act
  3. __________ was NOT a formidable problem in the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
   a) Obtaining the support of Congress
   b) Engineering the project
   c) Securing the huge workforce
   d) Crossing the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains
  4. The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 had the effect of __________.
   a) undermining Native American culture
   b) promoting United States Army attacks on Native Americans
   c) moving Native Americans onto reservations
   d) recognizing individual Native American nations
  5. The invention of the __________ created new markets for the coal industry.
   a) telephone
   b) refrigerator car
   c) lightbulb
   d) steam engine
  6. The rise of industrialism and national markets in the late 1800s led to __________.
   a) the growth of Ma and Pa stores all over the country
   b) greater choice and lower prices
   c) higher prices due to the costs of transportation and advertising
   d) increased dependency on canals and river boats to move goods
  7. The best description of a horizontal merger is __________.
   a) merging similar companies that compete in one area of business
   b) joining all the processes of an industry under one business
   c) merging several companies that do not compete in the same markets
   d) merging businesses to control all aspects of production
  8. Industrialists applied the philosophy of Social Darwinism to big business because __________.
   a) it called for government to guide big business
   b) it purported that competition was undesirable
   c) it justified their aggressive business practices
   d) it paralleled their ideas about charity
  9. Falling farm prices, caused by _________, created hardships for farmers during the late 1800s.
   a) increasing demands for farm products
   b) production increases
   c) transportation costs
   d) farmers' indebtedness
  10. Which was NOT a part of the Populist platform?
   a) restrict immigration
   b) allow free coinage of silver
   c) support agricultural concerns
   d) lower taxes on industry
  11. Mother Jones gained notoriety by working for nearly 50 years as a(n) __________.
   a) abolitionist
   b) suffragette
   c) union organizer
   d) Populist
  12. The primary reason for U.S. expansionism in the late 1800s was to __________.
   a) spread the ideals of democracy
   b) establish new economic markets
   c) spread the values of Christianity
   d) increase American power and prestige
  13. The United States made the first move in annexing the Hawaiian Islands by __________.
   a) staging a military coup against Hawaiian royalty
   b) purchasing it from Japan
   c) waging a war against Hawaiian military forces
   d) purchasing it from Spain after the Spanish-American War
  14. Many expansionists believed that the idea of Manifest Destiny justified their efforts to increase the territory of the United States because __________.
   a) it held that the United States was a superior country and had the right to invade and conquer the North American continent and beyond
   b) it proposed that any foreign military expeditions sent to the Western Hemisphere would be seen as a threat to the United States
   c) it held that the United States, a young and vulnerable country, should expand its borders to prevent foreign aggression
   d) it stated that political leaders were destined by Providence to expand a nation's government


 

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