AMSCO APUSH PERIOD 6 Exam Questions and
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Great American Desert. ANSWER - 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. ANSWER - The western states which had series of gold strikes including,
Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and South Dakota.
Comstock Lode. ANSWER - 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). ANSWER - 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. ANSWER - Rounding cattle up and moving them from one area to another
by cowboys.
Barbed wire. ANSWER - Homesteaders had used these fencings to cut off the cattle from
accessing formerly open range.
Farming frontier. ANSWER - 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. ANSWER - 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. ANSWER - Was once set for Native Americans, but was then open
for settlement in 1889.
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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, QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Great American Desert. ANSWER - 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. ANSWER - The western states which had series of gold strikes including,
Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and South Dakota.
Comstock Lode. ANSWER - 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). ANSWER - 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. ANSWER - Rounding cattle up and moving them from one area to another
by cowboys.
Barbed wire. ANSWER - Homesteaders had used these fencings to cut off the cattle from
accessing formerly open range.
Farming frontier. ANSWER - 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. ANSWER - 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. ANSWER - Was once set for Native Americans, but was then open
for settlement in 1889.
