US History Regents Practice Exam

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11th Grade
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David O'Donnell
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
During the colonial period in British North America, the major geographic barrier to westward expansion was the
Ohio River
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The United States purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 was geographically important because it
assured sole ownership of the Great Lakes
ended Spanish control of the Southwest
provided full access to the Mississippi River
allowed completion of the first railroad in California
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The Mayflower Compact (1620) and the Virginia House of Burgesses (1619) are early examples of
restrictions on religious freedom (
steps toward representative government
resistance to British rule
economic systems in the colonies
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was most directly influenced by the social contract theory of
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
One way in which the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the original United States Constitution (1789) are similar is that both documents
include a specific bill of rights
guarantee voting rights to all persons
list grievances against the British monarchy
state that government receives its power from the people
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
One way the original Constitution of the United States addressed the issue of congressional representation was by
not counting women as part of a state’s population for representation
counting three-fifths of the enslaved population when determining representation
setting a four-year term of office for all members of Congress
giving every state the same number of representatives in the House
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
"But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others."
-James Madison, Federalist No. 51
Which principle of the United States Constitution is most directly described in this passage?
States rights
checks and balances
the elastic clause
concurrent powers
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