CLEP US HISTORY 1 Modern States

Which of the following were native to North America before Columbus arrived?

maize and squash

During the Age of Exploration most super power countries in Europe searched for gold and silver in the Americas and what from Asia?

silk and spices

Which of the following is true of White women in the British North American colonies?

They were restricted in holding property and making legal contracts after marriage.

Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Great Awakening in the American colonies during the mid-eighteenth century?

Heightened interest in the supernatural caused the renewed persecution of people for witchcraft

In the early seventeenth century, colonists in the Chesapeake Bay area exported which of the following to England?

Tobacco

Seventeenth-century Puritans and Quakers differed primarily over the

notion of predestination

Which of the following best describes the American Colonization Society?

It promoted the settling of free African Americans from the United States to Africa

Anne Hutchinson and her followers were banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because

Hutchinson's religious views led to her excommunication from the Puritan church

Why was it possible for England to establish successful colonies by 1700s?

Because they had crucial advantages over European rivals

American Mercantilism in the mid-seventeenth century was the idea of the...

British

John Winthrop told the Puritans that their society would be regarded as "a city upon a hill." But first he explained that there would always be inequalities of wealth and power, that some people would always be in positions of authority, and that others would be dependent. His statements best illustrate the Puritans'

acceptance of the traditional belief that social order depended on a system of ranks

The French and Indian War led Great Britain to

impose revenue taxes on its North American colonies

All of the following were common characteristics of many colonial New England families EXCEPT?

a place that sheltered men from the workplace

All of the following were common characteristics of many colonial New England families:

a hierarchical institution in which the father represented the source of authority

a social institution that cared for the needy and the poor

a social institution that provided vocational training

a basic farming unit

Which of the following is a correct statement about the use of slave labor in colonial Virginia?

It spread rapidly in the late-seventeenth century, as enslaved Africans replaced European indentured

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania were written to

argue against the power of Parliament to tax the colonists without representation

Under the Articles of Confederation, which of the following was true about the national government?

It had the power to conduct foreign affairs

"No Person or Persons, inhabiting in this Province or Territories, who shall confess and acknowledge One almighty God, the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the World; . . . shall be in any Case molested or prejudiced, in his or their Person or Estate, because of his or their conscientious Persuasion or Practice, nor be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious Worship, Place or Ministry, contrary to his or their Mind."

The excerpt above is from the charter of which of the following English colonies?

Pennsylvania

During the Colonial Period, which of the following was the staple crop in Virginia?

Tobacco

Roger Williams defended liberty of conscience on the grounds that

the state should not interfere in church matters

Which of the following was a renowned African American poet in New England in the late-eighteenth century?

Phillis Wheatley

What was the main focus of The Great Awakening?

Religion

This put an important spin in the society, America's religious communities during this time were divided from the Old believers to the New:

The Great Awakening

By the time of the American Revolution, many American colonists had generally come to believe that the creation of a republic would solve the problems of monarchical rule because a republic would establish

a small, limited government responsible to the people

Which of the following best describes the United States position in the world economy during the period 1790-1860?

It relied heavily on European capital for its economic expansion.

Which of the following is a correct statement regarding Benjamin Franklin?

He helped to negotiate the Treaty of Paris of 1783.

Which of the following is true about the American victory at Saratoga in October 1777 during the Revolutionary War?

It helped convince France to enter the war

According to the Treaty of Paris of 1783, Great Britain both recognized American independence and

promised to set the western boundary of the United States at the Mississippi River

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

The Declaration of Independence

The author of the passage above was influenced by the writings of

John Locke's Second Treatise on Government

Which of the following is NOT part of the Treaty of Paris of 1783:

France would provide aid to the United States to form a government

Before it was called the US Constitution, the original name of the document was known as

Articles of Confederation

Why did Congress feel that the Articles of Confederation was a weak document?

Because it did not illustrate federal powers but more state sovereignty

The present King of Great Britain . . . has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws.

The "constitution" referred to in the quotation above from the Declaration of Independence was

the principles the colonists believed had traditionally regulated British government

The present King of Great Britain . . . has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws.

The protest that the king had "combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution" referred to George III's

approval of parliamentary laws impinging on colonial self-government

The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, adopted in 1791 to guarantee individual rights and to help secure ratification of the Constitution by the states is called:

The Bill of Rights

Which of the following amendment that prohibits slavery or involuntary servitude?

The 13th Amendment

The issue of constitutionality figured most prominently in the consideration of which of the following?

First Bank of the United States

The Federalist Party's political perspective was characterized by which of the following beliefs about the central government?

It should encourage economic development.

Which of the following was a key component of Alexander Hamilton's plan for the economic development of the United States?

Establishment of a national bank that would stabilize paper currency and extend credit

The disagreement between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson regarding the economic policy of the United States can best be summarized as a contrast between

a centralized system based on trade and manufacturing and a system that relied on independent farmers and agriculture

Which of the following best describes the significance of Shays' Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion?

They were precipitated by burdensome tax policies

In his Farewell Address, George Washington advocated that the United States should develop which of the following policies?

Adopting an isolationist position by avoiding engaging in alliances with European states

The Louisiana Purchase was significant because it

gave the United States control of the Mississippi River

Which Presidential Administration took the matter in hands with the French after their outcry of the "High Class Federalists" in America?

John Adams

Which of the following most directly led to a more democratic political system in the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Many states reduced or eliminated property qualifications for voting.

The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the following effects on the United States?

It severely damaged American shipping.

All of the following resulted from the War of 1812 EXCEPT

the loss of Florida to the British

All of the following resulted from the War of 1812:

the decline of the Federalist Party

increased domestic manufacturing

the emergence of Andrew Jackson as a war hero

heightened patriotism

Which of the following is the main reason for the outbreak of the War of 1812?

the violation of American Shipping Rights

Which of the following best describes the financial crisis brought on by sharply falling cotton prices, declining demand for American exports, and reckless western land speculation?

The Panic of 1819

Deists of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries believed that

natural laws, designed by the Creator, govern the operation of the universe

The Mason-Dixon Line, surveyed in the 1760s, was important for which of the following reasons?

It was used as the dividing line between free and slave states in the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

During the early stages of manufacturing, the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, primarily employed

native-born, single White women from rural areas

The idea of Manifest Destiny was probably expressed most clearly in which of the following actions?

The declaration of war against Mexico in 1846

The economic growth of the Great Lakes region in the early 19th century was most facilitated by the

completion of the Erie Canal

Jacksonian banking policies did which of the following?

Encouraged the expansion of credit and speculation.

What was the main authorization of the Jacksonian Indian Policy?

The relocation of eastern Indians to federal lands west of Mississippi River

The diverse coalition making up the Whigs Party was clustered around the National Republican Party of

John Quincy Adams

Between the Monroe Doctrine (1823) and the outbreak of the Civil War (1861), the most important aspect of United States foreign policy was

expanding the nation's boundaries

The presidential election of 1840 is often considered the first "modern" election because

for the first time, both parties widely campaigned among all the eligible voters

The 1848 women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, was a protest against

customs and laws that gave women a status inferior to that of men

The Great Famine of Ireland in the 1840s affected the United States in which of the following ways?

It led to a massive wave of Irish immigrants to the United States

The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following EXCEPT the belief that

commerce and industry would decline as the nation expanded its agricultural base

The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following:

the use of land for settled agriculture was preferable to its use for nomadic hunting

westward expansion was both inevitable and beneficial

the Creator selected America as a chosen land populated by a chosen people

the ultimate extent of the American domain was to be from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

Which of the following groups was most likely to adopt the Free Soil ideology?

Western frontier settlers

Which of the following was opposed by both the Free Soil Party and the Republican Party in the mid-nineteenth century?

Extension of slavery into the territories

"Upon these considerations, it is the opinion of the court that the act of Congress which prohibited a citizen from holding and owning property of this kind in the territory of the United States north of the line therein mentioned, is not warranted by the Constitution, and is therefore void; and that neither the plaintiff himself, nor any of his family, were made free by being carried into this territory; even if they had been carried there by the owner, with the intention of becoming a permanent resident."

The congressional act referred to in the passage above was the

Missouri Compromise

In the pre-Civil War era, the railroads' most important impact on the economy was that they

provided midwestern farmers accessibility to eastern urban markets

Which of the following was NOT an element of the Compromise of 1850?

Organization of the Kansas Territory without slavery

The following were all elements of the Compromise of 1850:

Stronger fugitive slave law

Abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

Admittance of California as a free state

Adjustment of the Texas-New Mexico boundary

California was admitted as a state to the Union

as part of the Compromise of 1850

The United States completed the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 in order to

build a transcontinental railroad

Which of the following did NOT occur during the transportation revolution in the nineteenth century?

The Supreme Court enforced monopolies on steamboat travel and bridge construction.

The following occurred during the transportation revolution in the nineteenth century:

State and federal governments subsidized the construction of roads and canals.

The cost of shipping goods declined precipitously.

The postal service grew rapidly.

Railroads became a major carrier of freight by the start of the Civil War.

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the map above, which shows cotton production in 1860 in the US?

There was a correlation between the importance of cotton and the use of slave labor in the Southern economy.

Why did the railroad system become more famous than others during the transportation revolution?

Because of its speed, capacity, and reliability

The Compromise of 1850 outraged abolitionists because one of the following was included at the time

The Fugitive Slave Act

This party supported and demanded the exclusion of immigrants and Catholics from public office:

The Know Nothing Party

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the institution of slavery in the United States in the first quarter of the nineteenth century?

Expanded use of the cotton gin

In Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), the Supreme Court decided that

enslaved people could not be freed by virtue of their residence in a free state

Which of the following is true of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

Many Northerners opposed it.

The "putting-out system" that emerged in antebellum America refers to the

production of finished goods in individual households

Which of the following was a major focus of antebellum reform?

Prison reform

Which of the following statements best describes women's involvement in reform movements of the antebellum period?

Many women argued that their roles as mothers and wives gave them a unique understanding of the nature of and solutions to social ills

Which of the following was directly involved in helping slaves escape via the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Tubman

Which of the following was acknowledged as a clear advantage held by the Union over the Confederacy during the U.S Civil War?

An industrial capacity that allowed the Union to produce most of what it needed for the war

Which of the following individual took over the presidency of the Confederate States?

Jefferson Davis

During the war, the Confederate States had an geographic advantage because

Most of the war was fought in the Southern lands, in that they were fighting to defend their own land

After the Civil War, the majority of freed people found work in the South as

tenant farmers

The activities of the Freedmen's Bureau included all of the following EXCEPT

permanently redistributing land

The activities of the Freedmen's Bureau included all of the following:

providing food, clothing, medical care, and shelter to war victims

reuniting families of freedmen

establishing a network of courts

establishing schools for freed people

Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction included which of the following?

Reestablishment of state government after 10 percent of the voters in a state pledged their allegiance to the United States

All of the following elements of the Radical Republican program were implemented during Reconstruction EXCEPT

provision of 40 acres to each freedman household

All of the following elements of the Radical Republican program were implemented during Reconstruction:

enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment

military occupation of the South

punishment of the Confederate leaders

restrictions on the power of the president

Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan allowed for Southern states to be readmitted into the Union on the condition that they

revoke the ordinance of secession and ratify the Thirteenth Amendment

The disputed election of 1876 was significant because it

resulted in the end of Reconstruction in the South

Which of the following agency provided services to the slaves during the Reconstruction?

The Freedmen's Bureau