US History Regents practice questions

What was the common goal of Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, and Grandfather Clauses?

• To keep African Americans from voting.

• To increase voter turnout among minorities.

• To ensure fair voting practices for all citizens.

• To promote education among the electorate.

Locke believed in natural rights; representative government.

• natural rights; representative government

• absolute monarchy; divine right

• social contract; authoritarian rule

• individualism; direct democracy

A major reason for the issuance of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to prevent further European colonization in the Caribbean region.

• to promote trade with European nations

• to prevent further European colonization in the Caribbean region

• to establish military bases in the Caribbean

• to support independence movements in South America

The decision of the United States Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the power of the

• Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of laws

• Congress to override Supreme Court decisions

• President to veto Supreme Court rulings

• States to nullify federal laws

One reason Jacob Riis published many photographs similar to this was to

• increase public concern over tenement conditions

• promote his photography skills

• sell more newspapers

• document the beauty of urban life

What was a key feature of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• It established a transcontinental railroad.

• It allowed settlers in the territories to decide the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty.

• It abolished slavery in the territories.

• It created two new states without regard to slavery.

What is a key characteristic of federalism?

• Centralized power in a single authority.

• Division of powers between a central authority and regional governments.

• Complete autonomy for regional governments.

• Absence of any governmental structure.

The Federalists gained support for the ratification of the Constitution by promising to amend the Constitution through the adoption of what?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Federalist Papers

What is the purpose of the amendment process outlined in the Constitution?

• To provide a mechanism for updating the Constitution to reflect changing societal values and needs.

• To limit the power of the federal government.

• To establish a system of checks and balances among branches of government.

• To create a process for electing the President.

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

• Elements of Reconstruction

• Civil Rights Movement

• Industrial Revolution

• Great Depression