Unit 17 U.S. History Questions

Unit 17 Questions

Questions on “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”

1.  Why was the frontier to be closed?

2.  How had the frontier been an important reality in American settlement?

3.  How had the frontier affected the American mindset?

4.  How did western migration in the U.S. change the character of American life      and of the American population from what it had been originally on the East         Coast?

5.  What did Turner say was the most important effect of the frontier?

Lesson 85

1.  What is social Darwinism?

2.  What English author applied survival of the fittest to society?

3.  Who was a leading American spokesman for social Darwinism?

4.  How was social Darwinism a justification for the accumulation of wealth?

5.  According to social Darwinism, what happened to the poor, disabled, and          economically unsuccessful?

6.  What is the social gospel?

7.  What are some examples of social gospel activity?

8.  What is true about the social gospel and what is extreme about it?