Author Question: What did artist George Catlin imply about the Plains Indians through his 1844 painting Buffalo Chase ... (Read 81 times)

nevelica · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

What made Alexander Hamilton's plan to honor state- and Confederation-issued paper at face value so controversial?

A) Some of the paper notes may have been counterfeit.
B) It could lead to staggering levels of inflation.
C) It allowed foreign investors to stake a claim in the American economy.
D) It rewarded speculators with wealth.

Question 2

Why did overproduction of crops that largely resulted from mechanized agriculture hurt farmers economically during the 1920s?

A) The ability to grow more crops drove prices down.
B) Mechanized agriculture eliminated jobs for many farm laborers and sharecroppers.
C) Foreign countries placed high tariffs on imported American agricultural products.
D) More farming led to soil exhaustion which produced the massive dust storms that destroyed
crops.

Question 3

How were Jimmy Carter and Woodrow Wilson similar in their foreign affairs policies?

A) They both had to deal with overseas wars that involved the United States.
B) They both tried to get America to champion democracy worldwide.
C) They both believed that the United States had the right to meddle in Latin American affairs.
D) They both faced diplomatic crises in the Middle East.

Question 4

How did Hamilton address the debt from the American Revolution in his Report on Public Credit?

A) He required the states to pay off their own accrued debts.
B) He had the federal government fund the national debt and assume states' debts.
C) He discontinued financial relations with Britain.
D) He had private citizens of all classes fund the debt.

Question 5

What did artist George Catlin imply about the Plains Indians through his 1844 painting Buffalo Chase over Prairie Bluffs?

A) The Plains Indians remained in relative isolation up through the early nineteenth century.
B) Horsemanship and buffalo hunts were activities that Plains Indians could do with relatively
little skill.
C) Migratory Plains tribes were inferior to the sedentary ones and resorted to hunting buffalo in
order to survive.
D) The advantages of the horse and buffalo made migratory tribes the dominant powers on the
Great Plains.