APUSH Flashcardzes

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The real winners from the gold and silver booms in the West were: Small miners, Adventures, Mining Companies, Farmers, Railroads

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Mining Companies

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The intent of the Dawes Act of 1887 was to

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assimilate American Indians into the mainstream of American culture

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The Ghost Dance, a religious movement that developed in the late nineteenth century, emerged from which of the following?
African Americans' efforts to cope with Jim Crow laws.
Southerners' reaction to their loss of authority during Reconstruction.
American Indians' distress over the loss of tribal authority.
Western migrants' nostalgia for life in the East.
East European immigrants' response to industrial life.

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American Indians' distress over the loss of tribal authority.

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The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) did which of the following?

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Sanctioned separate but equal public facilities for African Americans.

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According to historian Frederick Jackson Turner, a key factor in the development of American individualism and democracy was the American frontier.

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the American frontier

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Which of the following was a result of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887? It encouraged cooperative landownership among American Indians., American Indians in the West led attacks on United States forts., American Indians and settlers challenged each other over private land ownership., American Indians lost control of millions of acres of land., Most American Indians were relocated to the west of the Mississippi River.

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American Indians lost control of millions of acres of land.

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In the last half of the nineteenth century, the New South advocates supported expansion of southern industry.

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expansion of southern industry

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During the late nineteenth century, southern state governments used all the following methods to restrict African American freedoms EXCEPT: literacy tests, Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, restrictive housing covenants.

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restrictive housing covenants

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The expansion into the west by settlers most strongly affected American Indians by

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increasing armed conflict with United States citizens and threatening traditional native ways of life.

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Which of the following was typical of agreement such as the Fort Laramie Treaty between the United States government and American Indians in the post-Civil War West? Options: They frequently led to the formation of a common interest between the United States government and American Indians in controlling the activities of white settlers. life., They generally led to the formation of strong, independent American Indian nations., They usually lasted a short time before being broken by settlers' incursions onto American Indian land., They led to the abandonment of most reservations as American Indian families sought economic opportunities in urban areas., They generally lasted for long periods of time where settlers and American Indian tribes shared the land equally.

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They usually lasted a short time before being broken by settlers' incursions onto American Indian land.