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The vast arid territory which includes the Great
Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and Western Plateau
Great American Desert
(this is in between the Mississippi River and Pacific
Coast) was named this.
The western states which had series of gold strikes
Mining frontier including, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Montana,
Arizona, and South Dakota.
The major U.S. discovery of gold and silver (this
produced over $340 million in gold and silver by
Comstock Lode
1890) which was responsible for Nevada entering
the Union in 1864.
Prohibited further immigration of Chinese laborers
to the U.S. in order to reduce competition for mining
Chinese Exclusion Act
gold. This was also the first major act of Congress to
(1882)
restrict immigration on the basis of race and
nationality.
Rounding cattle up and moving them from one area
Cattle drives
to another by cowboys.
Homesteaders had used these fencings to cut off
Barbed wire
the cattle from accessing formerly open range.
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The Great Plains was mainly the farming frontier.
Settlement in the farming frontier was encouraged
Farming frontier 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).
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,
Great Plains
Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming are apart of the
plains).
Was once set for Native Americans, but was then
Oklahoma Territory
open for settlement in 1889.
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
Frederick Jackson Turner;
also acted as a powerful social leveler, breaking
frontier thesis
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).
Wars fought between the Americans and Native
Americans due to the settlement of miners,
Indian Wars
cattlemen, and homesteaders in the Native
American lands.
American writer who wrote this A Century of
Dishonor, which was about the injustice done to
Helen Hunt Jackson, A Native Americans . This book became a best-seller
Century of Dishonor and created sympathy for Native Americans and
motivated many to help Native Americans propose
assimilation as a solution
Humanitarians who emphasized formal education
Assimilationists
and training and conversion to Christianity.
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Exam- period 6 APUSH- AMSCO 2025 update|
comprehensive questions and verified answers
(complete solutions) Exam |GRADE A+!!
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Terms in this set (90)
The vast arid territory which includes the Great
Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and Western Plateau
Great American Desert
(this is in between the Mississippi River and Pacific
Coast) was named this.
The western states which had series of gold strikes
Mining frontier including, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Montana,
Arizona, and South Dakota.
The major U.S. discovery of gold and silver (this
produced over $340 million in gold and silver by
Comstock Lode
1890) which was responsible for Nevada entering
the Union in 1864.
Prohibited further immigration of Chinese laborers
to the U.S. in order to reduce competition for mining
Chinese Exclusion Act
gold. This was also the first major act of Congress to
(1882)
restrict immigration on the basis of race and
nationality.
Rounding cattle up and moving them from one area
Cattle drives
to another by cowboys.
Homesteaders had used these fencings to cut off
Barbed wire
the cattle from accessing formerly open range.
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, 4/14/25, 3:01 PM Exam- period 6 APUSH- AMSCO 2025 update| comprehensive questions and verified answers (complete solutions) Exam |GR…
The Great Plains was mainly the farming frontier.
Settlement in the farming frontier was encouraged
Farming frontier 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).
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,
Great Plains
Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming are apart of the
plains).
Was once set for Native Americans, but was then
Oklahoma Territory
open for settlement in 1889.
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
Frederick Jackson Turner;
also acted as a powerful social leveler, breaking
frontier thesis
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).
Wars fought between the Americans and Native
Americans due to the settlement of miners,
Indian Wars
cattlemen, and homesteaders in the Native
American lands.
American writer who wrote this A Century of
Dishonor, which was about the injustice done to
Helen Hunt Jackson, A Native Americans . This book became a best-seller
Century of Dishonor and created sympathy for Native Americans and
motivated many to help Native Americans propose
assimilation as a solution
Humanitarians who emphasized formal education
Assimilationists
and training and conversion to Christianity.
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