
Practice Regents Questions First 10
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- Q1One way that the British government carried out the policy of mercantilism was byrequiring that most colonial trade occur within the British Empireencouraging the development of colonial manufacturing and tradepromoting free trade between its colonies and Europeprohibiting the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans30s
- Q2Thomas Jefferson incorporated John Locke’s idea of the social contract theory in the Declaration of Independence because this ideasupported the divine right of kingsjustified the overthrow of a government that denied individual libertiescalled for a gradual change of governmentconsidered economic rights more important than inalienable rights30s
- Q3Which two groups debated the ratification of the new Constitution?Democratic Party and Whig Partyexecutive branch and judicial branchFederalists and Antifederalistsloyalists and revolutionaries30s
- Q4Climatic conditions in the southern colonies most directly influenced the development ofa canal systemdemocratic institutionsthe coal industrythe plantation system30s
- Q5The main reason the Articles of Confederation were replaced as the basis of the United States government was that theyplaced too many restrictions on the activities of state governmentsdeclared that political protests were unconstitutionalfailed to give the central government enough power to govern effectivelylacked provision for a national congress30s
- Q6During the colonial period, which geographic feature presented the greatest barrier to the westward migration of American settlers?Rocky MountainsGreat PlainsAppalachian MountainsOhio River30s
- Q7In his pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine urged American colonists topay their colonial taxesform an alliance with Franceestablish their own nationobey the laws of Parliament30s
- Q8The Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison (1803) strengthened the power of the judicial branch bygranting federal courts the power to declare laws unconstitutionalproviding the president the power to declare warruling that Congress has the right to create new territoriesdenying states the right to secede from the Union30s
- Q9Which action of President Thomas Jefferson was in conflict with his belief in a strict interpretation of the Constitution?purchasing the Louisiana Territory from Francepardoning violators of the Alien and Sedition Actsusing the United States Navy to subdue the Barbary piratesprotesting the impressment of United States sailors30s
- Q10One immediate result of Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan was thecreation of a national bankadoption of free tradeestablishment of an income taxremoval of the tax on exports30s
- Q11Which 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 Parliamentmaking treaties with Native American Indiansprotecting the colonies from foreign invasionfailing to enforce the Navigation Acts30s
- Q12In his pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine urged American colonists toobey the laws of Parliamentestablish their own nationpay their colonial taxesform an alliance with France30s
- Q13What was a primary goal of President Thomas Jefferson’s 1803 decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory?studying Native American Indian societiesgaining control of the port of New Orleanssecuring access to the iron ore deposits near the Great Lakesmining gold and silver in California30s
- Q14The Three-fifths Compromise adopted in the Constitution in 1787 had the effect ofproviding a method for ratifying amendmentsmaking possible the impeachment of the presidentallowing the use of the elastic clause in the legislative processincreasing the representation of southern states in Congress30s
- Q15Which foreign policy toward Europe did President George Washington recommend in his Farewell Address?imperialismmilitary alliancesneutralityinternationalism30s