Quiz 2: American Character, Dawes Act, Supreme Court, Immigration, Urbanization, US-Europe, Quizzes of United States History

Download Quiz 2: American Character, Dawes Act, Supreme Court, Immigration, Urbanization, US-Europe and more Quizzes United States History in PDF only on Docsity! Quiz 2 - FORM A 1. Which historian advanced the thesis that the frontier helped shape the American character? a. George Bancroft b. Frederick Jackson Turner c. Charles Beard d. Parker Ashe e. Frederick Winslow Taylor 2. The Dawes Act of 1887 had all of the following effects EXCEPT: a. It broke with longstanding tradition by extending federal government authority onto the reservations. b. It undermined tribal unity. c. It allowed an observer from each major tribe to attend Congressional hearings on matters affecting Native Americans. d. It reallocated tribal lands in fixed-size parcels. 3. Supreme Court rulings in the closing decades of the 19th century had two effects: 1) they reinforced earlier laws enacted to ensure the safety and the civil rights of African-Americans, and 2) they negated the effects of “Jim Crow” laws. a. TRUE b. FALSE 4. Merchants who furnished supplies to cotton farmers on credit used a __________ to make sure that they got repaid. a. .45 caliber revolver b. fiduciary receipt c. crop lien d. certified bill of lading 5. According to Tindall and Shi, which of the following statements about immigration and urbanization in the closing decades of the 19th century are TRUE? Select the correct answer from among those offered below the statements: I. Immigrants from Europe wanted to be “real Americans” so they avoided settling in communities made up of people whose European nation of origin was the same as theirs. II. The growth of cities was accompanied by the development of urban political machines and the emergence of powerful political bosses. III. Nativists were anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic and opposed to further immigration. IV. Prior to municipal reform movements, nineteenth-century urban communities were filthy, disease ridden, noisy and smelly. V. The vast majority of immigrants from Europe remained in the major Eastern and Northern urban centers only long enough to arrange transportation to the wide open spaces of the West. a. I, II, III only are true. b. I, II, IV only are true. c. II, III, IV only are true. d. II, III, V only are true. e. III, IV, V only are true. History 106-518