US History Regents Review #3

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Under the British system of mercantilism, the American colonies served primarily as a

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market for British manufactured goods and a source of raw materials

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The phrase “consent of the governed” refers to the idea that the US Government gets its power from who?

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the people

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One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was the inability of the central government to

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collect adequate taxes from the states

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How many houses make up the Legislative Branch of the federal government?

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2, two

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A primary reason the Antifederalists opposed ratification of the United States Constitution in 1787 was because the Constitution failed to include which protections? (HINT: What are the first 10 Amendments called?)

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Bill of Rights

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President George Washington’s leadership during the Whiskey Rebellion (1794) was important because it
showed the ability of the new government to enforce federal law

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showed the ability of the new government to enforce federal law

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The power of judicial review was established when

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the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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Which presidential action was most consistent with the ideas presented by President George Washington in his Farewell Address? (Remember, a main point Washington called for was neutrality in world affairs.) Options: President James Monroe’s proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, President James Polk’s policy toward Mexico in 1846, President William McKinley’s request for a declaration of war against Spain in 1898, President George H. W. Bush’s decision to engage in the Persian Gulf War in 1990

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President James Monroe’s proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823

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Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (1895), and Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States (1935) are all Supreme Court cases dealing with

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federal authority to regulate interstate commerce

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One way in which the goals of the Know-Nothing Party in the 1850s and the response to the Red Scare of 1919 were similar is that both sought to limit immigration to the United States.

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sought to limit immigration to the United States