Question 1

Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: 
- Kansas

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Question 2

Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following:  Idaho

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Question 3

What traditions shaped open-range ranching in the Americas? What was its environmental impact?

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Question 4

For the most part, white Americans found Indian culture to be very alien. In what ways did Indian culture (practices and beliefs) differ from that of whites? How did the encroachment of whites affect Indian culture?

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Question 5

Explore living conditions for American settlers to the Plains. What problems did they have in traveling to a homestead? Why was setting up a successful homestead so difficult? Why was homesteading particularly difficult for women?

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Question 6

Landownership is part of the "American dream." Describe the acts of Congress that played a part in redistributing western land. Were those acts successful in distributing the land equally among the common people? Why or why not?

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Question 7

How was Indian life on the Great Plains transformed in the second half of the nineteenth century?

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Question 8

Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following:  Montana

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Question 9

Historian Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis" saw the frontier as the key to understanding American history. Elaborate on Turner's belief that the American character was largely determined by the existence of a frontier. Do you agree or disagree with Turner? Explain why.

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Question 10

What methods did the United States government use to remove Indians from western land so that non-Indians could use it? In what ways did the various Indian tribes react to these methods?

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Question 11

Describe the "mythic frontiersman" and give examples of how this character has been portrayed in American culture. Did myths about the frontier reflect reality or an idealized version of frontier life? Why have Americans had such a fondness for the frontier myth? How did this myth influence the conservation movement?

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Question 12

What roles did the federal government, the army, and the railroads play in the settlement of the West?

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Question 13

How did ranchers and settlers displace Spanish-speaking Americans in the Southwest?

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Question 14

Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following:  Oklahoma

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Question 15

What was the role of the railroad in westward expansion and economic development? Did settlers have a positive or negative view of the railroad? Why?

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Question 16

Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following:  Wyoming

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Question 17

Describe the "boom-bust" economic cycles of mining, cattle ranching, and farming. What economic and environmental factors contributed to this pattern? How did these cycles affect settlers in the West?

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Question 18

Examine what role religion had in the settlement of the West. What Americans moved West because of religious reasons, and what were their experiences? How did the government assist or hamper the success of their settlements?

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Question 19

How did whites attempt to control and change Indians? What was the government policy towards where Indians should live? How did some Americans and government officials try to transform Indians? How successful were they? Explain.

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Question 20

Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: 
- Nevada

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Quiz 17: The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900

Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: - Kansas

Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Idaho

What traditions shaped open-range ranching in the Americas? What was its environmental impact?

For the most part, white Americans found Indian culture to be very alien. In what ways did Indian culture (practices and beliefs) differ from that of whites? How did the encroachment of whites affect Indian culture?

Explore living conditions for American settlers to the Plains. What problems did they have in traveling to a homestead? Why was setting up a successful homestead so difficult? Why was homesteading particularly difficult for women?

Landownership is part of the "American dream." Describe the acts of Congress that played a part in redistributing western land. Were those acts successful in distributing the land equally among the common people? Why or why not?

How was Indian life on the Great Plains transformed in the second half of the nineteenth century?

Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Montana

Historian Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis" saw the frontier as the key to understanding American history. Elaborate on Turner's belief that the American character was largely determined by the existence of a frontier. Do you agree or disagree with Turner? Explain why.

What methods did the United States government use to remove Indians from western land so that non-Indians could use it? In what ways did the various Indian tribes react to these methods?

What roles did the federal government, the army, and the railroads play in the settlement of the West?

How did ranchers and settlers displace Spanish-speaking Americans in the Southwest?

Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Oklahoma

What was the role of the railroad in westward expansion and economic development? Did settlers have a positive or negative view of the railroad? Why?

Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Wyoming

Describe the "boom-bust" economic cycles of mining, cattle ranching, and farming. What economic and environmental factors contributed to this pattern? How did these cycles affect settlers in the West?

Examine what role religion had in the settlement of the West. What Americans moved West because of religious reasons, and what were their experiences? How did the government assist or hamper the success of their settlements?

How did whites attempt to control and change Indians? What was the government policy towards where Indians should live? How did some Americans and government officials try to transform Indians? How successful were they? Explain.

Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: - Nevada