History of the United States 1 CLEP
Exam Preparation Questions and
Answers8
Which woman, and escaped slave, wrote "Ain't I a Woman?" - ANSWERS-Sojourner Truth
What year did the construction of the Panama Canal start? - ANSWERS-1880
Which U.S. President paid off all of the national debt? - ANSWERS-Andrew Jackson
Where was General Custer's army massacred by the Sioux? - ANSWERS-Little Bighorn River
What year was the emancipation proclamation? - ANSWERS-1863
What year did Andrew Jackson sign the Indian Removal Act? - ANSWERS-1830
What was the first transcontinental railroad? - ANSWERS-Central Pacific Railroad Company
What year was the first U.S. bank established? - ANSWERS-1791
Who inspired the first U.S. bank? - ANSWERS-Alexander Hamilton
Which politician from South Carolina promoted slavery and white supremacy? - ANSWERS-John
C. Calhoun
, What year was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed? - ANSWERS-1848
What was is called when the Democratic Republicans won against the Federalists (political
shift)? - ANSWERS-Revolution of 1800
Who was the first female to become a reviewer of a literary journal? - ANSWERS-Margaret
Fuller
What affair concerned the Union stopping a British ship and seizing two confederate diplomats?
- ANSWERS-The Trent Affair
What is the belief that U.S. continental expansion (coast to coast) was God-ordained? -
ANSWERS-Manifest Destiny
Who was the first African-American poet to be published? - ANSWERS-Phyllis Wheatley
What party was intended to be controlled by the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798? - ANSWERS-
Democratic Republican
When was the first modern election? - ANSWERS-The election of 1840
What was the first battle between the U.S. and Great Britain? - ANSWERS-The Battle of
Lexington and Concord
Which president died 32 days into office after winning against incumbent candidate Van Buren?
- ANSWERS-Harrison
What did Benjamin Franklin invent? - ANSWERS-Bifocals
Exam Preparation Questions and
Answers8
Which woman, and escaped slave, wrote "Ain't I a Woman?" - ANSWERS-Sojourner Truth
What year did the construction of the Panama Canal start? - ANSWERS-1880
Which U.S. President paid off all of the national debt? - ANSWERS-Andrew Jackson
Where was General Custer's army massacred by the Sioux? - ANSWERS-Little Bighorn River
What year was the emancipation proclamation? - ANSWERS-1863
What year did Andrew Jackson sign the Indian Removal Act? - ANSWERS-1830
What was the first transcontinental railroad? - ANSWERS-Central Pacific Railroad Company
What year was the first U.S. bank established? - ANSWERS-1791
Who inspired the first U.S. bank? - ANSWERS-Alexander Hamilton
Which politician from South Carolina promoted slavery and white supremacy? - ANSWERS-John
C. Calhoun
, What year was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed? - ANSWERS-1848
What was is called when the Democratic Republicans won against the Federalists (political
shift)? - ANSWERS-Revolution of 1800
Who was the first female to become a reviewer of a literary journal? - ANSWERS-Margaret
Fuller
What affair concerned the Union stopping a British ship and seizing two confederate diplomats?
- ANSWERS-The Trent Affair
What is the belief that U.S. continental expansion (coast to coast) was God-ordained? -
ANSWERS-Manifest Destiny
Who was the first African-American poet to be published? - ANSWERS-Phyllis Wheatley
What party was intended to be controlled by the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798? - ANSWERS-
Democratic Republican
When was the first modern election? - ANSWERS-The election of 1840
What was the first battle between the U.S. and Great Britain? - ANSWERS-The Battle of
Lexington and Concord
Which president died 32 days into office after winning against incumbent candidate Van Buren?
- ANSWERS-Harrison
What did Benjamin Franklin invent? - ANSWERS-Bifocals
