Question 1
The appearance of groups like Las Gorras Blancas and El Alianzo Hispano-Americano indicated that:
A) Anglos were not able to exert influence in the Mexicano community.
B) Mexicano and Anglo culture was blending in border areas.
C) new literary alliances were being formed in the Mexicano community.
D) Mexicanos were challenging the rising Anglo presence.
Question 2
The cattle drives in the 1860s1870s would not have been possible without:
A) rail lines to eastern markets.
B) steamship transport from the Texas coast to New York City.
C) new laws establishing American ownership of range cattle.
D) cheap ranch lands along the Rio Grande.
Question 3
The Santa Fe Ring was a group of land spectators, lawyers, and politicians who:
A) extorted money from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
B) benefited from the Timber Culture Act.
C) cheated Mexicanos out of their landholdings.
D) negotiated the Gadsden Purchase for their railroad route.
Question 4
After settling in Utah in the 1840s, the Mormons:
A) established hundreds of communities from Oregon to Mexico.
B) were granted federal recognition as sovereign state.
C) mostly migrated into Mexico to escape U.S. jurisdiction.
D) quickly conformed to mainstream American practices.
Question 5
The Caminetti Act gave states the power to regulate:
A) Indian reservations.
B) mines.
C) railroads.
D) timber resources.
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The United States, 1819
Ten Leading Causes of Death in the United States, 2010.
GDP per Capita in the United States, 1870–2009 (Ratio Scale)
Simplify. Write as a single power.
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