AP US History
Chapter 15 Reading Guide
Part A
Using the text, answer the following on a separate sheet of paper. Be detailed in your responses.
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What were the results of the Homestead Act?
Which groups led the Great Westward Migration? What drove them to move?
What role did the railroad play in the economic development of the West?
What challenges did farmers in the West face?
How did cattle impact Western economy and imagery?
How was the Western environment impacted by the many changes of the 19th century?
How did many white Americans view Native Indians?
How did the near extinction of the buffalo impact the Plains tribes?
What caused the Battle of Little Bighorn and what was the result?
Why did images and myths about the West develop and persist?
Part B
Provide a brief definition of each of the following key terms and people.
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transcontinental railroad
exodusters
Grange
Sand Creek Massacre
Dawes Severalty Act
Wounded Knee Massacre
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
Frontier Thesis
Part C
Provide a detailed example from the chapter for each of the 7 APUSH Learning Objectives on a separate sheet of paper.
19. P (Politics and Power)
20. A (America in the World)
21. S (Social and Cultural
22. T (Technology, Work, and Exchange)
23. I (Identity)
24. M (Migration and Settlement)
25. E (Environment and Geography)