History of the United States 1 CLEP Exam Preparation

Which woman, and escaped slave, wrote "Ain't I a Woman?"

Sojourner Truth

What year did the construction of the Panama Canal start?

1880

Which U.S. President paid off all of the national debt?

Andrew Jackson

Where was General Custer's army massacred by the Sioux?

Little Bighorn River

What year was the emancipation proclamation?

1863

What year did Andrew Jackson sign the Indian Removal Act?

1830

What was the first transcontinental railroad?

Central Pacific Railroad Company

What year was the first U.S. bank established?

1791

Who inspired the first U.S. bank?

Alexander Hamilton

Which politician from South Carolina promoted slavery and white supremacy?

John C. Calhoun

What year was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed?

1848

What was is called when the Democratic Republicans won against the Federalists (political shift)?

Revolution of 1800

Who was the first female to become a reviewer of a literary journal?

Margaret Fuller

What affair concerned the Union stopping a British ship and seizing two confederate diplomats?

The Trent Affair

What is the belief that U.S. continental expansion (coast to coast) was God-ordained?

Manifest Destiny

Who was the first African-American poet to be published?

Phyllis Wheatley

What party was intended to be controlled by the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798?

Democratic Republican

When was the first modern election?

The election of 1840

What was the first battle between the U.S. and Great Britain?

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

Which president died 32 days into office after winning against incumbent candidate Van Buren?

Harrison

What did Benjamin Franklin invent?

Bifocals

Who was the famous leader of the Apache people?

Geronimo

Crazy Horse and Red Cloud were prominent leaders of what tribe?

Sioux

What treaty authorized the U.S. to obtain Florida territory from the Spanish?

Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819

Name four acts passed by British Parliament to impose taxes on colonists.

Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Townshend Act, and Tea Acts

What idea was used by the British, claiming that their government spoke for both British citizens and American colonists?

Virtual representation

Which president, originally a Whig, supported the Know-Nothing party?

Fillmore

Which college was the first to accept female students?

Oberlin College

What year was the Gettysburg Address?

1863

What was the name of the increase in religious belief and attendance in the U.S.?

The Great Awakening

The Sioux Treaty of 1868 gave the Sioux Natives which land?

Black Hills of Dakota

What year did female workers go on strike at Lowell Textile Mill?

1830

How many states fought for the South during the U.S. Civil War?

11

What curriculum was used to teach reading and writing in the 1800s?

McGuffey Readers

Who campaigned against alcohol consumption in Maine?

Neal Dow

When was the Bill of Rights ratified?

1789

What year was the White House completed?

1800

Willard was the president of which women's suffrage union?

Women's Christian Temperance Union

Who led a black rebellion after the state shut down their Methodist Episcopal church?

Denmark Vesey

When was the Great Depression?

1929-1939

When was the U.S. Civil War?

1861-1865

What year was the Dred Scott v. Sanford case argued in court?

1857

What line divided free states from slave states in the Missouri Compromise?

Mason-Dixon Line

Who was the leader of the Confederacy?

Jefferson David

What followed the completion Erie Canal?

Great Lakes growth

What state was Shay's Rebellion located in?

Massachusetts

How many delegates signed the Declaration of Independance?

56

How many future presidents signed the Declaration of Independance?

2

What was Sarah Grimke known for?

Being an abolitionist and suffragist

Which president was the only president to serve more than 2 terms?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Who was the Sioux leader during the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Crazy Horse

Who originally colonized in the territory that is now New York (they called it New Netherlands)?

the Dutch

Who was New York named after?

The Duke of York

What disease killed many travelers on the Oregon Trail?

Cholera

Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield were popular leaders of which U.S. revival?

The Great Awakening

When was the Great Awakening?

1730-1750

Which was the first state to secede during the U.S. Civil War?

South Carolina

Where in California did the gold rush begin?

Sutter's Mill

Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" that encouraged the uprising against the British?

Thomas Paine

When was the 2nd Great Awakening?

1790-1820

Where was the 2nd Great Awakening located?

In the Burned Over District in New York

Because of the Homestead Act in 1862, each person was given how many acres of land if willing to farm it?

160

Which party supported the idea of a National Bank (Hint: the Democrat party opposed it)?

the Whig Party

Who proposed the American System?

Henry Clay

Where was the first shot and battle of the U.S. Civil War located?

Fort Sumter in South Carolina

When was the first battle of the U.S. Civil War fought?

1861

The Hudson River School encouraged which style of art and painting?

Romanticism

What were the German immigrants during 1848 called?

48'ers

When was the American Revolution?

1765-1783

When was the French and Indian War?

1754-1763

What is the name of the colony established in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh that later vanished (Hint: also called the Lost Colony)?

Roanoke Island

Who was a 1497 explorer for King Henry VII?

John Cabot

Who was the second person to circumnavigate the world under the reign of Queen Elizabeth?

Sir Francis Drake

Who was the French explorer who claimed Canada for France in 1534?

Jacques Cartier

Who was the English explorer who discovered the Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay (and was also abandoned at sea by his crew)?

Sir Henry Hudson

When was King Philip's War?

1675-1678

What war was resolved with the Treaty of Casco Bay?

King Philip's War

Which Wampanoag chief fought in King Philip's War?

Metacom

Who led a rebellion against Governor Berkeley in Jamestown because of the lack of aggressiveness against the Native Americans?

Nathaniel Bacon

When was Bacon's Rebellion?

1676

What was the governing document of the Plymouth Colony?

The Mayflower Compact

When was the Mayflower Compact signed?

1620

Which Indian tribe lived in Massachusetts from 1615-1619 and almost got destroyed by the 7-Day Fever?

Wampanoags

Which colony was named and surveyed by John Smith and inhabited by Separatists from 1620-1619?

Plymouth Colony

Which Massachusetts colony was reorganized in 1629 and was strongly inhabited by Puritans?

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Who was an American minister and scientific writer in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Salem Witch Trials?

Cotton Mather

What incident involved British soldiers killing 5 American civilians in 1770 (which was greatly exaggerated by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams to turn the people against Britain)?

The Boston Massacre

Which organization was created by the 13 colonies to fight the Stamp Act in 1765?

Sons of Liberty