AMH 2020 EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
The compromise of 1877 - ANS Ended Reconstruction. In exchange for a republican president
being elected, congress offered to end reconstruction.
13th amendment - ANS Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment
for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States,
or any place subject to their jurisdiction
14th amendment - ANS The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of
the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the
American Civil War.
15th amendment - ANS The right of citizens...to vote shall not be denied or abridged...on
account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Homestead act - ANS the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing
settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were
required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land.
Church of Latter Day Saints - ANS The Mormons were persecuted and moved to Utah to
settle. Utah became a mormon influenced state.
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, Sioux - ANS Dominant group in the northern part of the West. Native Americans thought that
Americans would be just passing through but the homestead act changed that. 1862 War broke
out between minnesota settlers and the sioux. 1874 gold is found in a sioux reservation.
Sand creek massacre - ANS A group of indians led by Black Kettle were slaughtered en route
to sign a treaty. John Chimington led the attack. over 200 indians died, and it spurred the
creation of the Indian Peace Commission.
Indian Peace Commission - ANS called for a moral and christian approach when dealing with
Indians. Handed over Indian reservations to the churches in order to persuade Indians into
christianity and into our culture
Little Big Horn - ANS battle over gold. The sioux are completely wiped out when they had to
conflict over not wanting to give up their land.
The Long Walk (1863-1866) - ANS Indians were forced at gunpoint to leave their home to go
to the bosque reservation. The land was not useful and it led to starving people and financial
disaster.
Reservations - ANS "pen" for the indians so the americans could use their land. meant to try
to change indians to be more American-like
Transcontinental Railroad 1869 - ANS Railroads had a huge impact on the country with the
movement of people and goods. shortens country and expands cities.
Dawes Act 1887 - ANS adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United
States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.
breaks up indian lands
Wovoka (1889) - ANS Indian man who received a vision of God where he saw the future of
his people. The message was to treat everybody nicely and to participate in the ghost dance.
The vision says that if indians do these things, then the ancestors will rise, the drought will end,
the whites will disappear, and the buffalo will come back.
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AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
The compromise of 1877 - ANS Ended Reconstruction. In exchange for a republican president
being elected, congress offered to end reconstruction.
13th amendment - ANS Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment
for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States,
or any place subject to their jurisdiction
14th amendment - ANS The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of
the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the
American Civil War.
15th amendment - ANS The right of citizens...to vote shall not be denied or abridged...on
account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Homestead act - ANS the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing
settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were
required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land.
Church of Latter Day Saints - ANS The Mormons were persecuted and moved to Utah to
settle. Utah became a mormon influenced state.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
, Sioux - ANS Dominant group in the northern part of the West. Native Americans thought that
Americans would be just passing through but the homestead act changed that. 1862 War broke
out between minnesota settlers and the sioux. 1874 gold is found in a sioux reservation.
Sand creek massacre - ANS A group of indians led by Black Kettle were slaughtered en route
to sign a treaty. John Chimington led the attack. over 200 indians died, and it spurred the
creation of the Indian Peace Commission.
Indian Peace Commission - ANS called for a moral and christian approach when dealing with
Indians. Handed over Indian reservations to the churches in order to persuade Indians into
christianity and into our culture
Little Big Horn - ANS battle over gold. The sioux are completely wiped out when they had to
conflict over not wanting to give up their land.
The Long Walk (1863-1866) - ANS Indians were forced at gunpoint to leave their home to go
to the bosque reservation. The land was not useful and it led to starving people and financial
disaster.
Reservations - ANS "pen" for the indians so the americans could use their land. meant to try
to change indians to be more American-like
Transcontinental Railroad 1869 - ANS Railroads had a huge impact on the country with the
movement of people and goods. shortens country and expands cities.
Dawes Act 1887 - ANS adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United
States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.
breaks up indian lands
Wovoka (1889) - ANS Indian man who received a vision of God where he saw the future of
his people. The message was to treat everybody nicely and to participate in the ghost dance.
The vision says that if indians do these things, then the ancestors will rise, the drought will end,
the whites will disappear, and the buffalo will come back.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026.
