NY Released Regents Exam - US History and Government (Jun 2018)
Quiz by NYSED US History and Government
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Social Studies (2017)
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- Q1What was a main reason large plantations developed in the South during the colonial period?Cotton could only be grown in wetlands.Southern mountains led to the development of isolated, self-sufficient farmsBritish laws promoted the growth of slavery in the South.The climate in the South provided longer growing seasons.60sUS3
- Q2In the 1780s, the national government under the Articles of Confederation established its authority in the Northwest Territory byrejecting Native American Indian claims of sovereigntyproviding a system for the formation of new statesextending the nation's border to the Rocky Mountainssettling the border dispute with Mexico60sUS5
- Q3A fundamental principle of a republican form of government is thatgovernments are not responsible for protecting individual rightslegislation must be passed by the elected representatives of the peoplehereditary rulers are the legitimate possessors of political powerlaws should be created directly by the citizens60sUS5
- Q4What was a major argument used by the Antifederalists to oppose ratifying the Constitution?Congress was given the power to tax exports.The executive branch lacked the power to maintain order.The proposed Constitution contained no bill of rights.Only the national government could coin money.60sUS5
- Q5The judicial branch of government can check the legislative branch of government byvetoing bills passed by Congresscalling special sessions of Congressdeclaring laws unconstitutionalreducing congressional budgets60sUS5
- Q6The belief expressed in this statement was put into law by thecreation of the Articles of Confederationsigning of the Mayflower Compactestablishment of a federal system of governmentaddition of the first amendment to the United States Constitution60sUS5
- Q7This clause was used by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to justifyimposing an embargo on trade with Great Britainestablishing the Bank of the United Statessending troops to end the Whiskey Rebellioncreating a federal postal system60sUS1
- Q8Which two areas of the map made up the United States in 1803 as a result of the Louisiana Purchase?A and DA and BB and DE and G60sUS3
- Q9Which of these areas was acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War?GBAF60sUS3
- Q10Which development in transportation is Governor Clinton describing?Erie CanalrailroadsNational Roadsteamboats60sUS1
- Q11An example of the use of the unwritten constitution is thebicameral legislatureelectoral collegeamendment processpresident's cabinet60sUS1
- Q12Which generalization is supported by the information in the chart?The South exported more manufactured goods than the North.The North had greater economic strength than the South.The South would be better able to transport an army than the North.The North would have more difficulty supplying an army than the South.60sUS4
- Q13Which government action most directly prompted the publication of this poster?issuance of the Emancipation Proclamationrejection of the Wilmot Provisoadoption of the Missouri Compromisepassage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act60sUS5
- Q14At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was toenforce the terms of the Compromise of 1850punish the Confederate states for leaving the Unionbreak the South's economic ties to Great Britainuphold the Constitution by preserving the Union60sUS1
- Q15Passage of the Homestead Act in 1862 encouraged settlement of the Great Plains byplacing Native American Indians on reservationsproviding free land to farmerssupplying land to build transcontinental railroadsremoving barriers to Asian immigration60sUS1
