AMH 2020 MIDTERM - MDC. PT. 1
True
A homestead unit of 160
acres was too small for
grain farming on the Great
Plains.
True
False
False
Although most historians
have previously treated
the buffalo as critical to
Plains Indian culture prior
to the 1880s, recent
anthropological work has
revealed that this is a
myth and that the buffalo
was actually relatively
unimportant for these
tribes.
True
False
Steel
Andrew Carnegie made
his principle fortune in the
field of
steel.
banking.
shipping.
petroleum.
telephones.
1
, AMH 2020 MIDTERM - MDC. PT. 1
was a very common occupation of former slaves.
Black sharecropping
represented a
continuation of the pre-
Civil War gang-labor
system.
differed sharply from the
tenant system.
usually led to economic
independence.
was a very common
occupation of former
slaves.
involved close white
supervision which recalled
the days of slavery.
False
Both baseball and football
appealed primarily to
working-class males.
True
False
True
Custer's defeat at Little
Big Horn in 1876 was
made possible in part by
an unusually large
gathering of tribal
warriors.
True
False
2
, AMH 2020 MIDTERM - MDC. PT. 1
increased significantly
During the late nineteenth
century, child labor in the
United States
increased significantly.
was unregulated by laws
in most states.
saw more children
working in factories than
in agriculture.
both increased
significantly and saw more
children working in
factories than in
agriculture.
None of these answers is
correct.
False
Even though the House's
impeachment charges
were nominally based on
specific "high crimes and
misdemeanors," Andrew
Johnson was actually
convicted by the Senate
and removed from the
presidency for petty
political reasons.
True
False
3
, AMH 2020 MIDTERM - MDC. PT. 1
Chinese
In 1882, the first group of
immigrants to be excluded
from the United States on
the basis of their
nationality were
Chinese.
Japanese.
Mexicans.
Slavs.
Irish.
True
In the period from the end
of Reconstruction into the
twentieth century, the
Democratic Party was the
political party of the vast
majority of southern
whites.
True
False
4
True
A homestead unit of 160
acres was too small for
grain farming on the Great
Plains.
True
False
False
Although most historians
have previously treated
the buffalo as critical to
Plains Indian culture prior
to the 1880s, recent
anthropological work has
revealed that this is a
myth and that the buffalo
was actually relatively
unimportant for these
tribes.
True
False
Steel
Andrew Carnegie made
his principle fortune in the
field of
steel.
banking.
shipping.
petroleum.
telephones.
1
, AMH 2020 MIDTERM - MDC. PT. 1
was a very common occupation of former slaves.
Black sharecropping
represented a
continuation of the pre-
Civil War gang-labor
system.
differed sharply from the
tenant system.
usually led to economic
independence.
was a very common
occupation of former
slaves.
involved close white
supervision which recalled
the days of slavery.
False
Both baseball and football
appealed primarily to
working-class males.
True
False
True
Custer's defeat at Little
Big Horn in 1876 was
made possible in part by
an unusually large
gathering of tribal
warriors.
True
False
2
, AMH 2020 MIDTERM - MDC. PT. 1
increased significantly
During the late nineteenth
century, child labor in the
United States
increased significantly.
was unregulated by laws
in most states.
saw more children
working in factories than
in agriculture.
both increased
significantly and saw more
children working in
factories than in
agriculture.
None of these answers is
correct.
False
Even though the House's
impeachment charges
were nominally based on
specific "high crimes and
misdemeanors," Andrew
Johnson was actually
convicted by the Senate
and removed from the
presidency for petty
political reasons.
True
False
3
, AMH 2020 MIDTERM - MDC. PT. 1
Chinese
In 1882, the first group of
immigrants to be excluded
from the United States on
the basis of their
nationality were
Chinese.
Japanese.
Mexicans.
Slavs.
Irish.
True
In the period from the end
of Reconstruction into the
twentieth century, the
Democratic Party was the
political party of the vast
majority of southern
whites.
True
False
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