US History II CLEP EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following best describes the experiences of the most recently freed people
following the reconstruction? - ANSWER✔✔-They were forced back onto the
plantations as sharecroppers.
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 provided for - ANSWER✔✔-temporary union military
supervision of the former confedracy
The second Sioux war (1876-1877) in which Custer was defeated at the Battle of Little
Bighorn, was caused by all of the following EXCEPT - ANSWER✔✔-A- The extension of
the route of the Northern Pacific Railroad
****ANSWER***** B- A concentrated effort on part of the major Protestant
denominations to convert the Sioux to Christianity*****
C- the gold rush in the black hills
D- corruption within the department of the interior
E- overland migration of settlers to the pacific northwest
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,"This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: to consider all surplus revenues
which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer and
strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgement,
is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community" -
ANSWER✔✔-The Social Gospel
Reformers of the Progressive Era proposed all of the following changes in the city
government and politics at the turn of the century EXCEPT - ANSWER✔✔-
****ANSWER***** A- a large city council elected by wards****
B- Civil service
C- home rules for cities
D- city manager and commission governments
E- non partisan elections
The anti combination laws passed by numerous states in the 1880's a response to which
of the following organizational innovations? - ANSWER✔✔-The use of stockholding
trusts to create business monopolies
Which of the following constituted a significant change in the treatment of American
Indians during the last half of the nineteenth century? - ANSWER✔✔-The division of
lands traditionally owned by Indian tribal groups among individual members
The late 19th century photograph - ANSWER✔✔-Advocate social reform
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, Which of the following would have been most likely to vote for William Jennings Bryan
in 1896? - ANSWER✔✔-Kansas Farmer
Unionization efforts in the 19th century were countered by the - ANSWER✔✔-The use
of federal troops to help end strikes
Which of the following best states the goals of the "pure and simple unionism"
advocated by Samuel Gompers - ANSWER✔✔-Labor unions should concentrate on
increasing wages and benefits
During the late-nineteenth century, urban political machines were organization that -
ANSWER✔✔-were controlled by politicians who dispensed jobs and other patronage in
return for political support
In his interpretation of the historical development of the United States Fredrick Jackson
Turner focused on the importance of the - ANSWER✔✔-The frontier experience in
fostering democracy
The 1896 presidential election was significant in United States history because it -
ANSWER✔✔-strengthened the image of the republican party as the party of prosperity
and national greatness
1907 painting - ANSWER✔✔-Ashcan School art of John Sloan
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following best describes the experiences of the most recently freed people
following the reconstruction? - ANSWER✔✔-They were forced back onto the
plantations as sharecroppers.
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 provided for - ANSWER✔✔-temporary union military
supervision of the former confedracy
The second Sioux war (1876-1877) in which Custer was defeated at the Battle of Little
Bighorn, was caused by all of the following EXCEPT - ANSWER✔✔-A- The extension of
the route of the Northern Pacific Railroad
****ANSWER***** B- A concentrated effort on part of the major Protestant
denominations to convert the Sioux to Christianity*****
C- the gold rush in the black hills
D- corruption within the department of the interior
E- overland migration of settlers to the pacific northwest
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,"This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: to consider all surplus revenues
which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer and
strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgement,
is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community" -
ANSWER✔✔-The Social Gospel
Reformers of the Progressive Era proposed all of the following changes in the city
government and politics at the turn of the century EXCEPT - ANSWER✔✔-
****ANSWER***** A- a large city council elected by wards****
B- Civil service
C- home rules for cities
D- city manager and commission governments
E- non partisan elections
The anti combination laws passed by numerous states in the 1880's a response to which
of the following organizational innovations? - ANSWER✔✔-The use of stockholding
trusts to create business monopolies
Which of the following constituted a significant change in the treatment of American
Indians during the last half of the nineteenth century? - ANSWER✔✔-The division of
lands traditionally owned by Indian tribal groups among individual members
The late 19th century photograph - ANSWER✔✔-Advocate social reform
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, Which of the following would have been most likely to vote for William Jennings Bryan
in 1896? - ANSWER✔✔-Kansas Farmer
Unionization efforts in the 19th century were countered by the - ANSWER✔✔-The use
of federal troops to help end strikes
Which of the following best states the goals of the "pure and simple unionism"
advocated by Samuel Gompers - ANSWER✔✔-Labor unions should concentrate on
increasing wages and benefits
During the late-nineteenth century, urban political machines were organization that -
ANSWER✔✔-were controlled by politicians who dispensed jobs and other patronage in
return for political support
In his interpretation of the historical development of the United States Fredrick Jackson
Turner focused on the importance of the - ANSWER✔✔-The frontier experience in
fostering democracy
The 1896 presidential election was significant in United States history because it -
ANSWER✔✔-strengthened the image of the republican party as the party of prosperity
and national greatness
1907 painting - ANSWER✔✔-Ashcan School art of John Sloan
COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
