US History Regents Review #3

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

• self-sufficient trading partner for other European nations

• market for British manufactured goods and a source of raw materials

• source of manpower for the British army and navy

• buffer to the expansion of French and Spanish colonies

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

(a)  

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

• establish a postal system

• collect adequate taxes from the states

• control western lands

• admit new states to the Union

A result of the Great Compromise during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was the establishment of a bicameral legislature. How many houses make up the Legislative Branch of the federal government?

(a)  

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?)

(a)  

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

• helped assure his reelection to a third term

• forced frontier farmers to limit grain

  production

• halted British fort construction in the

  Northwest

The power of judicial review was established when

• the original United States Constitution was adopted

• an amendment was added to the United States Constitution

• President Thomas Jefferson established the power in an executive order

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

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.)

• 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

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

• protection of students’ religious freedom

• presidential power during wartime

• federal authority to regulate interstate

  commerce

• government regulation of passenger transportation

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

• called for equal rights for women and African Americans

• sought to limit immigration to the United States

• supported the overseas expansion of the United States

• attempted to limit the influence of big business on American politics