US History 1 CLEP Exam
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1. The development of steamboats: Which of the following was most responsible
for the change shown between 1815 and 1830?
A. The development of practical steam-powered railroad trains
B. The development of a network of canals linking important cities and waterways
C. The growth in the nation's mileage of improved roads and turnpikes
D. Improvements in the design of keelboats and flatboats
E. The development of steamboats
2. contributors to a more distinctly American literature: Noah Webster, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, and James Fenimore Cooper were all significant as
3. cotton gin: Besides mass production through the use of interchangeable parts,
Eli Whitney also influenced American history by his invention of the
4. negotiation of the purchase of Alaska from Russia.: The term "Seward's Folly"
referred to Secretary of State William Seward's
5. Mexican desire to annex Louisiana.: All of the following were causes of the
Mexican War EXCEPT
A. American desire for California.
B. Mexican failure to pay debts and damages owed to the U.S.
C. U.S. annexation of the formerly Mexican-held Republic of Texas.
D. Mexican desire to annex Louisiana.
E. the disputed southern boundary of Texas.
6. it was the destiny of America to overspread the continent.: In coining the
phrase "Manifest Destiny," journalist John L. O'Sullivan meant that
7. Spain provides good government for its territories.: In 1786, Thomas Jeffer-
son wrote the following:
"Our present federal limits are not too large for good government, nor will the
increase of votes in Congress produce any ill effect. On the contrary it will drown
the little divisions at present existing there. Our confederacy must be viewed as the
nest from which all America, North and South, is to be peopled. We should take
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care too not to think it for the interest of that great continent to press too soon on
the Spaniards. Those countries cannot be in better hands. My fear is that they are
too feeble to hold them till our population can be sufficiently advanced to gain it from
them piece by piece. The navigation of the Mississippi we must have. This is all we
are as yet ready to receive."
In this private letter Jefferson is saying all of the following EXCEPT
A. the American political structure could survive in a larger territory.
B. the United States is not yet ready to take territory away from the Spanish.
C. a large territory will enable the political structure to overcome its divisions.
D. it is possible that the United States might advance too quickly into Spanish
territory.
E. Spain provides good government for its territories.
8. Antifederalists.: Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution were called
9. 1861—South Carolina secedes from the Union: Which of the following events
is placed in the INCORRECT year?
A. 1854—Kansas-Nebraska Act
B. 1857—Dred Scott decision
C. 1858—Lincoln-Douglas debates
D. 1859—John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
E. 1861—South Carolina secedes from the Union
10. The revolt was an attack upon innocent victims.: This engraving of the Nat
Turner revolt takes what point of view?
11. The assemblies established the constitutions that defined the governor's
powers.: The American colonists were able to control the power of the Royal
governors through what means?
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12. the states would decide themselves whether to be slave or free.: "Popular
sovereignty" meant that
13. California: Which of the following did NOT experience a Gold Rush after 1859?
A. Nevada
B. Alaska
C. South Dakota
D. California
E. Colorado
14. 1783: The Treaty of Paris, formally ending the War of Independence, was signed
in what year?
15. They saw the Civil War as a rebellion of individuals.: Which of the following
correctly describes the attitude of Lincoln and Johnson toward Reconstruction?
A. They regarded the South as conquered provinces.
B. They regarded the South as unorganized territory.
C. They saw the Civil War as a rebellion of individuals.
D. They supported the establishment of Black Codes.
E. They believed that Congress had the responsibility for Reconstruction.
16. 3/5: According to the Constitution as passed in 1787 and ratified in 1789, a slave
was equal to what fraction of a citizen for purposes of representation?
17. Unitarianism.: The most influential of the organized religious philosophies pro-
duced by eighteenth century rationalism and humanism was
18. a threat to the jury system: The Alien and Sedition Acts included all of the
following EXCEPT
A. increasing the residency requirements for U.S. citizenship.
B. extended presidential powers to remove foreign residents of the United States.
C. a threat to the jury system.
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_64g8o9
1. The development of steamboats: Which of the following was most responsible
for the change shown between 1815 and 1830?
A. The development of practical steam-powered railroad trains
B. The development of a network of canals linking important cities and waterways
C. The growth in the nation's mileage of improved roads and turnpikes
D. Improvements in the design of keelboats and flatboats
E. The development of steamboats
2. contributors to a more distinctly American literature: Noah Webster, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, and James Fenimore Cooper were all significant as
3. cotton gin: Besides mass production through the use of interchangeable parts,
Eli Whitney also influenced American history by his invention of the
4. negotiation of the purchase of Alaska from Russia.: The term "Seward's Folly"
referred to Secretary of State William Seward's
5. Mexican desire to annex Louisiana.: All of the following were causes of the
Mexican War EXCEPT
A. American desire for California.
B. Mexican failure to pay debts and damages owed to the U.S.
C. U.S. annexation of the formerly Mexican-held Republic of Texas.
D. Mexican desire to annex Louisiana.
E. the disputed southern boundary of Texas.
6. it was the destiny of America to overspread the continent.: In coining the
phrase "Manifest Destiny," journalist John L. O'Sullivan meant that
7. Spain provides good government for its territories.: In 1786, Thomas Jeffer-
son wrote the following:
"Our present federal limits are not too large for good government, nor will the
increase of votes in Congress produce any ill effect. On the contrary it will drown
the little divisions at present existing there. Our confederacy must be viewed as the
nest from which all America, North and South, is to be peopled. We should take
, US History 1 CLEP Exam
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care too not to think it for the interest of that great continent to press too soon on
the Spaniards. Those countries cannot be in better hands. My fear is that they are
too feeble to hold them till our population can be sufficiently advanced to gain it from
them piece by piece. The navigation of the Mississippi we must have. This is all we
are as yet ready to receive."
In this private letter Jefferson is saying all of the following EXCEPT
A. the American political structure could survive in a larger territory.
B. the United States is not yet ready to take territory away from the Spanish.
C. a large territory will enable the political structure to overcome its divisions.
D. it is possible that the United States might advance too quickly into Spanish
territory.
E. Spain provides good government for its territories.
8. Antifederalists.: Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution were called
9. 1861—South Carolina secedes from the Union: Which of the following events
is placed in the INCORRECT year?
A. 1854—Kansas-Nebraska Act
B. 1857—Dred Scott decision
C. 1858—Lincoln-Douglas debates
D. 1859—John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
E. 1861—South Carolina secedes from the Union
10. The revolt was an attack upon innocent victims.: This engraving of the Nat
Turner revolt takes what point of view?
11. The assemblies established the constitutions that defined the governor's
powers.: The American colonists were able to control the power of the Royal
governors through what means?
, US History 1 CLEP Exam
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_64g8o9
12. the states would decide themselves whether to be slave or free.: "Popular
sovereignty" meant that
13. California: Which of the following did NOT experience a Gold Rush after 1859?
A. Nevada
B. Alaska
C. South Dakota
D. California
E. Colorado
14. 1783: The Treaty of Paris, formally ending the War of Independence, was signed
in what year?
15. They saw the Civil War as a rebellion of individuals.: Which of the following
correctly describes the attitude of Lincoln and Johnson toward Reconstruction?
A. They regarded the South as conquered provinces.
B. They regarded the South as unorganized territory.
C. They saw the Civil War as a rebellion of individuals.
D. They supported the establishment of Black Codes.
E. They believed that Congress had the responsibility for Reconstruction.
16. 3/5: According to the Constitution as passed in 1787 and ratified in 1789, a slave
was equal to what fraction of a citizen for purposes of representation?
17. Unitarianism.: The most influential of the organized religious philosophies pro-
duced by eighteenth century rationalism and humanism was
18. a threat to the jury system: The Alien and Sedition Acts included all of the
following EXCEPT
A. increasing the residency requirements for U.S. citizenship.
B. extended presidential powers to remove foreign residents of the United States.
C. a threat to the jury system.
