AP U.S. History Exam 2025 GRADED A QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
After WWI, many Americans viewed as enemies people identified as - CORRECT
ANSWER B. "reds" and socialists.
Which person coined the term normalcy? - CORRECT ANSWER B. Warren G.
Harding
Soldiers returning from WWI brought back what disease, causing an epidemic? -
CORRECT ANSWER B. Influenza
As someone who worked to establish communism in the Soviet Union, Lenin believed in
the principle that - CORRECT ANSWER A. everyone should share equally in a
society's wealth.
Sacco and Vanzetti were on trial not only for robbery and murder, but also for their -
CORRECT ANSWER C. political beliefs and ethnicity.
In the 1920s companies used welfare capitalism to encourage workers to - CORRECT
ANSWER C. reject unions and accept lower wages.
Widespread fear of communism - CORRECT ANSWER B. resulted in the Palmer
raids.
In 1919, Seattle was virtually shut down because - CORRECT ANSWER C. a
wide range of labor strikes.
Labor leaders and nativists worked together to restrict the number of immigrants from -
CORRECT ANSWER C. southern and eastern Europe.
By 1914, Henry Ford was building cars that average Americans could afford because he
- CORRECT ANSWER D. equipped his factory with an assembly line.
President Calvin Coolidge's popularity was mostly due to - CORRECT ANSWER
C. the economic good times that prevailed during his presidency.
The most controversial of Darwin's ideas is known as - CORRECT ANSWER C.
evolution.
The unofficial capital of African American culture and activism in the United States in the
1920s was - CORRECT ANSWER C. Harlem.
,____ were a segment of society who were more likely to adopt the dress and manner
exhibited by "flappers." - CORRECT ANSWER D. Rebellious girls
The _____ gave full voting rights to women. - CORRECT ANSWER B. 19th
Amendment
The Scopes trial pitted religious beliefs against - CORRECT ANSWER D.
academic freedom and science.
The main goal of the NAACP was to - CORRECT ANSWER B. end discrimination
against and mistreatment of African Americans throughout the United States.
A common theme in the work of Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, and other writers
active during the Harlem Renaissance was the importance of - CORRECT ANSWER
D. defiance in the face of white prejudice.
The Navigation Act of 1651 required that all: - CORRECT ANSWER trade carried
out in English empire must be conducted in English ships
Other than rice, what was South Carolina's most important crop? - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
English merchants ____________ credit to colonists - CORRECT ANSWER
generously extended
During the 18th century, the gap between the rich and the poor in the colonies: -
CORRECT ANSWER widened
Literacy rates among 18th century colonists were: - CORRECT ANSWER high
relative to the resist of the world
Thinkers during the Age of Enlightenment stressed: - CORRECT ANSWER the
power of human reason
Colonists who could read were most likely to read: - CORRECT ANSWER the
bible
All of the following established the Puritan religion as the official relation EXCEPT: -
CORRECT ANSWER Rhode Island
The halfway covenant allowed whom to be baptized? - CORRECT ANSWER the
children those who had been baptized but had not experienced conversion
, Which established church dominated the Middle colonies? - CORRECT ANSWER
Anglican
The Great Awakening referred to a renewed interest in: - CORRECT ANSWER
religion and spirituality
Those converted in religious revivals were called: - CORRECT ANSWER New
Lights
What was one of the political legacies of the Great Awakening? - CORRECT
ANSWER an emphasis on individual choice
What was the name of the body formed in 1675 to oversee colonial affairs? -
CORRECT ANSWER Lords of Trade
Maine was originally part of which colony? - CORRECT ANSWER Massachusetts
William of Orange took over the throne of England after the: - CORRECT ANSWER
Glorious Revolution
King James created this out of 8 previously separate colonies stretching from Maine to
New Jersey - CORRECT ANSWER The Dominion of New England
Colonial governments could be best described as involving - CORRECT ANSWER
actual representation
in the early 18th century this group controlled California and texas - CORRECT
ANSWER the Spanish
England fought which country in the war of the league of Augsburg - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
The Seven Years' War In Europe was known in the American colonies as - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
This strain of thought stressed the treats that a standing army and powerful state posed
personal liberty - CORRECT ANSWER "Real Whig" ideology
The grand settlement of 1701, the Iroquois pledged neutrality with respect to England
and - CORRECT ANSWER France-
King George's War was known as ________ in Europe - CORRECT ANSWER ...
After WWI, many Americans viewed as enemies people identified as - CORRECT
ANSWER B. "reds" and socialists.
Which person coined the term normalcy? - CORRECT ANSWER B. Warren G.
Harding
Soldiers returning from WWI brought back what disease, causing an epidemic? -
CORRECT ANSWER B. Influenza
As someone who worked to establish communism in the Soviet Union, Lenin believed in
the principle that - CORRECT ANSWER A. everyone should share equally in a
society's wealth.
Sacco and Vanzetti were on trial not only for robbery and murder, but also for their -
CORRECT ANSWER C. political beliefs and ethnicity.
In the 1920s companies used welfare capitalism to encourage workers to - CORRECT
ANSWER C. reject unions and accept lower wages.
Widespread fear of communism - CORRECT ANSWER B. resulted in the Palmer
raids.
In 1919, Seattle was virtually shut down because - CORRECT ANSWER C. a
wide range of labor strikes.
Labor leaders and nativists worked together to restrict the number of immigrants from -
CORRECT ANSWER C. southern and eastern Europe.
By 1914, Henry Ford was building cars that average Americans could afford because he
- CORRECT ANSWER D. equipped his factory with an assembly line.
President Calvin Coolidge's popularity was mostly due to - CORRECT ANSWER
C. the economic good times that prevailed during his presidency.
The most controversial of Darwin's ideas is known as - CORRECT ANSWER C.
evolution.
The unofficial capital of African American culture and activism in the United States in the
1920s was - CORRECT ANSWER C. Harlem.
,____ were a segment of society who were more likely to adopt the dress and manner
exhibited by "flappers." - CORRECT ANSWER D. Rebellious girls
The _____ gave full voting rights to women. - CORRECT ANSWER B. 19th
Amendment
The Scopes trial pitted religious beliefs against - CORRECT ANSWER D.
academic freedom and science.
The main goal of the NAACP was to - CORRECT ANSWER B. end discrimination
against and mistreatment of African Americans throughout the United States.
A common theme in the work of Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, and other writers
active during the Harlem Renaissance was the importance of - CORRECT ANSWER
D. defiance in the face of white prejudice.
The Navigation Act of 1651 required that all: - CORRECT ANSWER trade carried
out in English empire must be conducted in English ships
Other than rice, what was South Carolina's most important crop? - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
English merchants ____________ credit to colonists - CORRECT ANSWER
generously extended
During the 18th century, the gap between the rich and the poor in the colonies: -
CORRECT ANSWER widened
Literacy rates among 18th century colonists were: - CORRECT ANSWER high
relative to the resist of the world
Thinkers during the Age of Enlightenment stressed: - CORRECT ANSWER the
power of human reason
Colonists who could read were most likely to read: - CORRECT ANSWER the
bible
All of the following established the Puritan religion as the official relation EXCEPT: -
CORRECT ANSWER Rhode Island
The halfway covenant allowed whom to be baptized? - CORRECT ANSWER the
children those who had been baptized but had not experienced conversion
, Which established church dominated the Middle colonies? - CORRECT ANSWER
Anglican
The Great Awakening referred to a renewed interest in: - CORRECT ANSWER
religion and spirituality
Those converted in religious revivals were called: - CORRECT ANSWER New
Lights
What was one of the political legacies of the Great Awakening? - CORRECT
ANSWER an emphasis on individual choice
What was the name of the body formed in 1675 to oversee colonial affairs? -
CORRECT ANSWER Lords of Trade
Maine was originally part of which colony? - CORRECT ANSWER Massachusetts
William of Orange took over the throne of England after the: - CORRECT ANSWER
Glorious Revolution
King James created this out of 8 previously separate colonies stretching from Maine to
New Jersey - CORRECT ANSWER The Dominion of New England
Colonial governments could be best described as involving - CORRECT ANSWER
actual representation
in the early 18th century this group controlled California and texas - CORRECT
ANSWER the Spanish
England fought which country in the war of the league of Augsburg - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
The Seven Years' War In Europe was known in the American colonies as - CORRECT
ANSWER ...
This strain of thought stressed the treats that a standing army and powerful state posed
personal liberty - CORRECT ANSWER "Real Whig" ideology
The grand settlement of 1701, the Iroquois pledged neutrality with respect to England
and - CORRECT ANSWER France-
King George's War was known as ________ in Europe - CORRECT ANSWER ...
