U.S. HISTORY 2 CLEP TEST PAPER 2026 FULL
SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ Booker T Washington. Answer: Formed Tuskegee Institute
Alabama. Trained young black students in agriculture and the trades
◉ Stonewall Riot. Answer: New York city @ a bar called Stonewall
Inn. Activist protests among gays and lesbians. Became a symbol of
oppression of gays, began the gay pride movement
◉ Pragmatism. Answer: the concept that the truth of any idea was to
be tested, above all, by its practical consequences; coined in William
James's writing called Pragmatism
◉ Eugenics Movement. Answer: grading races/ethnic groups based
on genetic qualities. They sterilized them.
◉ Double V campaign. Answer: African Americans pledged to fight
not only for victory over Hitler in Europe, but also against racism at
home.
,◉ Muller v. Oregon. Answer: Louis D. Brandeis persuaded the
Supreme Court to accept the constitutionality of harmful effects of
factory labor on women's weaker bodies
◉ Huey Long (The Kingfish). Answer: LA politician, Roosevelt's
biggest threat. Increased taxes paid by corporations, and public
works projects including new schools, highways, bridges, and
hospitals; seized almost dictatorial control of the state government.
◉ "Share the Wealth". Answer: A program by Huey Long for
desperate lower middle class during the Great Depression; fortunes
would be confiscated and redistributed. Unsuccessful.
◉ League of nations. Answer: Created by Woodrow Wilson as part of
his 14 point peace plan. Without Germany, Soviet Union, and US.
ineffective.
◉ Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Answer: worst workplace disaster in NYC
until 9/11. 146 garment workers who died from the fire or jumped
to their deaths. Led to legislation requiring improved factory safety
standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers' Union.
◉ Grant Wood created American Gothic. Answer: represents a
steadfast American pioneer spirit with traditional roles of men and
, women, the man's pitchfork symbolizing hard labor and the flowers
over the woman's right shoulder suggesting domesticity.
◉ Slash and burn agriculture. Answer: cutting and burning of plants
in forests or woodlands to create fields. The technique is not
sustainable in large populations due to the necessity of trees for soil
quality.
◉ Dr. Jonas Salk. Answer: Salk-biologist known for the research and
development of a killed-virus polio vaccine.
◉ Texas v. Johnson 1989. Answer: the Supreme Court struck down
banning burning the American flag because of free speech protected
by the First Amendment.
◉ Turner & Frontier Thesis. Answer: historian said that humanity
would continue to progress as long as there was new land to move
into. The frontier provided a place for homeless and solved social
problems.
◉ Roe V. Wade. Answer: All state laws prohibiting abortions were
made unconstitutional based on a woman's right to privacy under
the due process clause of the 14th Amendment
SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ Booker T Washington. Answer: Formed Tuskegee Institute
Alabama. Trained young black students in agriculture and the trades
◉ Stonewall Riot. Answer: New York city @ a bar called Stonewall
Inn. Activist protests among gays and lesbians. Became a symbol of
oppression of gays, began the gay pride movement
◉ Pragmatism. Answer: the concept that the truth of any idea was to
be tested, above all, by its practical consequences; coined in William
James's writing called Pragmatism
◉ Eugenics Movement. Answer: grading races/ethnic groups based
on genetic qualities. They sterilized them.
◉ Double V campaign. Answer: African Americans pledged to fight
not only for victory over Hitler in Europe, but also against racism at
home.
,◉ Muller v. Oregon. Answer: Louis D. Brandeis persuaded the
Supreme Court to accept the constitutionality of harmful effects of
factory labor on women's weaker bodies
◉ Huey Long (The Kingfish). Answer: LA politician, Roosevelt's
biggest threat. Increased taxes paid by corporations, and public
works projects including new schools, highways, bridges, and
hospitals; seized almost dictatorial control of the state government.
◉ "Share the Wealth". Answer: A program by Huey Long for
desperate lower middle class during the Great Depression; fortunes
would be confiscated and redistributed. Unsuccessful.
◉ League of nations. Answer: Created by Woodrow Wilson as part of
his 14 point peace plan. Without Germany, Soviet Union, and US.
ineffective.
◉ Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Answer: worst workplace disaster in NYC
until 9/11. 146 garment workers who died from the fire or jumped
to their deaths. Led to legislation requiring improved factory safety
standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers' Union.
◉ Grant Wood created American Gothic. Answer: represents a
steadfast American pioneer spirit with traditional roles of men and
, women, the man's pitchfork symbolizing hard labor and the flowers
over the woman's right shoulder suggesting domesticity.
◉ Slash and burn agriculture. Answer: cutting and burning of plants
in forests or woodlands to create fields. The technique is not
sustainable in large populations due to the necessity of trees for soil
quality.
◉ Dr. Jonas Salk. Answer: Salk-biologist known for the research and
development of a killed-virus polio vaccine.
◉ Texas v. Johnson 1989. Answer: the Supreme Court struck down
banning burning the American flag because of free speech protected
by the First Amendment.
◉ Turner & Frontier Thesis. Answer: historian said that humanity
would continue to progress as long as there was new land to move
into. The frontier provided a place for homeless and solved social
problems.
◉ Roe V. Wade. Answer: All state laws prohibiting abortions were
made unconstitutional based on a woman's right to privacy under
the due process clause of the 14th Amendment
