January 2020 Regents

Which document encouraged public support for declaring independence from Great Britain?

Common Sense

The programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty had goals which were most similar to the programs of

Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal

Most of the northern boundary of the United States was created by treaties between the United States and..

Spain

Which statement best illustrates the meaning of federalism?

The Constitution delegates certain powers to the national government but reserves other powers for the states.

The Meat Inspection Act (1906), the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), and the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) were similar in that each

increased government regulation of business

The gains and losses shown on the map were primarily the result of

population changes among the states

The Federal Reserve System, created in 1913, extended government control over the banking system by

regulating interest rates and the money supply

Which two speakers would most likely have supported the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)?

A and B

What was the main reason for the migration described in this poem?

An extended drought on the plains forced farmers to seek better conditions in the West

Which speaker would most likely agree with the economic point of view of big business owners in the late 1800s?

C

Which term from the 1920s is most closely associated with Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes?

Harlem Renaissance

Whose work most influenced state and local governments to address the conditions shown in this photograph?

Jacob Riis

Which government programs will be most directly affected by the trend shown on this chart?

Medicare and Social Security

Which statement best describes an outcome of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis?

Nuclear war with the Soviet Union was avoided

What was one reason the 14th and 15th amendments failed to prevent future racial segregation?

The South was allowed to pass Jim Crow laws and restrict voting rights.

Which statement reflects a major transportation trend of the post-World War II period?

The use of the automobile increased dramatically.

President Richard Nixon chose to resign the presidency mainly because of his involvement in the

Watergate scandal

In the 1840s and 1850s, immigration to the United States was characterized by

a large influx of Irish and German immigrants

Actions such as the one shown in the photograph helped lead to the

addition of a woman's suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution

During the 1930s, the major foreign policy goal of the United States Congress was to

avoid the mistakes that led the country into World War I

In this passage, James Madison argues for the governing principle known as

checks and balances

The actions of Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X helped focus national attention on the need for reform in the area of

civil rights

Organizing the Berlin airlift, implementing the Marshall Plan, and fighting the Korean War were early events in the United States policy of

containment

President George Washington made this statement in response to concerns over United States involvement in the

continuing conflict between England and France

The establishment of judicial review in Marbury v. Madison (1803) gave the Supreme Court the authority to

decide the constitutionality of a law

What was a major success of the national government under the Articles of Confederation (1781-1788)?

developing a plan for the admission of new states

In colonial America, geography most directly influenced

economic activities

This cartoon suggests that Congress believed President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposals concerning the Supreme Court threatened the United States Constitution by

endangering the principle of separation of powers

What was the major goal of the political reforms enacted during the Progressive Era (1900-1920)?

expanding citizen participation in government

In the late 19th century, what was the major goal in developing the "New South?"

expanding the industrial base

Federal economic policies during the 1920s contributed to the start of the Great Depression by

failing to adequately regulate stock market transactions

The Korean War (1950-1953) was the first war in which the United States

fought as a member of United Nations forces

In Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969) and in New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985), the United States Supreme Court addressed the

free speech and privacy rights of students in schools

Madison was one of the statesmen who wrote articles for The Federalist primarily to

gain support for ratifying the United States Constitution

President Franklin D. Roosevelt dealt with the emergency referred to in this speech primarily by

gaining congressional support for his programs

Which pair of economic situations faced both President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Barack Obama during the first 100 days of their administrations?

high unemployment and failures in the banking system

Which geographic factor most directly influenced the rapid settlement of the Great Plains after the Civil War?

huge amounts of fertile farmland

European Enlightenment writers of the 17th and 18th centuries such as John Locke influenced America's colonial development by providing

ideas about self-government and political rights

The Supreme Court decisions in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) were important because they

increased the power of the federal government

Which action is most closely associated with the foreign policy concern expressed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in this passage?

increasing United States involvement in Vietnam

Mapp v. Ohio (1961), Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), and Miranda v. Arizona (1966) are all Supreme Court decisions that strengthened individual rights by

increasing protections for persons accused of crimes

In the late 1940s, hearings by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and the use of loyalty oaths illustrate concerns over the

influence of communists within the federal government

A conclusion that can be drawn directly from these headlines is that

legal and societal changes have affected the family unit

One way in which the Truman Doctrine and the Eisenhower Doctrine are similar is that both

offered aid to countries threatened by communism

These headlines reflect the transformation of United States foreign policy into one that

practiced imperialism

The authors of the United States Constitution established a bicameral legislature primarily because they

reached a compromise between the large states and the small states over representation

The primary reason President Harry Truman made the decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to

save American lives by avoiding the invasion of Japan

The main goal of the first Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was to

stabilize farm prices by reducing the amount of surplus crops

Results of the Bush-Gore presidential election of 2000 renewed the debate over

the electoral college system

According to the passage, President Abraham Lincoln's primary goal in fighting the Civil War was to

use any means necessary to save the Union