AP U.S. HISTORY (APUSH) EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026-20… EXAM
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AP U.S. History (APUSH)
Exam Questions & Answers
2026-2027 | Complete
Course Review
Verified Answers Exam Ready With Rationales 518 QUESTIONS
DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
This comprehensive AP U.S. History review document contains 518 questions with provided
correct answers and concise explanations, covering the entirety of American history. It is an
invaluable resource for students preparing for APUSH certification exams, offering direct
answers and explanations to facilitate effective study and course review.
TOPICS
• Early Exploration & Colonization • New England Colonies
• Middle & Southern Colonies • Colonial Economy & Trade
• Colonial Society & Thought • Road to Revolution
• American Revolution • Confederation & Constitution
• Early Republic: Washington • Early Republic: Adams & Jefferson
• Era of Good Feelings & Nationalism • Judicial Review & States' Rights
• Age of Jackson • Antebellum Culture & Reform
• Antebellum South & Slavery • Westward Expansion & Manifest
Destiny
• Sectional Crisis & Compromise • Civil War
Page 1
,• Reconstruction • Gilded Age: Industry & Labor
• Gilded Age: Politics & Populism • Progressive Era
• Imperialism & World War I • 1920s: Society & Culture
• Great Depression & New Deal • World War II
• Early Cold War • 1950s Society & Culture
• Civil Rights Movement • Cold War Foreign Policy
• 1960s Domestic Policy & Society • Nixon & Watergate
E XA M Q U EST I O N S
Q1 QUESTION 1 OF 518
Great Columbian / Biological Exchange
CORRECT ANSWER
Exchange of plants and animals between the New World and Europe following the discovery of
America in 1492.
Q2 QUESTION 2 OF 518
Christopher Columbus
CORRECT ANSWER
Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached Americas, greatly increased European
awareness of the North American Continent
Q3 QUESTION 3 OF 518
Bartolomeo de las Casas
CORRECT ANSWER
16th Century Spanish Historian, Dominican Friar, "Protector of the Indians;" opposed atrocities
by colonizers on Indigenous people
Page 2
, Q4 QUESTION 4 OF 518
French empire
CORRECT ANSWER
Empire control in Canada, Ohio, and Mississippi River Valley with Louisiana. Religious: Jesuits.
Positive indigenous relations. Fur trade. Coureurs du bois.
Q5 QUESTION 5 OF 518
Jamestown
CORRECT ANSWER
First permanent English settlement; located in Virginia. Founded by London Company
Q6 QUESTION 6 OF 518
Chesapeake colonies
CORRECT ANSWER
Term for the colonies of Maryland and Virginia
Q7 QUESTION 7 OF 518
1619
CORRECT ANSWER
The year when the first U.S representative assembly was established - House of Burgesses
(Jamestown, Virginia)
Q8 QUESTION 8 OF 518
Maryland colony
Page 3
, CORRECT ANSWER
Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore, founded to be a place for persecuted Catholics to find
refuge, a safe haven, act of toleration
Q9 QUESTION 9 OF 518
Declaration of Independence
CORRECT ANSWER
The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776)
asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain
Q10 QUESTION 10 OF 518
Second Bank of the U.S
CORRECT ANSWER
A national bank chartered by Congress in 1816 with extensive regulatory powers over currency
and credit; modeled after Hamilton's original bank and fixing Revolutionary War debt
Q11 QUESTION 11 OF 518
Dorothea Dix
CORRECT ANSWER
Rights activist; created 1st wave of US mental asylums; began national movement for new
methods to treat the mentally ill
Q12 QUESTION 12 OF 518
Confederate constitution
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P R O F E S S I O N A L P R A C T I C E M AT E R I A L S
AP U.S. History (APUSH)
Exam Questions & Answers
2026-2027 | Complete
Course Review
Verified Answers Exam Ready With Rationales 518 QUESTIONS
DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
This comprehensive AP U.S. History review document contains 518 questions with provided
correct answers and concise explanations, covering the entirety of American history. It is an
invaluable resource for students preparing for APUSH certification exams, offering direct
answers and explanations to facilitate effective study and course review.
TOPICS
• Early Exploration & Colonization • New England Colonies
• Middle & Southern Colonies • Colonial Economy & Trade
• Colonial Society & Thought • Road to Revolution
• American Revolution • Confederation & Constitution
• Early Republic: Washington • Early Republic: Adams & Jefferson
• Era of Good Feelings & Nationalism • Judicial Review & States' Rights
• Age of Jackson • Antebellum Culture & Reform
• Antebellum South & Slavery • Westward Expansion & Manifest
Destiny
• Sectional Crisis & Compromise • Civil War
Page 1
,• Reconstruction • Gilded Age: Industry & Labor
• Gilded Age: Politics & Populism • Progressive Era
• Imperialism & World War I • 1920s: Society & Culture
• Great Depression & New Deal • World War II
• Early Cold War • 1950s Society & Culture
• Civil Rights Movement • Cold War Foreign Policy
• 1960s Domestic Policy & Society • Nixon & Watergate
E XA M Q U EST I O N S
Q1 QUESTION 1 OF 518
Great Columbian / Biological Exchange
CORRECT ANSWER
Exchange of plants and animals between the New World and Europe following the discovery of
America in 1492.
Q2 QUESTION 2 OF 518
Christopher Columbus
CORRECT ANSWER
Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached Americas, greatly increased European
awareness of the North American Continent
Q3 QUESTION 3 OF 518
Bartolomeo de las Casas
CORRECT ANSWER
16th Century Spanish Historian, Dominican Friar, "Protector of the Indians;" opposed atrocities
by colonizers on Indigenous people
Page 2
, Q4 QUESTION 4 OF 518
French empire
CORRECT ANSWER
Empire control in Canada, Ohio, and Mississippi River Valley with Louisiana. Religious: Jesuits.
Positive indigenous relations. Fur trade. Coureurs du bois.
Q5 QUESTION 5 OF 518
Jamestown
CORRECT ANSWER
First permanent English settlement; located in Virginia. Founded by London Company
Q6 QUESTION 6 OF 518
Chesapeake colonies
CORRECT ANSWER
Term for the colonies of Maryland and Virginia
Q7 QUESTION 7 OF 518
1619
CORRECT ANSWER
The year when the first U.S representative assembly was established - House of Burgesses
(Jamestown, Virginia)
Q8 QUESTION 8 OF 518
Maryland colony
Page 3
, CORRECT ANSWER
Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore, founded to be a place for persecuted Catholics to find
refuge, a safe haven, act of toleration
Q9 QUESTION 9 OF 518
Declaration of Independence
CORRECT ANSWER
The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776)
asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain
Q10 QUESTION 10 OF 518
Second Bank of the U.S
CORRECT ANSWER
A national bank chartered by Congress in 1816 with extensive regulatory powers over currency
and credit; modeled after Hamilton's original bank and fixing Revolutionary War debt
Q11 QUESTION 11 OF 518
Dorothea Dix
CORRECT ANSWER
Rights activist; created 1st wave of US mental asylums; began national movement for new
methods to treat the mentally ill
Q12 QUESTION 12 OF 518
Confederate constitution
Page 4
