U.S. HISTORY 2 CLEP FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Wagner Act of 1935. Answer: Aka National Labor Relations Act; to
end the sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan; encourages unions,
collective bargaining
◉ Alice Paul. Answer: Founded the National Woman's Party in 1916
which pushed for women's voting rights. She tried a more aggressive
tactic in protesting by going on hunger strikes and chaining herself
to the gates of the White House (arrested for insanity)
◉ Reagan Revolution. Answer: ability to unite traditional
Republicans with working-class Democrats
◉ Margaret Sanger. Answer: progressive movement; birth control
advocate
◉ Carrie Nation. Answer: woman prohibition movement
◉ Jane Addams. Answer: Created the Hull House to help the inner-
city poor. Provided health care, and education to those in need.
,◉ WW2 US economic policies. Answer: rationing of consumer goods,
limiting wartime wages, limiting agriculture prices, selling war
bonds
◉ Election of 1928. Answer: Herbert Hoover vs. Al Smith; first
election to feature a Roman Catholic as a presidential candidate
◉ Geneva Accords. Answer: 1954 acts to divide Vietnam into
temporary sectors and lay groundwork for free elections
-French agree to remove troops from Vietnam
◉ Allen Ginsberg. Answer: Poet of the Beat Generation, which
expressed the social and literary non-conformity of artists, poets,
and writers. Most famous poem is "Howl" (a 3 page rant against
America), which captures this era.
◉ Whitney M Young Jr.. Answer: black employment discrimination
◉ Stokey Carmichael. Answer: black civil rights; black power; led the
Black Panthers; violence
◉ James Farmer. Answer: sidekick to MLK, encouraged non-violent
protest to segregation
, ◉ Roy Wilkens. Answer: black leader of NAACP
◉ Ngo Dinh Diem. Answer: South Vietnamese president; American
ally; Escalated hostilities between US and North Vietnam by refusing
to carry out political reforms in South Vietnam
◉ American Indian Movement (AIM). Answer: founded in 1968;
tactics modeled after Black Power movement
◉ "silent majority". Answer: referred to supporters of Richard Nixon
◉ Star Wars military proposal. Answer: to create satellite and laser
shield to defend the US against missile attacks
◉ Double V Campaign. Answer: -victory over Fascism abroad
-victory over racism at home
-Advocated by African Americans
◉ Frank Lloyd Wright. Answer: Prairie School of architecture;
buildings blended with surroundings
◉ Civil Rights Act of 1964. Answer: A federal law that authorized
federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public
facilities, and employment; end of Jim Crow laws
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Wagner Act of 1935. Answer: Aka National Labor Relations Act; to
end the sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan; encourages unions,
collective bargaining
◉ Alice Paul. Answer: Founded the National Woman's Party in 1916
which pushed for women's voting rights. She tried a more aggressive
tactic in protesting by going on hunger strikes and chaining herself
to the gates of the White House (arrested for insanity)
◉ Reagan Revolution. Answer: ability to unite traditional
Republicans with working-class Democrats
◉ Margaret Sanger. Answer: progressive movement; birth control
advocate
◉ Carrie Nation. Answer: woman prohibition movement
◉ Jane Addams. Answer: Created the Hull House to help the inner-
city poor. Provided health care, and education to those in need.
,◉ WW2 US economic policies. Answer: rationing of consumer goods,
limiting wartime wages, limiting agriculture prices, selling war
bonds
◉ Election of 1928. Answer: Herbert Hoover vs. Al Smith; first
election to feature a Roman Catholic as a presidential candidate
◉ Geneva Accords. Answer: 1954 acts to divide Vietnam into
temporary sectors and lay groundwork for free elections
-French agree to remove troops from Vietnam
◉ Allen Ginsberg. Answer: Poet of the Beat Generation, which
expressed the social and literary non-conformity of artists, poets,
and writers. Most famous poem is "Howl" (a 3 page rant against
America), which captures this era.
◉ Whitney M Young Jr.. Answer: black employment discrimination
◉ Stokey Carmichael. Answer: black civil rights; black power; led the
Black Panthers; violence
◉ James Farmer. Answer: sidekick to MLK, encouraged non-violent
protest to segregation
, ◉ Roy Wilkens. Answer: black leader of NAACP
◉ Ngo Dinh Diem. Answer: South Vietnamese president; American
ally; Escalated hostilities between US and North Vietnam by refusing
to carry out political reforms in South Vietnam
◉ American Indian Movement (AIM). Answer: founded in 1968;
tactics modeled after Black Power movement
◉ "silent majority". Answer: referred to supporters of Richard Nixon
◉ Star Wars military proposal. Answer: to create satellite and laser
shield to defend the US against missile attacks
◉ Double V Campaign. Answer: -victory over Fascism abroad
-victory over racism at home
-Advocated by African Americans
◉ Frank Lloyd Wright. Answer: Prairie School of architecture;
buildings blended with surroundings
◉ Civil Rights Act of 1964. Answer: A federal law that authorized
federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public
facilities, and employment; end of Jim Crow laws
