CLEP History of the United States I - Practice 2024

All of the following were early explorers of North America EXCEPT: a. Francisco Coronado b. Robert La Salle c. Samuel de Champlain d. Francisco Pizarro e. Jacques Marquette Correct Answer-d. Francisco Pizarro Which of the following best characterizes Southern society before the Civil War? a. Half of the slaveowners owned five or fewer slaves. b. Most white families owned slaves. c. Most slaveowners owned several hundred slaves. d. The percentage of slaveowners was consistent throughout the South. e. Most slaveowners lived in urban areas. Correct Answer-a. Half of the slaveowners owned five or fewer slaves. Between 1806 and 1809 nonimportation, nonintercourse, and embargo sought to Correct Answer-force Great Britain to recognize American rights What was the first important means of transportation in the United States after independence? Correct Answer-Turnpikes The Missouri Compromise of 1820 did all of the following EXCEPT: a. bring Maine as a free state. b. bring in Missouri as a slave state. c. prohibit slavery north of latitude 36'30'. d. maintain the balance of slave and free states. e. establish the principle of popular sovereignty south of 36'30'. Correct Answer-e. establish the principle of popular sovereignty south of 36'30'. The Declaration of Independence stated that Correct Answer-people have the right to abolish governments destructive of their rights. According to the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the boundaries of the United States were Correct Answer-Canada, Florida, and the Mississippi River. In 1858 at Freeport, Illinois, Stephen Douglas argued that Correct Answer-slavery could be kept out of the territories if people in the territories failed to pass laws to protect it. Which of the following was NOT involved in the "triangular trade" of the colonial period? a. Rum b. Molasses c. Cotton d. Slaves e. Tobacco Correct Answer-c. Cotton Those who supported ratification of the Constitution were called Correct Answer-Federalists Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at Correct Answer-Appomattox