Exam- period 6 APUSH- AMSCO Questions and
Answers
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.
Frederick Jackson Turner; frontier thesis - ANSWER -He was a historian who
created the frontier thesis. His thesis explained that the frontier experience had
promoted a habit of independence and individualism.
Indian Wars - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER -American writer who
wrote this A Century of Dishonor, which was about the injustice done to Native
Americans .
, Assimilationists - ANSWER -Humanitarians who emphasized formal education
and training and conversion to Christianity.
Dawes Severalty Act (1887) - ANSWER -The Dawes Act divided the tribal lands
into plots of 160 acres or less, depending on family size. The intent was to break
up the reservations/tribes and promote assimilation.
Ghost Dance Movement - ANSWER -A religious movement which was the last
effort of Native Americans to resist U.S. domination and drive whites from their
ancestral lands.
Wounded Knee - ANSWER -The massacre of 200 Native American men, women,
and children in the Dakotas. This was also the final tragedy marked by the end of
the Indian Wars.
Indian Reorganization Act (1934) - ANSWER -Promoted the reestablishment of
tribal organization and culture.
Crop lien system - ANSWER -This system was a way for farmers to get credit
before the planting season by borrowing against the value for anticipated harvests.
After the crops were harvested, they would use it to pay back their loan.
George Washington Carver - ANSWER -An African American scientist at
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, who promoted the growing of such crops as
peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. He played an important role in shifting
southern agriculture toward a more diversified base.
Tuskegee Institute - ANSWER -A private, historically black university located in
Tuskegee, Alabama.
Farmer's Southern Alliance - ANSWER -An organization of southern white
farmers, which rallied behind political reforms to solve the farmers' economic
problems.
Answers
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.
Frederick Jackson Turner; frontier thesis - ANSWER -He was a historian who
created the frontier thesis. His thesis explained that the frontier experience had
promoted a habit of independence and individualism.
Indian Wars - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER -American writer who
wrote this A Century of Dishonor, which was about the injustice done to Native
Americans .
, Assimilationists - ANSWER -Humanitarians who emphasized formal education
and training and conversion to Christianity.
Dawes Severalty Act (1887) - ANSWER -The Dawes Act divided the tribal lands
into plots of 160 acres or less, depending on family size. The intent was to break
up the reservations/tribes and promote assimilation.
Ghost Dance Movement - ANSWER -A religious movement which was the last
effort of Native Americans to resist U.S. domination and drive whites from their
ancestral lands.
Wounded Knee - ANSWER -The massacre of 200 Native American men, women,
and children in the Dakotas. This was also the final tragedy marked by the end of
the Indian Wars.
Indian Reorganization Act (1934) - ANSWER -Promoted the reestablishment of
tribal organization and culture.
Crop lien system - ANSWER -This system was a way for farmers to get credit
before the planting season by borrowing against the value for anticipated harvests.
After the crops were harvested, they would use it to pay back their loan.
George Washington Carver - ANSWER -An African American scientist at
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, who promoted the growing of such crops as
peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. He played an important role in shifting
southern agriculture toward a more diversified base.
Tuskegee Institute - ANSWER -A private, historically black university located in
Tuskegee, Alabama.
Farmer's Southern Alliance - ANSWER -An organization of southern white
farmers, which rallied behind political reforms to solve the farmers' economic
problems.
