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US HISTORY 1 CLEP EXAM|| LATELY UPDATED
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Enumerated vs implied powers - ANSWER: Enumerated are powers that are
specifically mentioned in the Constitution, while implied powers are not
specifically mentioned, but they are necessary for a successful government, such as
a National Bank
John Adams - ANSWER: America's first Vice President then president after.
Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts and wrote that freedom of
press "ought not to be restrained"
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions - ANSWER: Written by Jefferson and
Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. Declared that the
states could nullify federal laws that they considered unconstitutional
Election of 1800 - ANSWER: Jefferson and Burr both received 73 votes so the
House of Representatives had to choose the president. Jefferson was president and
Burr was vice
Judicial Review - ANSWER: The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and
actions of states or the national government as unconstitutional
Marbury vs. Madison - ANSWER: Case in 1803 that asserted the right of the
Supreme Court to rule judicial review and to rule the original jurisdiction of the
court as unconstitutional
Important because it formed the basis for judicial review
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Nullification Crisis - ANSWER: Southerners favored freedom of trade and
believed in the authority of states over the federal government. Southerners
declared federal protective tariffs null and void. The outcome was a compromise
where the federal government issued the Force Bill authorizing the use of military
force against South Carolina, but it also lowered tariff rates to about half of the
1828 rates
John C. Calhoun - ANSWER: South Carolina senator - believed in a limited
government, state's rights, and nullification
William Lloyd Garrison - ANSWER: Antislavery advocate who wrote the
Liberator and proposed immediate emancipation without compensation for
slaveholders
Harriet Tubman - ANSWER: An abolitionist who became a famous conductor on
the Underground Railroad that led slaves to be free into the North
Frederick Douglass - ANSWER: A self-educated slave who became one of the
best abolitionist speakers in the 1830s & 40s and wrote the North Star that
demonstrated his writings on abolishing slavery
Harper Ferry's Raid - ANSWER: John Brown and his sons seized a US arsenal
with the plan to end slavery and massacre slave owners. He was captured and
executed, but the North saw him as a martyr.
1860 Election - ANSWER: The Whig Party fell and Lincoln and the Republicans
came into power
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Crittenden's Compromise 1860 - ANSWER: A compromise that would keep
slavery where it already existed and bring back the Missouri Compromise line
extending it to California, however it did not pass
Jefferson Davis - ANSWER: Political man who became the president of the
Confederacy for its entirety. From 1861-1865
Fort Sumter - ANSWER: Union fort in South Carolina. The Confederacy declared
that forts should go with the states, so Lincoln stopped sending supplies to the fort
and Buregaurd was going to strategically surrender the fort. Plan was foiled when
Confederate soldiers attacked the fort, signaling the start of the war in 1861
Martial Law - ANSWER: Military law that places the importance of military
affairs over civilian, usually imposed in times of crisis or war
Robert E. Lee - ANSWER: Confederate general who opposed secession but did
not believe in holding the Union together by force
Antietam - ANSWER: The first major battle in the American Civil War to take
place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history,
with about 23,000 casualties
Battle of Vicksburg - ANSWER: Union takes control of the Mississippi River and
Grant takes control of Union forces.
13th Amendment - ANSWER: Freed all slaves without compensation to the
slaveowners. Legally forbade slavery through America
Appomattox Courthouse - ANSWER: Virginia Town where Robert E. Lee
surrendered to Grant, signaling the end of the Civil War in 1865
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Wade-Davis Bill - ANSWER: Congress' plan for reconstruction that was meant to
be more harsher than the presidents
Freedman's Bureau - ANSWER: 1865
Established to help freed men adjust to freedom. Supplied them with food and
clothing to needy black families and helped newly freed slaves get jobs
14th amendment - ANSWER: Established in 1868. Declared that all humans born
in the US are citizens by law and guaranteed equal protection of the laws.
Marked the end of presidential reconstruction in the south and declared that public
office holders of the south could not hold office anymore (infringing on the rights
of states) and established that the confederate debt would not be paid by the Union
Johnson's Impeachment - ANSWER: Used Tenure of Office Act to ban Johnson
from firing the Secretary of War - led to Johnson's impeachment
15th amendment - ANSWER: Cannot forbid a person's right to vote based off
color, race or servitude
Compromise of 1877 - ANSWER: Ended Reconstruction. The Republicans
promised to
1. Remove military districts from the South
2. Appoint a Democrat to the cabinet (David Key)
3. Provide federal money for railroad construction and levees on the MI river
Dawes Act - ANSWER: An act that removed Indian land from tribal possesion,
redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families. Designed to break
tribal mentalities and promote individualism
US HISTORY 1 CLEP EXAM|| LATELY UPDATED
QUESTIONS 2025 WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+|| LATEST AND
COMPLETE UPDATE 2025 WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS|| GUARANTEED PASS!!!
Enumerated vs implied powers - ANSWER: Enumerated are powers that are
specifically mentioned in the Constitution, while implied powers are not
specifically mentioned, but they are necessary for a successful government, such as
a National Bank
John Adams - ANSWER: America's first Vice President then president after.
Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts and wrote that freedom of
press "ought not to be restrained"
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions - ANSWER: Written by Jefferson and
Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. Declared that the
states could nullify federal laws that they considered unconstitutional
Election of 1800 - ANSWER: Jefferson and Burr both received 73 votes so the
House of Representatives had to choose the president. Jefferson was president and
Burr was vice
Judicial Review - ANSWER: The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and
actions of states or the national government as unconstitutional
Marbury vs. Madison - ANSWER: Case in 1803 that asserted the right of the
Supreme Court to rule judicial review and to rule the original jurisdiction of the
court as unconstitutional
Important because it formed the basis for judicial review
,2|Page
Nullification Crisis - ANSWER: Southerners favored freedom of trade and
believed in the authority of states over the federal government. Southerners
declared federal protective tariffs null and void. The outcome was a compromise
where the federal government issued the Force Bill authorizing the use of military
force against South Carolina, but it also lowered tariff rates to about half of the
1828 rates
John C. Calhoun - ANSWER: South Carolina senator - believed in a limited
government, state's rights, and nullification
William Lloyd Garrison - ANSWER: Antislavery advocate who wrote the
Liberator and proposed immediate emancipation without compensation for
slaveholders
Harriet Tubman - ANSWER: An abolitionist who became a famous conductor on
the Underground Railroad that led slaves to be free into the North
Frederick Douglass - ANSWER: A self-educated slave who became one of the
best abolitionist speakers in the 1830s & 40s and wrote the North Star that
demonstrated his writings on abolishing slavery
Harper Ferry's Raid - ANSWER: John Brown and his sons seized a US arsenal
with the plan to end slavery and massacre slave owners. He was captured and
executed, but the North saw him as a martyr.
1860 Election - ANSWER: The Whig Party fell and Lincoln and the Republicans
came into power
,3|Page
Crittenden's Compromise 1860 - ANSWER: A compromise that would keep
slavery where it already existed and bring back the Missouri Compromise line
extending it to California, however it did not pass
Jefferson Davis - ANSWER: Political man who became the president of the
Confederacy for its entirety. From 1861-1865
Fort Sumter - ANSWER: Union fort in South Carolina. The Confederacy declared
that forts should go with the states, so Lincoln stopped sending supplies to the fort
and Buregaurd was going to strategically surrender the fort. Plan was foiled when
Confederate soldiers attacked the fort, signaling the start of the war in 1861
Martial Law - ANSWER: Military law that places the importance of military
affairs over civilian, usually imposed in times of crisis or war
Robert E. Lee - ANSWER: Confederate general who opposed secession but did
not believe in holding the Union together by force
Antietam - ANSWER: The first major battle in the American Civil War to take
place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history,
with about 23,000 casualties
Battle of Vicksburg - ANSWER: Union takes control of the Mississippi River and
Grant takes control of Union forces.
13th Amendment - ANSWER: Freed all slaves without compensation to the
slaveowners. Legally forbade slavery through America
Appomattox Courthouse - ANSWER: Virginia Town where Robert E. Lee
surrendered to Grant, signaling the end of the Civil War in 1865
, 4|Page
Wade-Davis Bill - ANSWER: Congress' plan for reconstruction that was meant to
be more harsher than the presidents
Freedman's Bureau - ANSWER: 1865
Established to help freed men adjust to freedom. Supplied them with food and
clothing to needy black families and helped newly freed slaves get jobs
14th amendment - ANSWER: Established in 1868. Declared that all humans born
in the US are citizens by law and guaranteed equal protection of the laws.
Marked the end of presidential reconstruction in the south and declared that public
office holders of the south could not hold office anymore (infringing on the rights
of states) and established that the confederate debt would not be paid by the Union
Johnson's Impeachment - ANSWER: Used Tenure of Office Act to ban Johnson
from firing the Secretary of War - led to Johnson's impeachment
15th amendment - ANSWER: Cannot forbid a person's right to vote based off
color, race or servitude
Compromise of 1877 - ANSWER: Ended Reconstruction. The Republicans
promised to
1. Remove military districts from the South
2. Appoint a Democrat to the cabinet (David Key)
3. Provide federal money for railroad construction and levees on the MI river
Dawes Act - ANSWER: An act that removed Indian land from tribal possesion,
redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families. Designed to break
tribal mentalities and promote individualism
