Author Question: In Owen Wister's novel, The Virginian (1902), the American cowboy was A. castigated for his poor ... (Read 58 times)

Kthamas · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

All of the following writers and artists made significant contributions to the romanticizing of the American West EXCEPT

A. Mark Twain.

B. Theodore Roosevelt.

C. Frederick Jackson Turner.

D. James Whistler.

E. Frederic Remington.

Question 2

Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West shows

A. ignored the fact that Cody had never actually lived in the West himself.

B. showed the realities of life on the frontier.

C. proved to be popular in Europe as well as the United States.

D. did not include representations of Indians.

E. often competed against those of sharpshooter Annie Oakley.

Question 3

In The Significance of the Frontier in American History, Frederick Jackson Turner claimed

A. most of the frontier land was of little practical use for Americans.

B. the western wars between whites and Indians were a national disgrace.

C. that the end of the frontier also marked the end of one of the most important democratizing forces in American life.

D. the frontier had repressed individualism, nationalism, and democracy in America.

E. the United States should expand its northern and southern borders into Canada and Mexico to create new frontier land.

Question 4

Before 1860, the traditional policy of the federal government was to regard Indians partly as

A. wards of the president of the United States.

B. members of dependent states.

C. nonhumans.

D. citizens of the United States.

E. a natural enemy of the United States.

Question 5

In Owen Wister's novel, The Virginian (1902), the American cowboy was

A. castigated for his poor relations with Indians, Mexicans, and Chinese.

B. seen as fast disappearing, as urbanization spread west.

C. portrayed as a simple and virtuous frontiersman.

D. lamented as having lost his innocence and decency.

E. criticized for being too quick to use violence.