US History Regents Review

Amendments

100

Name two rights that are protected under the 1st Amendment.

Freedom of speech

Freedom of the press

Freedom of religion

Right to assemble

Right to petition

200

What did the 15th Amendment do?

Guaranteed the right to vote for African American men.

300

Which amendments started and ended Prohibition?

18th and 21st Amendments

400

The 22nd Amendment involves the president. What did this amendment do?

Limits the president to 2 terms.

500

The 17th Amendment allows for U.S. citizens in each state to elect their ______________.

Senators

Supreme Court Cases

100

This Supreme Court case legalized racial segregation as long as it was "separate, but equal."

Plessy vs. Ferguson

200

This Supreme Court case centered around freedom of speech during times of war. The Supreme Court ruled that free speech is not protected if it poses a "clear and present danger."

Schenck vs. the United States

300

This Supreme Court case centered around whether the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was constitutional or not.

Korematsu vs. the United States

400

The Supreme Court case of Marbury vs. Madison established the power of ___________________; the Supreme Court has the power to review whether a law is constitutional or not.

Judicial review

500

In the Supreme Court case of Worcester vs. Georgia, the Supreme Court sided with which Native American tribe's claim to their land?

Cherokee

Foreign Policy

100

When WWI and WWII both began, the United States initially followed a policy of _______________.

Neutrality

200

The Monroe Doctrine was a warning to which group of people to stay out of the Western Hemisphere (Latin American & the Caribbean).

Europeans 

300

The U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War led to the U.S. becoming a global imperial power. Name one territory that the U.S. acquired after winning this war.

Guam

Puerto Rico

Philippines

400

When WWII first began, President FDR approved of the U.S. providing weapons and supplies to allied countries such as Britain and Russia. Name one of the policies that did this.

Cash & Carry Policy

Lend & Lease Act

500

What is the name of President Wilson's plan after WWI to make the world safer for democracy. (Hint: This included the League of Nations)

Fourteen Points

Reform Movements

100

The abolitionist movement aimed to abolish what?

Slavery

200

What is the name of the meeting of women's rights leaders in New York that led to the creation of the Declaration of Sentiments?

Seneca Falls Convention

300

What is the name for journalists, writers, and activists that worked to expose the corruption and horrible working and living conditions during the Gilded Age?

Muckrakers

400

What is the name of America's first labor union? They fought for higher pay and better working conditions.

Knights of Labor

500

Jane Addams was a Progressive reformer who started the settlement house movement in Chicago to provide housing, job training, and day care for what group of people?

Immigrants

The Regents Exam

100

What is the name of the long essay on the U.S. History Regents exam?

Civic Literacy Essay

200

What is the minimum number of documents you should use in your essay?

4

300

On Set 2 of the Short Essay Questions (SEQ), you will be asked to analyze whether a document is ____________, or trustworthy.

Reliable

400

How many multiple choice questions are on the U.S. History Regents exam?

28

500

In Set 1 of the Short Essay Questions, you are asked to analyze the Relationship between Documents 1 & 2. Name all 3 possible relationships you could choose from.

Cause and Effect

Similar/Difference

Turning Point