U.S. Regents Review Sheet 2

President Theodore Roosevelt was called a trustbuster because he

Which statement about the Missouri Compromise (1820) is most accurate?

What was the main reason for the formation of the Populist Party?

A major reason the United States began to seek colonies during the late 1890's was that the

President Andrew Jackson used the spoils system to

What did the mechanization of agriculture in the United States lead to?

The Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era were attempts by whom to do what?

Supreme Court decisions in McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden &Wabash v. Illinois dealt w/

Both the Homestead Act & the Pacific Railway Act (1862) were efforts by the federal govt to

Which generalization can best be drawn from the experiment w/ national Prohibition(1919–1933)?

The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scottv. Sanford (1857) was significant becauseit

President Andrew Jackson’s policy toward Native American Indians was created to

The significance of the case Marbury v.Madison(1803) is that it

Which issue is most closely associated with these headlines?

One way the Gold Rush in 1849 & the Dust Bowl of the 1930s are similar is that both resulted in

What did the tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire (1911) draw national attention to?

Which war is most closely associated with the emergence of the United States as a world power?

Which statement best describes American immigration patterns from 1880 to 1920?

Manifest Destiny was used to justify an American desireto

During the late 1800s, leaders of big business gave the greatest support to the passage of

The most long-lasting victory for civil rights achieved during Reconstruction was the

The decision of the Supreme Court in the1896Plessy v. Ferguson case is important because it

As US acquired more land btwn 1803&1850, what was the main controversy over these territories?

Yellow journalism contributed to the start of the Spanish-American War (1898)by

Why were business leaders Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan & Vanderbilt referred to as robber barons?

In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between

Cartoons by Thomas Nast&Upton Sinclair's The Jungle illustrate how the arts in the U.S.

Mark Twain labeled the late 1800s in the United States the “Gilded Age” to describe the

The national policy of Prohibition ended when the states

How did Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott decision& John Brown’s raid have similar effects on the US?

A major purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was to

Owners of big businesses embraced Social Darwinism bc it reinforced their belief that

Which action by the federal government during the late 1800s is an example of nativism?

Which political party first proposed these reforms in its platform?

Before the Civil War, why did slavery expand further in the South rather than in the North?

The Homestead Act (1862) attempted to promote development of western lands by

Many wealthy industrialists of the late 19th century used the theory of Social Darwinism to

What was the main benefit that labor unions of the late 19th century gained for their members?

The Reconstruction Era ended when Republicans promised to do what?

What was a major feature of the Reconstruction period?

Congress has attempted to deal with the issue of taxing citizens fairly by enacting a

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by

When were income tax, direct election of Senators, Prohibition& women's suffrage amendments?

What effect did the system of sharecropping have on the South after the Civil War?

Which belief was the basis of Pres. Theo Roosevelt's foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere?

Antitrust laws attempted to protect the public against the activities of big business by

Which helped bring about the enactment of Federal meat inspection laws in the Progressive Era?

What was an immediate effect of the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825?

Which was the most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860?

What major population trend occurred during the industrialization boom of the late 1800s?

Muckrakers of the Prog.Era and the investigative reporters of the 70's&80's are similar bc both

Abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period were most likely to support the

Which would be the most appropriate heading for this list?

Which statement about immigration to the United States during the 20th century is most valid?

Many decisions made by the Supreme Court while John Marshall was Chief Justice led directly 2

B4 the Civil War, the principle of popular sovereignty was proposed as a means of doing what?