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Quiz for Women in the West

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Choose the best answer to each question.

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1. How did Calamity Jane get her name (see Document 15.11)?

She was always in the middle of a conflict.

She rescued an army captain during a skirmish with the Indians.

She came close to death many times when she was living in Virginia City.

She caused a tribe of Indians to attack General Custer's men at Fort Russell.

Correct: The answer is b. Calamity Jane earned her name during the campaign at Goose Creek, Wyoming. The commanding officer, Captain Egan, was shot during an ambush and almost fell off of his horse. After Jane heard the shot, she galloped over to Egan, managed to catch him before he fell, and was able to lift him onto her horse. Egan named her "Calamity Jane, the heroine of the plains."

Incorrect: The answer is b. Calamity Jane earned her name during the campaign at Goose Creek, Wyoming. The commanding officer, Captain Egan, was shot during an ambush and almost fell off of his horse. After Jane heard the shot, she galloped over to Egan, managed to catch him before he fell, and was able to lift him onto her horse. Egan named her "Calamity Jane, the heroine of the plains."

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2. What did Kansas offer African Americans that they did not have in the South (see Document 15.12)?

Social equality

Safety

Economic opportunity

The Baptist Church

Correct: The answer is c. Kansas offered greater economic opportunity for African Americans than they had in the South.

Incorrect: The answer is c. Kansas offered greater economic opportunity for African Americans than they had in the South.

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3. What does Xin Jin's contract (Document 15.13) illustrate about immigration during the late nineteenth century?

Sex was used as currency for immigrants.

Many immigrants indentured themselves in order reach America.

Contracts governed immigrant behavior in the American West.

Female foreigners had greater opportunity to immigrate to America than men.

Correct: The answer is b. The prostitute contract illustrated that many immigrants indentured themselves in order to reach America, often suffering tremendous hardship while serving out the indenture.

Incorrect: The answer is b. The prostitute contract illustrated that many immigrants indentured themselves in order to reach America, often suffering tremendous hardship while serving out the indenture.

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4. What made Abigail Scott Duniway’s chaperone objectionable (see Document 15.14)?

She was an unwed mother.

She dressed provocatively.

She might cause men be jealous.

She did not champion the temperance movement.

Correct: The answer is c. The chaperone, Dr. Mary P. Sawtelle, was objected to because she might cause men to be jealous or afraid of her, due to her profession as a physician.

Incorrect: The answer is c. The chaperone, Dr. Mary P. Sawtelle, was objected to because she might cause men to be jealous or afraid of her, due to her profession as a physician.

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5. What did Caroline Nichols Churchill's memoir demonstrate about the suffrage movement in 1909 (see Document 15.15)?

The movement was hierarchal and political.

The movement was in a steady decline in Colorado.

The movement was fractured, but effective.

The movement was united under one umbrella.

Correct: The answer is a. The suffrage movement in 1909 was hierarchal and political. The older members of the suffrage movement were threatened by Churchill's spunk and did not let her advance in the movement.

Incorrect: The answer is a. The suffrage movement in 1909 was hierarchal and political. The older members of the suffrage movement were threatened by. Churchill's spunk and did not let her advance in the movement.