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Practice Regents Questions First 10

Quiz by Richard Rowe

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  • Q1
    One way that the British government carried out the policy of mercantilism was by
    requiring that most colonial trade occur within the British Empire
    encouraging the development of colonial manufacturing and trade
    promoting free trade between its colonies and Europe
    prohibiting the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans
    30s
  • Q2
    Thomas Jefferson incorporated John Locke’s idea of the social contract theory in the Declaration of Independence because this idea
    supported the divine right of kings
    justified the overthrow of a government that denied individual liberties
    called for a gradual change of government
    considered economic rights more important than inalienable rights
    30s
  • Q3
    Which two groups debated the ratification of the new Constitution?
    Democratic Party and Whig Party
    executive branch and judicial branch
    Federalists and Antifederalists
    loyalists and revolutionaries
    30s
  • Q4
    Climatic conditions in the southern colonies most directly influenced the development of
    a canal system
    democratic institutions
    the coal industry
    the plantation system
    30s
  • Q5
    The main reason the Articles of Confederation were replaced as the basis of the United States government was that they
    placed too many restrictions on the activities of state governments
    declared that political protests were unconstitutional
    failed to give the central government enough power to govern effectively
    lacked provision for a national congress
    30s
  • Q6
    During the colonial period, which geographic feature presented the greatest barrier to the westward migration of American settlers?
    Rocky Mountains
    Great Plains
    Appalachian Mountains
    Ohio River
    30s
  • Q7
    In his pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine urged American colonists to
    pay their colonial taxes
    form an alliance with France
    establish their own nation
    obey the laws of Parliament
    30s
  • Q8
    The Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) strengthened the power of the judicial branch by
    granting federal courts the power to declare laws unconstitutional
    providing the president the power to declare war
    ruling that Congress has the right to create new territories
    denying states the right to secede from the Union
    30s
  • Q9
    Which action of President Thomas Jefferson was in conflict with his belief in a strict interpretation of the Constitution?
    purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France
    pardoning violators of the Alien and Sedition Acts
    using the United States Navy to subdue the Barbary pirates
    protesting the impressment of United States sailors
    30s
  • Q10
    One immediate result of Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan was the
    creation of a national bank
    adoption of free trade
    establishment of an income tax
    removal of the tax on exports
    30s
  • Q11
    Which action by the British government was considered by American colonists to be a violation of their rights as Englishmen?
    taxing the colonies without representation in Parliament
    making treaties with Native American Indians
    protecting the colonies from foreign invasion
    failing to enforce the Navigation Acts
    30s
  • Q12
    In his pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine urged American colonists to
    obey the laws of Parliament
    establish their own nation
    pay their colonial taxes
    form an alliance with France
    30s
  • Q13
    What was a primary goal of President Thomas Jefferson’s 1803 decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory?
    studying Native American Indian societies
    gaining control of the port of New Orleans
    securing access to the iron ore deposits near the Great Lakes
    mining gold and silver in California
    30s
  • Q14
    The Three-fifths Compromise adopted in the Constitution in 1787 had the effect of
    providing a method for ratifying amendments
    making possible the impeachment of the president
    allowing the use of the elastic clause in the legislative process
    increasing the representation of southern states in Congress
    30s
  • Q15
    Which foreign policy toward Europe did President George Washington recommend in his Farewell Address?
    imperialism
    military alliances
    neutrality
    internationalism
    30s

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