June 2023 United States History And Government Regents Questions 11-28 Question Preview (ID: 62105)
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The authors of the passage would have been most critical of the activities of which two individuals?
a) Jacob Riis and Ida Tarbell
b) John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie
c) William Jennings Bryan and Eugene V. Debs
d) Margaret Sanger and Jane Addams
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, how did Congress attempt to address these practices?
a) They authorized a federal takeover of large industries.
b) They declared that all trade was interstate commerce.
c) They implemented a minimum wage.
d) They passed antitrust legislation.
A historian would most likely use this document to investigate events leading up to the
a) annexation of Alaska
b) war with Spain
c) Open Door policy
d) invasion of Mexico
How did United States foreign policy change in the years immediately following this event?
a) The United States entered a period of overseas expansion.
b) The United States pursued a policy of containment.
c) The United States became more isolated.
d) The United States rejected the goal of Manifest Destiny.
What was a main reason for the movement of people as shown on this map?
a) Foreign food imports replaced domestic production of crops.
b) Northern states banned all forms of racial discrimination.
c) Abolitionists promised a means of escape from slavery.
d) Industrialization provided more employment opportunities.
What was one result of the migration shown on the map?
a) The South became the new destination for most European immigrants.
b) The Democratic Party declined in the northern half of the country.
c) American culture was enriched by new forms of music and literature.
d) Segregated communities throughout the nation came to an end.
According to the passage, what is one argument in support of free speech during wartime?
a) Citizens must maintain their right to control the government even in times of war.
b) Citizens must support the decisions of elected officials.
c) Military leaders are bound by constitutional oath to defend the rights of the people.
d) Congress has the authority to pass laws limiting first amendment rights.
Which Supreme Court decision addresses the issue raised by Senator La Follette in this speech?
a) Wabash, St. Louis Pacific R.R. v. Illinois
b) Plessy v. Ferguson
c) Northern Securities Co. v. United States
d) Schenck v. United States
Why were President Herbert Hoover and the Republican Party unable to solve the problem addressed in this cartoon?
a) They believed in limited federal government intervention in economic activity.
b) They knew the problem existed only in rural areas of the United States.
c) They thought that foreign influences were the primary cause of the bank crisis.
d) They believed the federal government must first pay back those who lost money due to stock speculation.
What was the reason for President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s reaction to the Supreme Court as shown in this cartoon?
a) Congress had failed to pass any New Deal legislation.
b) Several New Deal programs had been invalidated.
c) The House of Representatives had voted to impeach President Roosevelt.
d) Several Supreme Court Justices had been removed from office.
Which situation led the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration to issue this order?
a) the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
b) the lack of adequate housing on the West Coast
c) widespread acts of espionage by Japanese Americans
d) efforts to deport Japanese Americans
What Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of this order?
a) Mapp v. Ohio
b) Korematsu v. United States
c) Gideon v. Wainwright
d) Miranda v. Arizona
What was a primary purpose of the Marshall Plan?
a) to develop better relations with the Soviet Union
b) to expand United States territory
c) to support revolutions in the Middle East
d) to contain the spread of communism
The Soviet response to the Marshall Plan contributed to
a) a decline in United States-European trade
b) increased aid to African nations
c) the Cold War
d) the end of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The purpose of this law was to
a) limit the power of the president from involving the United States in extended wars
b) expand the power of the president as commander in chief
c) allow the president to declare war on foreign countries
d) prevent the president from signing a treaty without the consent of Congress
What event most directly led to the passage of this act?
a) President Nixon’s visit to China
b) President Kennedy’s response to the Cuban missile crisis
c) involvement in the Vietnam War
d) imposition of the Arab oil embargo
Which presidential role is being demonstrated in the photograph?
a) commander in chief of the armed forces
b) granting reprieves and pardons for federal offenses
c) treaty-making powers with foreign nations
d) chief executive approving congressional bills
What was one way the Voting Rights Act expanded the civil rights of African Americans?
a) It stopped the practice of sharecropping.
b) It ended discrimination in public facilities.
c) It outlawed the use of literacy tests.
d) It forced the integration of public schools.
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