US History 1 CLEP Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
The Line of Demarcation - correct answers✅✅The line by the Pope to
dived the world in half. Giving one half to Spain and the other the Portugal.
The Spanish convinced to Pope to do this because both countries wanted to
colonize but Portugal was the super power of the sea.
Treaty of Tordesillas - correct answers✅✅A 1494 agreement between
portugal and spain, moving the Line of Demarcation farther west.
Henry Clay - correct answers✅✅Engineered the Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 - correct answers✅✅This maintained
the balance of slave and free states by bringing in Maine as a free state and
Missouri as a slave state. It sought to diffuse slavery as an issue in westward
expansion by prohibiting slavery north of latitude 36°30', but it said nothing
about popular sovereignty south of that line.
"We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."
Was said by? - correct answers✅✅Thomas Jefferson, following the heated
elections of 1800.
The Treaty of Paris 1783 (four main parts) - correct answers✅✅Britain
recognizes independence of the U.S.; boundaries of the new nation are
established; American ships are given unlimited fishing rights; creditors of
either side would be unimpeded in the collection of lawful debts; the U.S.
would compensate loyalists whose property had been confiscated
Freeport Doctrine - correct answers✅✅In a Douglas vs. Lincoln debate,
this was Stephen Douglas's said that slavery could be prevented from any
territory by the refusal of the people living in that territory to pass laws
favorable to slavery. Likewise, if the people of the territory supported slavery,
legislation would provide for its continued existence. He didn't want to go
, US History 1 CLEP Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
against the Supreme Court and say it couldn't be continued into the
territories but he also didn't want to anger southerners.
The Triangular Trade - correct answers✅✅The pattern of trade that
connected Europe, Africa, Asia, and the American continents. They traded
rum,slaves, sugar, and tobacco .
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at... - correct answers✅✅The
Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865
The Judiciary Act of 1789 - correct answers✅✅Congress provided for a
Supreme Court of six members and a system of lower district courts and
courts of appeal, also giving the Supreme Court the power to make the final
decisions in cases involving the constitution or state laws.
Alexander Hamilton's Legislative Program - correct answers✅✅Promoted
the Bank of the United States, assumption of Confederation and state debts,
excise taxes, and manufacturing
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - correct answers✅✅Defined the
process by which new states could be admitted into the Union from the
Northwest Territory. It forbade slavery in the territory but allowed citizens to
vote on the legality of slavery once statehood had been established.
The Specie Circular of 1836 - correct answers✅✅An executive order
issued by U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President
Martin Van Buren. It required payment for government land to be in gold and
silver.
Anne Bradstreet - correct answers✅✅The first published american poet
Answers A+ Guide
The Line of Demarcation - correct answers✅✅The line by the Pope to
dived the world in half. Giving one half to Spain and the other the Portugal.
The Spanish convinced to Pope to do this because both countries wanted to
colonize but Portugal was the super power of the sea.
Treaty of Tordesillas - correct answers✅✅A 1494 agreement between
portugal and spain, moving the Line of Demarcation farther west.
Henry Clay - correct answers✅✅Engineered the Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 - correct answers✅✅This maintained
the balance of slave and free states by bringing in Maine as a free state and
Missouri as a slave state. It sought to diffuse slavery as an issue in westward
expansion by prohibiting slavery north of latitude 36°30', but it said nothing
about popular sovereignty south of that line.
"We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."
Was said by? - correct answers✅✅Thomas Jefferson, following the heated
elections of 1800.
The Treaty of Paris 1783 (four main parts) - correct answers✅✅Britain
recognizes independence of the U.S.; boundaries of the new nation are
established; American ships are given unlimited fishing rights; creditors of
either side would be unimpeded in the collection of lawful debts; the U.S.
would compensate loyalists whose property had been confiscated
Freeport Doctrine - correct answers✅✅In a Douglas vs. Lincoln debate,
this was Stephen Douglas's said that slavery could be prevented from any
territory by the refusal of the people living in that territory to pass laws
favorable to slavery. Likewise, if the people of the territory supported slavery,
legislation would provide for its continued existence. He didn't want to go
, US History 1 CLEP Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
against the Supreme Court and say it couldn't be continued into the
territories but he also didn't want to anger southerners.
The Triangular Trade - correct answers✅✅The pattern of trade that
connected Europe, Africa, Asia, and the American continents. They traded
rum,slaves, sugar, and tobacco .
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at... - correct answers✅✅The
Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865
The Judiciary Act of 1789 - correct answers✅✅Congress provided for a
Supreme Court of six members and a system of lower district courts and
courts of appeal, also giving the Supreme Court the power to make the final
decisions in cases involving the constitution or state laws.
Alexander Hamilton's Legislative Program - correct answers✅✅Promoted
the Bank of the United States, assumption of Confederation and state debts,
excise taxes, and manufacturing
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - correct answers✅✅Defined the
process by which new states could be admitted into the Union from the
Northwest Territory. It forbade slavery in the territory but allowed citizens to
vote on the legality of slavery once statehood had been established.
The Specie Circular of 1836 - correct answers✅✅An executive order
issued by U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President
Martin Van Buren. It required payment for government land to be in gold and
silver.
Anne Bradstreet - correct answers✅✅The first published american poet
