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Exam- AMSCO APUSH Chapter 17|AMSCO United States History 2025
Edition Chapter 17 The Last West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Great American Desert Correct-Name given to lands between the Mississippi and the

Pacific Coast before 1860. There was very little rainfall in this area and the conditions were

poor for settlement. (p. 339)




significance of bison Correct-about 15 million bison (buffalo) in this region. bison provided

food, shelter, and tools to the 250,000 American Indians living in the west in 1865 p. 339




boomtowns Correct-A town that grew in mining areas where there were rushes. These

usually didn't last because the gold usually ran out, or there was no gold at all. (p. 340)




Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Correct-In 1862, this act was passed to prohibit further

immigration by Chinese laborers to the United States. Native-born Americans resented the

competition in the work force (p. 341)




cattle (long) drives Correct-Moving the cattle from Texas to railroad towns in Kansas. (p.

342)

, Exam- AMSCO APUSH Chapter 17|AMSCO United States History 2025
Edition Chapter 17 The Last West and the New South, 1865-1900

Joseph Glidden Correct-He invented barbed wire to help farmers fence in their lands on

the plains. People were migrating to the west as a result of the Homestead Act of 1862 (p.

342)




Homestead Act Correct-In 1862, this act offered 160 acres of public land free to any family

that settled on it for 5 years. (p. 342)




Turner's Frontier Thesis Correct-Argued that 300 years of Frontier experience had shaped

American culture by promoting independence and individualism. Frontier life caused people

to be inventive and practical-minded—but also wasteful in their attitude towards natural

resources p. 343




Indian wars (1861-1890) Correct-A series of battles between Indian tribes and white

settlers (miners, ranchers, homesteaders) p. 344-345




The Indian Appropriation Act Correct-ended recognition of tribes as independent nations

by the federal government and nullified previous treaties made with the tribes. (p. 345)

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