WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY 1 ACTUAL
COURSE PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CERTIFICATION READY
◉ Which statement best describes the role of women during the
Civil War?
Answer: Women performed untraditional and nondomestic tasks
◉ What goal was achieved in the South during Reconstruction?
Answer: Improvement of the education system
◉ Why was President Johnson impeached?
Answer: He removed a civil official without the consent of Congress
◉ How did the competing goals of moderate and radical
reconstructionists conflict during the period just before and after
the end of the Civil War?
Answer: Moderate reconstructionists wanted to reincorporate
southern states without alienating their white citizens, while
radicals proposed harsh laws to punish Confederate sympathizers
, ◉ In the post-Reconstruction South, what U.S. law or decision was
circumvented by the establishment of poll taxes and property
qualifications for voting?
Answer: Fifteenth Amendment
◉ During Reconstruction, what effect did the crop-lien system have
on poor Southern farmers?
Answer: Unfair lending practices placed farmers in a cycle of debt
◉ Which was the trait of pre-Columbian societies of the Eastern
Woodlands?
Answer: They had access to considerable food resources
◉ What was the main objective of the Pilgrims in drafting the
Mayflower Compact of 1620?
Answer: To establish their own government
◉ In the colonial era, what three commodities were exchanged in
the triangular trade?
Answer: Rum, slaves and molasses
◉ Which sentence accurately describes the availability of basic tools
and equipment for the early American colonists?
COURSE PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CERTIFICATION READY
◉ Which statement best describes the role of women during the
Civil War?
Answer: Women performed untraditional and nondomestic tasks
◉ What goal was achieved in the South during Reconstruction?
Answer: Improvement of the education system
◉ Why was President Johnson impeached?
Answer: He removed a civil official without the consent of Congress
◉ How did the competing goals of moderate and radical
reconstructionists conflict during the period just before and after
the end of the Civil War?
Answer: Moderate reconstructionists wanted to reincorporate
southern states without alienating their white citizens, while
radicals proposed harsh laws to punish Confederate sympathizers
, ◉ In the post-Reconstruction South, what U.S. law or decision was
circumvented by the establishment of poll taxes and property
qualifications for voting?
Answer: Fifteenth Amendment
◉ During Reconstruction, what effect did the crop-lien system have
on poor Southern farmers?
Answer: Unfair lending practices placed farmers in a cycle of debt
◉ Which was the trait of pre-Columbian societies of the Eastern
Woodlands?
Answer: They had access to considerable food resources
◉ What was the main objective of the Pilgrims in drafting the
Mayflower Compact of 1620?
Answer: To establish their own government
◉ In the colonial era, what three commodities were exchanged in
the triangular trade?
Answer: Rum, slaves and molasses
◉ Which sentence accurately describes the availability of basic tools
and equipment for the early American colonists?
