Question

1. the indians were virtually exterminated in the 1860s and 1870s for all of the following reasons except

a. the meat industry needed meat for its markets.
b. railroad companies hired hunters to kill buffalo.
c. hunters shot the animals for sport.
d. americans killed buffalo to hurt the native american population.

1. the historian frederick jackson turner argued that the frontier shaped america by

a. killing off many of the most adventurous individuals.
b. stimulating individualism, nationalism, and democracy.
c. producing institutions very much like those of europe.
d. recreating sectional differences of the north and south.
questions 13 - 15 refer to the following image:

1. chinese who lived in the western u.s. worked in all of the following occupations except

a. laborers on the railroad.
b. owners of small businesses.
c. miners in the gold industry.
d. politicians in the more liberal western states.

1. in the wake of anti - chinese violence in california, the united states congress

a. did nothing, as it was california’s problem.
b. banned the kearneyites in san francisco.
c. opened schools of higher learning to help assimilate the chinese.
d. passed a law prohibiting the immigration of chinese laborers to america.

1. the workingmen’s party in california had similar nativist ideologies from what antebellum political party?

a. republican party
b. whig party
c. free - soil party
d. american party
questions 16 - 17 refer to the following image:

1. as illustrated in the image, the primary function of the grange movement was to

a. allow western state governments to sell land quickly.
b. purchase large areas of land in the west to sell later for a profit.
c. help farmers create cooperatives.
d. allow americans and immigrants to buy land directly from the federal government.

1. in several states, farmers helped to pass the “granger laws,” which

a. lowered mortgage interest rates.
b. allowed them to form producer and consumer cooperatives.
c. prohibited bankruptcy auctions.
d. regulated railroad rates.

Explanation:

Question 11

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: The mining industry needed metal for resource markets, which is plausible.
• Option B: National corporations hiring laborers to build railroads is a known part of 19th - century US history.
• Option C: Hunting animals for sport was not a main reason for the extermination of bison. The primary reasons were commercial hunting (for hides, etc.) and to hurt Native Americans.
• Option D: Americans killed bison to hurt the Native American population as bison were a vital resource for them.

The question asks which is NOT a reason. So the answer is C.

Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis:

• Option A: The frontier did not kill off adventurous individuals; it attracted them.
• Option B: Turner argued that the frontier stimulated individualism, nationalism, and democracy. This is the core of his thesis.
• Option C: The frontier produced institutions different from Europe, not similar.
• Option D: The frontier was seen as a unifying force, not recreating sectional differences.

Chinese immigrants in the western US:

• Option A: Many Chinese labored on railroads.
• Option B: Some were owners of small businesses.
• Option C: Many were miners in the gold industry.
• Option D: Chinese immigrants were not prominent as politicians in more liberal western states (due to discrimination and exclusionary laws).

Answer:

C. business men that animals for sport

Question 12