U.S. History Regents Review #3

Which generalization is supported by the information in the chart? Base your answer on the chart below and on your knowledge of social studies.

• The South exported more manufactured goods than the North.

• The North would have more difficulty supplying an army than the South.

• The North had greater economic strength than the South.

• The South would be better able to transport an army than the North.

Which government action most directly prompted the publication of this poster? Base your answer on the poster below and on your knowledge of social studies.

• issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

• passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• rejection of the Wilmot Proviso

• adoption of the Missouri Compromise

At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was to

• break the South’s economic ties to Great Britain

• uphold the Constitution by preserving the Union

• enforce the terms of the Compromise of 1850

• punish the Confederate states for leaving the Union

Passage of the Homestead Act in 1862 encouraged settlement of the Great Plains by

• providing free land to farmers

• removing barriers to Asian immigration

• supplying land to build transcontinental railroads

• placing Native American Indians on reservations

Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I. __________ A. Freedmen’s Bureau B. Passage of the 14th amendment C. Military occupation of the South

• Development of States Rights

• Results of Manifest Destiny

• Elements of Reconstruction

Between 1865 and 1900, how did the growth of industry affect American society?

• Trade with other nations declined.

• Business leaders called for lower tariffs.

• The urban population increased.

The federal government reacted to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois (1886) by

• passing the Interstate Commerce Act

• weakening the influence of banks over big business

• abandoning the government’s attempts to break up monopolies

• encouraging railroad employees to form unions

In the late 1800s, the corporation became an important form of business organization primarily because it

• had closer ties with its employees

• could raise large amounts of investment capital

• made better quality products

• called for conservation of natural resources

In this 1896 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of

• the Three-fifths Compromise

• Jim Crow laws

• affirmative action programs

• racial integration

The foreign policy illustrated in this cartoon was used by the United States to

• punish Mexico for siding with Germany in World War I

• enforce the Monroe Doctrine against Great Britain

• secure control of land for the Panama Canal Zone

• announce the Open Door policy