U.S HISTORY 1 CLEP Study Guide 2023/2024

Purpose of Philadelphia Convention of 1787 - Answer-Replace Articles of Confederation with a new governing document Not true of the Emancipation Proclamation - Answer-The proclamation outlawed slavery Leader of the Confederacy - Answer-Jefferson Davis Many indentured servants were young people who traded their services for - Answer-Passage across the Atlantic A large wave of German immigrants entered the United States after - Answer-The Revolutions of 1848 Which of the following was not an act passed by the British Parliament to tax the colonies? - Answer-The Cotton Act Which author, born in the late 1700's, was known for his short stories 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle'? - Answer-Washington Irving The First Bank of the U.S was formed in 1791, and was the idea of - Answer- Alexander Hamilton The U.S Presidential election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden was the most disputed election in history. Tilden's party conceded the vote to the Hayes' in return for Hayes agreeing to remove Union troops from the South. Which party was Hayes affiliated with? - Answer-The Republican Party Which of the following was Andrew Jackson known for? - Answer-Opposition to National Banks A system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work is known as - Answer-Slavery The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 effectively ended which prior act? - Answer-The Missouri Compromise Who was the abolitionist and escaped slave that wrote and delivered the speech 'Ain't I a Woman?' - Answer-Sojourner Truth The first state to secede from the Union was - Answer-South Carolina The Mason-Dixon line was developed to settle a border dispute between which two colonies? - Answer-Maryland and Pennsylvania The Dunmore proclamation declared martial law in the (then) British Colony of Virginia and - Answer-Promised freedom to slaves who left their masters to fight with the royal forces The Federalist Party was founded by - Answer-Alexander Hamilton A large number of Irish people immigrated to the United States during the Great Famine, which occurred during which of the following time periods - Answer- The presidential election of 1840 is sometimes considered the first modern election because of which of the following facts? - Answer-The two party system was developed and it was the first time campaigning was prevalent during the election The founder of the "Underground Railroad" and a leading abolitionist was - Answer- Harriet Tubman The White House was completed in which year? - Answer-1800 In which year did the United States acquire the Louisiana Territory? - Answer-1803 The Pilgrims left England due to prosecution from the Catholic church, and were members of what religion? - Answer-Protestant Which of these people was not an abolitionist? - Answer-William Penn The first President of the Republic of Texas was - Answer-Sam Houston How many states seceded during the Civil War? - Answer-11 Who was responsible for winning the 1828 election for the position of the 7th president? - Answer-Andrew Jackson Benjamin Franklin was an American Inventor responsible for inventing the - Answer- Bifocals The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Lincoln in - Answer-1863 In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for the price of - Answer-15 million Which of the following was an American activist for the clinically insane and created the first generation of Congressionally approved mental asylums? - Answer- Dorothea Lynde Dix