USHC quick brain review

Front

How were the rights of Englishmen strengthened in the colonies during the period of salutary neglect?

Back

Colonial assemblies assumed the right to tax citizens.

Answer explanation

During salutary neglect, colonial assemblies gained power by assuming the right to tax citizens, which strengthened the rights of Englishmen in the colonies. This choice reflects the growing autonomy of the colonies.

Front

What can most likely be concluded based on the different sets of names for the same conflict?

Back

The Mexican citizens believed the United States took advantage of them.

Answer explanation

The different names for the conflict suggest a perception among Mexican citizens that the United States exploited them, indicating a belief in victimization rather than a welcoming attitude towards migration.

Front

Which statement best describes the economic impact of the Erie Canal? Options: It allowed cargo to be carried along shallow portions of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers., It created new southern settlements by connecting Appalachia to the Gulf Coast., It increased markets for manufactured goods by linking the Northeast with the West., It eliminated existing trade barriers between the United States and Canada.

Back

It increased markets for manufactured goods by linking the Northeast with the West.

Answer explanation

The Erie Canal significantly boosted trade by connecting the Northeast to the West, facilitating the movement of manufactured goods and expanding markets, which is best captured by the correct choice.

Front

Why did this economic policy contribute to sectional tensions?

Back

It aided progress, except in the South.

Answer explanation

The economic policy promoted growth in various regions but excluded the South, leading to feelings of neglect and resentment. This disparity in progress heightened sectional tensions between the North and South.

Front

How did the decision in United States v. Cruikshank (1875) reduce protections given to African Americans under Reconstruction? Options: It allowed states to ignore the Fourteenth Amendment. It allowed the U.S. military to leave the Southern states. It allowed private citizens to violate African Americans’ civil rights. It allowed the federal government to remove support for African American representatives.

Back

It allowed private citizens to violate African Americans’ civil rights.

Answer explanation

The decision in United States v. Cruikshank allowed private citizens to violate African Americans' civil rights by stating that the federal government only needed to ensure states did not deny rights, leaving individuals unprotected.

Front

Use the quotes to answer the questions. These people were all from the same movement. What do the statements reveal about their individual strategies?

Back

People who have the same goal often have different methods for achieving it.

Answer explanation

The statements illustrate that while these individuals share a common goal of social justice, they employ varied strategies to achieve it, highlighting the diversity of methods within the same movement.

Front

How did the Dawes Severalty Act affect Native Americans?

Back

It forced Native Americans to assimilate into white culture while greatly reducing their landholdings.

Answer explanation

The Dawes Severalty Act aimed to assimilate Native Americans into white culture by allotting individual plots of land, which reduced their communal landholdings and undermined tribal structures, as highlighted in Fletcher's quote.

Front

These two speakers express differing views about American involvement in the Philippines. Which statement best expresses the focus of the debate?

Back

Some Americans believed that the Filipino people were not prepared to take care of themselves, while others felt that America had no right to interfere.

Answer explanation

The correct choice highlights the core of the debate: differing American views on whether Filipinos were capable of self-governance or if U.S. intervention was justified, reflecting contrasting perspectives on American involvement.

Front

Why did the United States foreign policy change from freeing the Filipinos from Spanish colonial rule to creating a United States colony in the Philippines?

Back

Social Darwinists argued that the Filipinos were unable to rule themselves.

Answer explanation

The shift in U.S. foreign policy was influenced by Social Darwinist beliefs that the Filipinos were incapable of self-governance, justifying the establishment of a U.S. colony instead of granting independence.

Front

Why would the sinking of the Maine still be considered important enough to be remembered 100 years later?

Back

Misconceptions about how the Maine sank shifted public sentiment toward getting involved in a war.

Answer explanation

The sinking of the Maine, despite misconceptions, galvanized public opinion for war, particularly against Spain, making it a pivotal moment in U.S. history that warranted remembrance a century later.