Author Question: What made the content of the 1883 railroad promotional poster California, Cornucopia of the World ... (Read 93 times)

yoroshambo · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

What does this photograph of the four Chrisman sisters standing in front of their sod home in Custer County, Nebraska, reveal about life on the Great Plains?

A) Homesteading was often accompanied by the challenges of loneliness and drudgery.
B) Sod homes and dugouts offered basic amenities like running water and glass windows.
C) Single women were often more successful at homesteading than single men or families.
D) Farming on homesteads was profitable because of mild weather conditions and fertile soil.

Question 2

What was ironic about the final outcome to President Carter's handling of the Iranian hostage crisis?

A) The American hostages were not released until minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as
president, thus denying Carter a final triumph.
B) The hostages were killed after President Carter authorized an unsuccessful rescue mission by
Special Forces in April 1980.
C) The Shah of Iran died of cancer before Carter could return him to Iran in exchange for the
hostages.
D) Even though the United States pledged not to interfere in Iran's domestic affairs after the
release of the hostages, it still continued to do so.

Question 3

The one area in Hamilton's economic reports that Jefferson fully supported was __________.

A) creation of a federal mint
B) increased trade with Great Britain
C) incentives for industrial development
D) establishment of a national bank

Question 4

President Hoover provided direct financial support to banks, insurance companies, farm mortgage associations, and railroads through the establishment of the __________.

A) Reconstruction Finance Corporation
B) Emergency Relief Act
C) National Industrial Recovery Act
D) Works Progress Administration

Question 5

What made the content of the 1883 railroad promotional poster California, Cornucopia of the World ironic?

A) The poster advertised a healthy climate, yet California experienced severe epidemics during
this time.
B) The poster welcomed immigrants, yet California successfully lobbied Congress to bar
Chinese immigration.
C) The land promoted in this poster had been illegally acquired by the railroad from the federal
government.
D) The weather in California was actually more conducive to cyclones and blizzards than it was
in the Great Plains.