AMSCO APUSH Chapter 17 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

AMSCO APUSH Chapter 17 Study Guide with Complete Solutions The Great American Desert - Answer️️ -Name given to lands between the Mississippi and the Pacific Coast before 1860. There was very little rainfall in this area and the conditions were poor for settlement. (p. 339) significance of bison - Answer️️ -about 15 million bison (buffalo) in this region. bison provided food, shelter, and tools to the 250,000 American Indians living in the west in 1865 p. 339 boomtowns - Answer️️ -A town that grew in mining areas where there were rushes. These usually didn't last because the gold usually ran out, or there was no gold at all. (p. 340) Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 - Answer️️ -In 1862, this act was passed to prohibit further immigration by Chinese laborers to the United States. Native-born Americans resented the competition in the work force (p. 341) cattle (long) drives - Answer️️ -Moving the cattle from Texas to railroad towns in Kansas. (p. 342) Joseph Glidden - Answer️️ -He invented barbed wire to help farmers fence in their lands on the plains. People were migrating to the west as a result of the Homestead Act of 1862 (p. 342) ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 Homestead Act - Answer️️ -In 1862, this act offered 160 acres of public land free to any family that settled on it for 5 years. (p. 342) Turner's Frontier Thesis - Answer️️ -Argued that 300 years of Frontier experience had shaped American culture by promoting independence and individualism. Frontier life caused people to be inventive and practical-minded—but also wasteful in their attitude towards natural resources p. 343 Indian wars () - Answer️️ -A series of battles between Indian tribes and white settlers (miners, ranchers, homesteaders) p. 344-345 The Indian Appropriation Act - Answer️️ -ended recognition of tribes as independent nations by the federal government and nullified previous treaties made with the tribes. (p. 345) Little Big Horn - Answer️️ -In 1876, the Sioux Indians, led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, massacred the U.S. 7th Cavalry led by General Custer. This was the last major battle between the U.S. Army and the American Indians. (p. 345) assimilationists - Answer️️ -The idea that Native Americans should be integrated into American society by becoming educated, adopting American culture, customs, and Christianity. (p. 345) Carlisle School - Answer️️ -boarding school that was effective in segregating American Indian children from their people and teach them white culture and farm