APUSH Chapter 16 LC

How did the United States persuade the Japanese to open trade relations?

By offering tribute payments By using indirect diplomacy through other nations By invading the islands with a large military force By wielding naval power to persuade the Japanese to sign a treaty By wielding naval power to persuade the Japanese to sign a treaty

Why did Great Britain agree to pay the United States $15.5 million in damages after the Civil War?

Canada had secretly funded Confederate spies in Washington, D.C. Charles Sumner had been assaulted by a proslavery mob in Montreal, Canada. England had bought southern cotton during the war at deliberately inflated prices. British shipyards had built Confederate raiding vessels such as CSS Alabama. British shipyards had built Confederate raiding vessels such as CSS Alabama.

In the largest mass hanging in U.S. history, President Abraham Lincoln ordered the execution of thirty-eight men from which group?

Cheyenne Colorado vigilantes from the Sand Creek Massacre Norwegian homesteaders Dakota Sioux Dakota Sioux

Which technology permitted homesteaders in the West to plant crops in the prairie in the 1860s and 1870s?

Combine harvesters Pesticide Steel plows Barbed wire Steel plows

What did Oglala Sioux Chief Red Cloud accomplish in 1868?

He convinced the United States to withdraw troops from the Bozeman Trail. He prevented the extermination of the bison. He initiated the Ghost Dance. He expelled U.S. Army troops from the Plains. He convinced the United States to withdraw troops from the Bozeman Trail.

Readers of Frederick Jackson Turner's essay on the frontier in American history believed that, in contrast to European nations, the United States had avoided what practice?

Imperialism Socialism Nationalism Capitalism Imperialism

Why were the children of the Dakotas Sioux close to starvation in the late 1850s?

Minnesota's territorial governor and Indian agents stole their provisions. The Civil War had eliminated the Dakota's trading relations. Violent proslavery agitators had robbed them off their supplies. A series of cold winters had destroyed their crops. Minnesota's territorial governor and Indian agents stole their provisions.

One critic called the Comstock Lode "the tomb of the forests of the Sierra." Why was that phrase apt?

So many miners perished underground. Disease ravaged the nearby town of Virginia City. Anglo miners lynched many Mexican competitors. The mining industry ravaged the landscape. The mining industry ravaged the landscape.

Which issue distinguished homesteading in the plains from pioneer farming in Iowa or Oregon in the antebellum years?

Subsistence farming Land speculation Crop diversification Primitive technologies Land speculation

What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the case of Munn v. Illinois (1877)?

The "due process" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protected freedmen from state governments. Railroads and grain elevators should remain exempted from state regulation. States had the right to regulate businesses with a public purpose. State regulations were essential for a national marketplace. States had the right to regulate businesses with a public purpose.

Why was the General Mining Act of 1872 not useful in developing the West despite its generous grant of mineral resources to those who discovered them?

The West had few mineral resources. Large-scale operations were needed to extract many minerals. Conflict often arose over conflicting land claims. Indians posed too serious a threat to miners Large-scale operations were needed to extract many minerals.

What was the significance of the Battle of the Little Big Horn?

The battle overshadowed the white massacre of Indians at Sand Creek. George A. Custer was killed, but a significant portion of his men managed to escape. The battle was a significant victory for the U.S. Army. The Indian victory against the U.S. military was the first of many to come. The battle overshadowed the white massacre of Indians at Sand Creek.

What did the 1868 Burlingame Treaty guarantee?

The rights of U.S. missionaries in China and terms for the emigration of Chinese laborers to the United States Right of American ships to use two Japanese ports for refueling Right of the Sioux Indians to a home in the Black Hills of South Dakota Breakup of the reservation system and encouragement to Indians to assimilate into white American culture The rights of U.S. missionaries in China and terms for the emigration of Chinese laborers to the United States

Why did Indian agents and missionaries create Indian schools off the reservations as part of the effort to solve what was seen as the "Indian problem"?

The schools integrated Indian children with white children for quicker assimilation. They were not allowed by law to build on reservation land. They did not think they could re-educate Indian children when still living with their families. Most tribal elders opposed education for girls and wanted to teach boys themselves. They did not think they could re-educate Indian children when still living with their families.

Why were Republicans so eager to fund the construction of a transcontinental railroad in the 1860s?

They saw the failure to connect different regions via the railroad as one cause of the Civil War. It was supposed to help transport troops and ammunition during the Civil War. They hoped to prevent the expansion of slavery. They were beholden to the railroad industry. They saw the failure to connect different regions via the railroad as one cause of the Civil War.

What was the purpose of the U.S. Fisheries Commission, created in 1871?

To promote modern and more efficient fishing practices among Indians of the Pacific Northwest To prevent the further decline of wild fish populations in the American West To foster the development of commercial fisheries in Seattle and Tacoma To issue fishing permits to tourists at Yellowstone National Park To prevent the further decline of wild fish populations in the American West

What was the basis for the development of the Far West of the United States?

Tourism in the Rocky Mountain region Fishing along the Pacific coast Transcontinental shipment of dry goods from Pacific ports to eastern cities The extraction of natural resources The extraction of natural resources

Although in the late 1800s critics decried the ways in which government spending aided the accumulation of enormous private wealth, they acknowledged that the giant railroad companies that received these funds

benefited the economy. paid good wages. deserved these windfalls. reinvested these funds wisely. benefited the economy.

The creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 was an early important step toward a public commitment to

preservation. conservation. emissions control. Indian reservations. preservation.

Unlike most European countries, the United States decided to finance railroads through

private investors. taxes. foreign investors. tariffs. private investors.