NY Regents U.S. History case studies
NY Regents U.S. History · Put your knowledge to work in context.
History and Government is one of the Regents Examinations offered in New York State. The New York State Education Department lists Regents Exams among the assessments handled by its Office of State Assessment, alongside pages for exam schedules, computer-based testing, and the New York State Alternate Assessment. The NY Regents U.S. History case studies are 5 cases and about 3,122 words.
1The £5,000 That Wasn't About Money: Pennsylvania, 1747
In 1747 the Pennsylvania Assembly, elected by property-owning men, holds 36 seats; 26 are held by Quakers whose religious principles forbid bearing arms. Raids on frontier settlements in Cumberland County have driven roughly 300 families east, and the royal governor - appointed by the Penn family rather than chosen by the assembly - demands £5,000 for forts, rangers, and a militia law.
622 words, about 3 min2Reading the Numbers on a Reconstruction Readmission Vote
A congressional committee must decide whether to recommend seating the delegation of a Southern state that has ratified a new constitution. The record: 78,000 Black men and 51,000 white men registered under the Reconstruction Acts; the constitution passed with 62 percent of the votes cast, though turnout was 48 percent of registrants.
625 words, about 3 min3Wage Slavery or Opportunity? A Massachusetts Mill Report, 1885
Fall River, Massachusetts, 1885. A state bureau of statistics of labor investigates a cotton mill employing 1,300 operatives: 60 percent women, 14 percent children under 16, a 60-hour week, and daily wages of 1.05 for weavers and 60 cents for doffers.
648 words, about 3 min4Allocating $58,000: Work Relief Versus Direct Relief, 1936
A county relief administrator has 58,000 in federal funds for the quarter and 900 certified families. Work relief pays 45 a month and can fund 400 men; direct relief pays $14 a month per family and would cover all 900.
632 words, about 3 min5Freedom of Choice: A Title VI Deferral Decision, 1966
A federal education official must decide whether to defer funds to a county district of 9,800 white and 5,200 Black students. Twelve years after Brown, six Black students attend white schools.
595 words, about 3 min