WGU ACADEMY US HISTORY 1 TEST 2026
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PASS
GUIDE
◉ During the American Revolution, enslaved African Americans in
the colonies
Answer: were assisted by the British to escape, as a way to disrupt
the American war effort. South Carolina lost nearly 1/3 of all slaves.
◉ Which of the following statements regarding the American
Revolution and Native Americans is FALSE?
Answer: After the war, many Indians began to adapt to the norms of
white society
◉ The British military campaign of 1777 saw
Answer: General John Burgoyne suffer a major defeat at Saratoga
◉ As leaders of a tax rebellion the 1780s, Daniel Shays and his
supporters demanded
Answer: moratorium on debt collection
,◉ Shortly after signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the British
government
Answer: restricted American access to British markets
◉ The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 represented an attempt to
Answer: provide for the admission of new states into the union
◉ Post-Revolution American domestic manufacturing was
stimulated by
Answer: the closing of British ports to American trade
◉ The Constitutional Convention of 1787 came close to
Answer: None of these answers are correct. (abolishing slavery,
granting citizenship to slaves, granting suffrage for free black males,
abolishing slavery and granting citizenship to slaves)
◉ In the first national elections in 1789,
Answer: all the presidential electors cast their votes for George
Washington
◉ The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787
Answer: were well educated by the standards of their time.
,◉ Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 recommended
the document be ratified by
Answer: special state ratifying conventions
◉ As treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton
Answer: supported the creation of a national bank.
◉ Jay's Treaty (1794)
Answer: avoided a likely war with England
◉ Alexander Hamilton recommended that the federal government
raise revenue through
Answer: an excise tax and an import tax
◉ The emergence of an alternative political organization to the
Federalists was prompted by
Answer: belief that the power of the Federalists needed to be
restrained
◉ The Judiciary Act of 1801
Answer: was an attempt by Federalists to secure their hold on the
courts
, ◉ In the 1790s, those who were labeled Republicans envisioned
developing a nation that would
Answer: be largely agricultural and rural
◉ The presidential campaign of 1800
Answer: was notable for the sensational personal slandering of both
candidates
◉ The Second Great Awakening
Answer: began as an effort by church establishments to revitalize
their organizations
◉ During the Second Great Awakening, the Indian revivalist
Handsome Lake called for
Answer: the restoration of traditional Indian culture
◉ The religious concept of deism
Answer: argued for a remote God that had withdrawn from human
affairs.
◉ The Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Marbury v. Madison
(1803)
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PASS
GUIDE
◉ During the American Revolution, enslaved African Americans in
the colonies
Answer: were assisted by the British to escape, as a way to disrupt
the American war effort. South Carolina lost nearly 1/3 of all slaves.
◉ Which of the following statements regarding the American
Revolution and Native Americans is FALSE?
Answer: After the war, many Indians began to adapt to the norms of
white society
◉ The British military campaign of 1777 saw
Answer: General John Burgoyne suffer a major defeat at Saratoga
◉ As leaders of a tax rebellion the 1780s, Daniel Shays and his
supporters demanded
Answer: moratorium on debt collection
,◉ Shortly after signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the British
government
Answer: restricted American access to British markets
◉ The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 represented an attempt to
Answer: provide for the admission of new states into the union
◉ Post-Revolution American domestic manufacturing was
stimulated by
Answer: the closing of British ports to American trade
◉ The Constitutional Convention of 1787 came close to
Answer: None of these answers are correct. (abolishing slavery,
granting citizenship to slaves, granting suffrage for free black males,
abolishing slavery and granting citizenship to slaves)
◉ In the first national elections in 1789,
Answer: all the presidential electors cast their votes for George
Washington
◉ The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787
Answer: were well educated by the standards of their time.
,◉ Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 recommended
the document be ratified by
Answer: special state ratifying conventions
◉ As treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton
Answer: supported the creation of a national bank.
◉ Jay's Treaty (1794)
Answer: avoided a likely war with England
◉ Alexander Hamilton recommended that the federal government
raise revenue through
Answer: an excise tax and an import tax
◉ The emergence of an alternative political organization to the
Federalists was prompted by
Answer: belief that the power of the Federalists needed to be
restrained
◉ The Judiciary Act of 1801
Answer: was an attempt by Federalists to secure their hold on the
courts
, ◉ In the 1790s, those who were labeled Republicans envisioned
developing a nation that would
Answer: be largely agricultural and rural
◉ The presidential campaign of 1800
Answer: was notable for the sensational personal slandering of both
candidates
◉ The Second Great Awakening
Answer: began as an effort by church establishments to revitalize
their organizations
◉ During the Second Great Awakening, the Indian revivalist
Handsome Lake called for
Answer: the restoration of traditional Indian culture
◉ The religious concept of deism
Answer: argued for a remote God that had withdrawn from human
affairs.
◉ The Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Marbury v. Madison
(1803)
