NY Regents US History Practice Questions

give reasons to support the ratification of the Constitution

question the power granted to Congress under the Constitution

decide which powers would be given to the president in the Constitution

encourage support for an amendment to limit personal taxation in the Constitution

due process

equal protection

elastic clause

rule of law

the Supreme Court

the president's cabinet

Congress

state governors

establishing a two-term limit

raising the minimum age

requiring four years of college

ending the residency clause

ethnic diversity

well-established military

large industrial capacity

geographical location

trade agreements

permanent political alliances

foreign travel

industrial development

the Monroe Doctrine

American nativism

Manifest Destiny

Dutch imperialism in North America

Territorial expansion during the 1800s was achieved through a variety of methods.

Colonial goals had been realized once the Louisiana Purchase was complete.

The annexation of Texas was an effort to avoid war with Mexico.

The Great Plains was the last area settled.

remain in the home

serve in the military

give up their personal property

have equal rights with men

the 13th amendment

the Plessy v. Ferguson decision

the Schenck v. United States decision

the 19th amendment

the forced relocation of Native American tribes into Kansas

the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

the decision in the Dred Scott case

the deployment of Union troops into border states

It was a contributing factor to the Civil War.

It illustrated the political influence of the Midwest.

It reflected the impact of nationalism on territorial expansion.

It resulted in a decline in sectional tensions.

Territories receive a minimum of three electoral votes.

The geographically larger states receive more electoral votes.

Most northern states voted for the Democratic candidate.

The popular vote does not solely determine the outcome of elections.

Fighting in the Civil War continued.

Reconstruction officially ended.

Federal troops remained in the South.

Discrimination ended in the South.

expansionism

industrialism

sectionalism

imperialism

oppose independence movements in Latin America

remain neutral in the affairs of Latin America

become the protector of the Western Hemisphere

annex the countries of the Western Hemisphere

the Hudson River valley after the opening of the Erie Canal in the 1820s

California during the 1849 Gold Rush

San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake

the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl in the 1930s

creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

passage of the Social Security Administration (SSA)

creation of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

passage of the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)

shifting the United States away from neutrality

uniting imperial nations in joint defense of their colonies

promoting United States trade interests in Asia

expanding democracy throughout the world by military force

rejection of the Treaty of Versailles

establishment of the Lend-Lease program

nonintervention in the Spanish Civil War

announcement of the Good Neighbor policy