test 17

Question 1

the first transcontinental railroad was built primarily by immigrants from China and

Answer 1

Ireland

Question 2

the junction of the transcontinental railroad

Answer 2

Promontory Pt., Utah

Question 3

territory settles by “land rushes”

Answer 3

Oklahoma

Question 4

main crop of the Great Plains

Answer 4

Wheat

Question 5

the Comstock Lode relied on the work of independent prospectors who used picks and shovels

Answer 5

False

Question 6

the open-range cattle industry came to an end because of a reduced demand for beef

Answer 6

False

Question 7

corp. built trans. railroad got 20 million acres land grants as reward from government

Answer 7

True

Question 8

the Homestead Act aroused angry protests by farmers

Answer 8

False

Question 9

The “Great American Desert” was actually fertile and covered with grass

Answer 9

True

Question 10

political leader of the Sioux during the Sioux War

Answer 10

Sitting Bull

Question 11

military leader of the Sioux during the Sioux War

Answer 11

Crazy Horse

Question 12

reckless colonel who lost his life at the Battle of Little Bighorn

Answer 12

Custer

Question 13

“Indian Napoleon” chief of the Nez Perce Indians

Answer 13

Joseph

Question 14

provided a 160-acre land grant in the West free to anyone who improved it

Answer 14

Homestead Act

Question 15

a bloody attack on an Indian band that had already surrendered

Answer 15

Wounded Knee

Question 16

parceled out Indian tribal lands

Answer 16

Dawes Act

Question 17

the last major effort by the Indians to retain their lands

Answer 17

Sioux Wars

Question 18

the term used for tracts of land set aside for Indians

Answer 18

Reservations

Question 19

key to the culture of the Plains Indians

Answer 19

Buffalo

Question 20

What was the subject of A Century of Dishonor?

Answer 20

Indians Plight

Question 21

reservations the American government placed Indians were arid, barren lands, to whites

Answer 21

True

Question 22

puppet emperor in Mexico

Answer 22

Maximilian I

Question 23

American commodore who negotiated a treaty with the Japanese

Answer 23

Perry

Question 24

Spanish Ambassador who insulted president McKinley in a private letter

Answer 24

DeLome

Question 25

American commodore who defeated the Spanish navy in the Philippines

Answer 25

Dewey

Question 26

1. Philippine revolutionary

Answer 26

Aguinaldo

Question 27

settlement of 3 longstanding disagreements between Britain and the U.S.

Answer 27

Treaty of Washington

Question 28

movement intended to achieve greater unity among nations in the Western Hemisphere

Answer 28

Pan Americanism

Question 29

free trade in China

Answer 29

Open Door Policy

Question 30

antiforeign movement in China

Answer 30

Boxer Rebellion

Question 31

means the exertion of power by 1 people over another for benefit of controlling the country

Answer 31

Imperialism

Question 32

term means mission boards that are not supported by guaranteed funds from a denomination

Answer 32

Faith Missions

Question 33

The term given to sensationalized news reporting in the U.S. late in the 19th century

Answer 33

Yellow Journalism

Question 34

the war the U.S fought over the independence of Cuba

Answer 34

Spanish-American War

Question 35

territory purchased from Russia in 1867

Answer 35

Alaska

Question 36

the U.S. acquired Hawaii

Answer 36

Annexation

Question 37

purpose of the Student Volunteer Movement

Answer 37

Recruit missionaries

Question 38

a volunteer unit during the Spanish-American War

Answer 38

Rough Riders

Question 39

as a result of the Spanish-American War, the U.S. gained ownership of all territories except?

Answer 39

Cuba

Question 40

the Japanese greeted Matthew Perry’s arrival in Japan warmly and favorably

Answer 40

False

Question 41

the First Pan-American Congress in 1889 was a resounding success

Answer 41

False

Question 42

one positive benefit of imperialism was a growth of Christian missions

Answer 42

True