APUSH AMSCO PERIOD 6 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Great American Desert - ANS 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 - ANS The western states which had series of gold strikes including, Colorado,
Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and South Dakota.
Comstock Lode - ANS 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) - ANS 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 - ANS Rounding cattle up and moving them from one area to another by
cowboys.
Barbed wire - ANS Homesteaders had used these fencings to cut off the cattle from accessing
formerly open range.
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, Farming frontier - ANS 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).
Great Plains - ANS 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 - ANS Was once set for Native Americans, but was then open for
settlement in 1889.
Frederick Jackson Turner; frontier thesis - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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 solution
Assimilationists - ANS Humanitarians who emphasized formal education and training and
conversion to Christianity.
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Great American Desert - ANS 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 - ANS The western states which had series of gold strikes including, Colorado,
Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and South Dakota.
Comstock Lode - ANS 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) - ANS 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 - ANS Rounding cattle up and moving them from one area to another by
cowboys.
Barbed wire - ANS Homesteaders had used these fencings to cut off the cattle from accessing
formerly open range.
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, Farming frontier - ANS 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).
Great Plains - ANS 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 - ANS Was once set for Native Americans, but was then open for
settlement in 1889.
Frederick Jackson Turner; frontier thesis - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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 solution
Assimilationists - ANS Humanitarians who emphasized formal education and training and
conversion to Christianity.
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