APUSH- AMSCO period 6 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

APUSH- AMSCO period 6 Study Guide with Complete Solutions Great American Desert - Answer️️ -The vast arid territory which includes the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and Western Plateau (this is in between the Mississippi River and Pacific Coast) was named this. Mining frontier - Answer️️ -The western states which had series of gold strikes including, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and South Dakota. Comstock Lode - Answer️️ -The major U.S. discovery of gold and silver (this produced over $340 million in gold and silver by 1890) which was responsible for Nevada entering the Union in 1864. Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) - Answer️️ -Prohibited further immigration of Chinese laborers to the U.S. in order to reduce competition for mining gold. This was also the first major act of Congress to restrict immigration on the basis of race and nationality. Cattle drives - Answer️️ -Rounding cattle up and moving them from one area to another by cowboys. Barbed wire - Answer️️ -Homesteaders had used these fencings to cut off the cattle from accessing formerly open range. Farming frontier - Answer️️ -The Great Plains was mainly the farming frontier. Settlement in the farming frontier was encouraged by the Homestead Act (which gave 160 acres of public land free to any family that settled on it for a period of five years). ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 Great Plains - Answer️️ -The broad expanse of prairie and steppe which lie in the west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming are apart of the plains). Oklahoma Territory - Answer️️ -Was once set for Native Americans, but was then open for settlement in 1889. Frederick Jackson Turner; frontier thesis - Answer️️ -He was a historian who created the frontier thesis. His thesis explained that the frontier experience had promoted a habit of independence and individualism. It was also said that the frontier had also acted as a powerful social leveler, breaking down class distinctions and ensuring social and political democracy (basically the thesis says that the frontier life makes Americans become more inventive and practical-minded). Indian Wars - Answer️️ -Wars fought between the Americans and Native Americans due to the settlement of miners, cattlemen, and homesteaders in the Native American lands. Helen Hunt Jackson, A Century of Dishonor - Answer️️ -American writer who wrote this A Century of Dishonor, which was about the injustice done to Native Americans . This book became a best-seller and created sympathy for Native Americans and motivated many to help Native Americans propose assimilation as a sol