APUSH Exam Review Guide

The West: 1860-1900

Westward Expansion

·  What was the importance of the Homestead Act of 1862?

·  How did the completion of The Transcontinental Railroad impact the lives of minorities in the U.S., white farmers, and businessmen?

Native American Relations

·  What role did Native Americans play in the Civil War? How did that affect their lives after the Union victory?

·  What was Winter Campaigning and how did it relate to the goals of Sheridan’s Campaign and the Ft. Laramie Treaty?

·  What was the impact of the discovery of gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota?

·  What were the major moments in the Native American resistance to U.S. Indian Policy?

·  What was the Dawes Severalty Act? What were its goals and what were its results?

Populists

·  How are the Grange Movement, National Farmers Alliance, Greenback Labor Party, and the Populists related?

·  What were the main goals of the Populists? Who was their most prominent spokesman?

Key Terms/Concepts
Manifest Destiny
Frontier Thesis
Homestead Act of 1862
Transcontinental Railroad
Ft. Laramie Treaty
Reservation System
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Dawes Severalty Act
The Black Hills
Little-Bighorn
Ghost Dance
Wounded Knee / Key People
Frederick Jackson Turner
General Sheridan
General Custer
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
William Jennings Bryan

The Grange Movement

National Farmers Alliance

Greenback Labor Party

Populists

“Cross of Gold”

Middlemen

Interstate Commerce Commission