US HISTORY REGENTS’ QUESTIONS
(2) COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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
(1) Development of States Rights
(2) Results of Manifest Destiny
(3) Elements of Reconstruction
(4) Limits on Civil Rights - ANSWER-(3) Elements of Reconstruction
Between 1865 and 1900, how did the growth of industry affect American society?
(1) Trade with other nations declined.
(2) Business leaders called for lower tariffs.
(3) The urban population increased.
(4) Corporations supported the growth of labor unions. - ANSWER-(3) The urban
population increased.
The federal government reacted to the Supreme Court's ruling in Wabash, St. Louis
& Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois (1886) by
(1) passing the Interstate Commerce Act
(2) weakening the influence of banks over big business
(3) abandoning the government's attempts to break up monopolies
(4) encouraging railroad employees to form unions - ANSWER-(1) passing the
Interstate Commerce Act
In the late 1800s, the corporation became an important form of business
organization primarily because it
(1) had closer ties with its employees
(2) could raise large amounts of investment
capital
(3) made better quality products
(4) called for conservation of natural resources - ANSWER-(2) could raise large
amounts of investment
capital
. . . The object of the amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality
of the two races before the law, but, in the nature of things, it could not have been
intended to abolish distinctions based upon color, or to enforce social, as
distinguished from political, equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms
unsatisfactory to either. Laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in
places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the
inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally,
recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their
police power. The most common instance of this is connected with the establishment
of separate schools for white and colored [African American] children, which has
, been held to be a valid exercise of the legislative power even by courts of States
where the po - ANSWER-(2) Jim Crow laws
The foreign policy illustrated in this cartoon was used by the United States to
(1) punish Mexico for siding with Germany in World War I
(2) enforce the Monroe Doctrine against Great Britain
(3) secure control of land for the Panama Canal Zone
(4) announce the Open Door policy - ANSWER-(3) secure control of land for the
Panama Canal Zone
This 1917 poster indicates that one important educational goal for new immigrants
during this time period was
(1) teaching them to read and write in their native language
(2) promoting religious tolerance
(3) ensuring the preservation of their native cultures
(4) promoting the English language as a method of assimilation - ANSWER-(4)
promoting the English language as a method
of assimilation
The United States became directly involved in World War I as a result of Germany's
(1) negotiation of an alliance with Russia
(2) threat to spread the war to the Middle East
(3) resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
(4) acquisition of new African colonies - ANSWER-(3) resumption of unrestricted
submarine warfare
Progressivism was an early 20th-century movement that promoted
(1) limited war to spread social justice to other countries
(2) increased immigration to diversify the nation's population
(3) colonialism to increase United States power throughout the world
(4) government actions to correct political, economic, and social problems -
ANSWER-(4) government actions to correct political, economic, and social problems
Which government action is directly related to the "clear and present danger"
doctrine established in Schenck v. United States (1919)?
(1) limiting the first amendment rights of antiwar protesters
(2) rejecting membership in the League of Nations
(3) banning immigration from western Europe
(4) passage of the Prohibition amendment - ANSWER-(1) limiting the first
amendment rights of antiwar protesters
Hosting the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference (1921) and signing the
Kellogg- Briand Pact (1928) were efforts by the United States to
(1) form new military alliances
(2) increase its military preparedness
(3) avoid future wars
(4) collect payment for war debts - ANSWER-(3) avoid future wars
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is best known for
(1) ending racial segregation in public facilities
(2) COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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
(1) Development of States Rights
(2) Results of Manifest Destiny
(3) Elements of Reconstruction
(4) Limits on Civil Rights - ANSWER-(3) Elements of Reconstruction
Between 1865 and 1900, how did the growth of industry affect American society?
(1) Trade with other nations declined.
(2) Business leaders called for lower tariffs.
(3) The urban population increased.
(4) Corporations supported the growth of labor unions. - ANSWER-(3) The urban
population increased.
The federal government reacted to the Supreme Court's ruling in Wabash, St. Louis
& Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois (1886) by
(1) passing the Interstate Commerce Act
(2) weakening the influence of banks over big business
(3) abandoning the government's attempts to break up monopolies
(4) encouraging railroad employees to form unions - ANSWER-(1) passing the
Interstate Commerce Act
In the late 1800s, the corporation became an important form of business
organization primarily because it
(1) had closer ties with its employees
(2) could raise large amounts of investment
capital
(3) made better quality products
(4) called for conservation of natural resources - ANSWER-(2) could raise large
amounts of investment
capital
. . . The object of the amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality
of the two races before the law, but, in the nature of things, it could not have been
intended to abolish distinctions based upon color, or to enforce social, as
distinguished from political, equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms
unsatisfactory to either. Laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in
places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the
inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally,
recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their
police power. The most common instance of this is connected with the establishment
of separate schools for white and colored [African American] children, which has
, been held to be a valid exercise of the legislative power even by courts of States
where the po - ANSWER-(2) Jim Crow laws
The foreign policy illustrated in this cartoon was used by the United States to
(1) punish Mexico for siding with Germany in World War I
(2) enforce the Monroe Doctrine against Great Britain
(3) secure control of land for the Panama Canal Zone
(4) announce the Open Door policy - ANSWER-(3) secure control of land for the
Panama Canal Zone
This 1917 poster indicates that one important educational goal for new immigrants
during this time period was
(1) teaching them to read and write in their native language
(2) promoting religious tolerance
(3) ensuring the preservation of their native cultures
(4) promoting the English language as a method of assimilation - ANSWER-(4)
promoting the English language as a method
of assimilation
The United States became directly involved in World War I as a result of Germany's
(1) negotiation of an alliance with Russia
(2) threat to spread the war to the Middle East
(3) resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
(4) acquisition of new African colonies - ANSWER-(3) resumption of unrestricted
submarine warfare
Progressivism was an early 20th-century movement that promoted
(1) limited war to spread social justice to other countries
(2) increased immigration to diversify the nation's population
(3) colonialism to increase United States power throughout the world
(4) government actions to correct political, economic, and social problems -
ANSWER-(4) government actions to correct political, economic, and social problems
Which government action is directly related to the "clear and present danger"
doctrine established in Schenck v. United States (1919)?
(1) limiting the first amendment rights of antiwar protesters
(2) rejecting membership in the League of Nations
(3) banning immigration from western Europe
(4) passage of the Prohibition amendment - ANSWER-(1) limiting the first
amendment rights of antiwar protesters
Hosting the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference (1921) and signing the
Kellogg- Briand Pact (1928) were efforts by the United States to
(1) form new military alliances
(2) increase its military preparedness
(3) avoid future wars
(4) collect payment for war debts - ANSWER-(3) avoid future wars
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is best known for
(1) ending racial segregation in public facilities
