CLEP HISTORY OF THE U.S. II
PRACTICE TEST 2 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
One of the accomplishments of President Theodore Roosevelt was
a. rescinding the pure food and drug laws
b. creating dozens of labor unions
c. halting the sale of Alaska
d. creating the Peace Corps
e. setting aside millions of acres for national parks - ANSWER-E
Which Republican won the presidential election of 1908?
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. William Howard Taft
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Warren G. Harding
e. William Jennings Bryan - ANSWER-B
What did the "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine state?
a. European militaries could not interfere in the Western Hemisphere
b. Latin America needed to stabilize or be policed by the U.S.
c. Cuba had to be capitalistic or be invaded by the U.S.
d. England had to stay out of India
e. African nations were warned to stabilize - ANSWER-B
The term "muckrakers" refers to
a. Native American civil rights advocates
b. "turn of the century" musicians
c. slum lords
d. journalists who exposed corruption
e. farmers - ANSWER-D
Why was the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 such a disaster for Native Americans?
a. it mandated that all Native Americans convert to Christianity
b. it only gave land to individual families, thereby breaking up the tribal system
c. it disallowed ownership of land for any Native American
d. it allowed the killing of the buffalo
e. it granted statehood to North Dakota - ANSWER-B
What May 7, 1915 event pulled America into World War I?
a. the sinking of the Maine
b. the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
c. the death of President Wilson's wife, Ellen Wilson
d. the sinking of the Lusitania
e. the presidential election campaign of 1916 - ANSWER-D
,When did the period known as Reconstruction officially end?
a. with the birth of the Ku Klux Klan
b. with the Thirteenth Amendment
c. when the confederates set the Alamo on fire
d. it never officially ended
e. when all federal troops left the South - ANSWER-E
What was the "Zimmerman telegram"?
a. an intercepted telegram from Germany offering Mexico much U.S. territory if
Mexico joined Germany against the U.S. in World War I
b. a telegram revealing the spy codes used by the Germans
c. an intercepted telegram from the British offering to switch sides of the war if
Germany would grant them additional territory
d. a telegram from the U.S. to the Italians giving secrets to new weapons
e. a telegram from Israel to the U.S. asking if they should join in the war - ANSWER-
A
What does the following statement refer to?
"About 150,000 WAC members and nearly as many WAVES served in World War
II."
a. Juvenile army units
b. Men over 50 years of age serving in the armed forces
c. planes
d. specialized submarines
e. women serving with the armed forces - ANSWER-E
Which president stated the following in his campaign for the presidency? "The
Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no...I'll say to them, 'Read my lips;
no new taxes.'"
a. Ronal Reagan
b. Andrew Jackson
c. George Washington
d. Bill Clinton
e. George H. W. Bush - ANSWER-E
Wilson's famous "Fourteen Points" included which of the following?
a. the U.S. military draft
b. the integration of African Americans into the army
c. the rationing of nonessential goods
d. the creation of female divisions in the army
e. the creation of the League of Nations - ANSWER-E
What was the decided in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade?
a. individual states could bar abortion
b. abortion was only legal in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy
c. Anti-abortion activists could not protest in front of an abortion clinic
d. individual states could not outlaw abortion
e. girls under 16 years of age needed a parent's consent for an abortion - ANSWER-
D
, Who was Marcus Garvey?
a. a radical Native American leader of the 1920s
b. an upper middle-class white advocate of rights for blacks
c. a radical black activist of the 1920s
d. a leader in the labor movement of the 1920s
e. a big-business advocate in the Harding administration - ANSWER-C
In 1940 Japan signed the Tri-Partite Pact with which other countries?
a. French Indochina and Italy
b. Germany and the Soviet union
c. Ethiopia and China
d. Poland and Hungary
e. Germany and Italy - ANSWER-E
Who uttered the famous phrase, "The chief business of the American people is
business"?
a. Calvin Coolidge
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. Herbert Hoover
d. Warren G. Harding
e. Eugene Debs - ANSWER-A
The Bonus Army of 1932 wanted
a. a guaranteed role in future wars
b. a college plan for their children
c. early payment of veterans' bonuses due to the depression
d. three months' mortgage per veteran during the depression
e. medals for bravery in World War I - ANSWER-C
What event precipitated the "Iranian hostage crisis"?
a. American reporters in Iran had their licenses revoked
b. the Shah overthrew the Muslim government
c. the Shah, who was in exile, went to the U.S. for medical aid
d. the Ayatollah became very ill
e. Iranian prisoners mysteriously died in U.S. prisons - ANSWER-C
An ongoing event in the 1920s that focused on finding communists hidden in the
U.S. was called
a. McCarthyism
b. Progressivism
c. the Red Scare
d. patriotism
e. the Scare - ANSWER-C
The year 1968 was marred by the assassinations of two important public figures;
Martin Luther King, Jr., and
a. Robert Kennedy
b. Malcolm X
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Medgar Evers
PRACTICE TEST 2 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
One of the accomplishments of President Theodore Roosevelt was
a. rescinding the pure food and drug laws
b. creating dozens of labor unions
c. halting the sale of Alaska
d. creating the Peace Corps
e. setting aside millions of acres for national parks - ANSWER-E
Which Republican won the presidential election of 1908?
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. William Howard Taft
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Warren G. Harding
e. William Jennings Bryan - ANSWER-B
What did the "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine state?
a. European militaries could not interfere in the Western Hemisphere
b. Latin America needed to stabilize or be policed by the U.S.
c. Cuba had to be capitalistic or be invaded by the U.S.
d. England had to stay out of India
e. African nations were warned to stabilize - ANSWER-B
The term "muckrakers" refers to
a. Native American civil rights advocates
b. "turn of the century" musicians
c. slum lords
d. journalists who exposed corruption
e. farmers - ANSWER-D
Why was the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 such a disaster for Native Americans?
a. it mandated that all Native Americans convert to Christianity
b. it only gave land to individual families, thereby breaking up the tribal system
c. it disallowed ownership of land for any Native American
d. it allowed the killing of the buffalo
e. it granted statehood to North Dakota - ANSWER-B
What May 7, 1915 event pulled America into World War I?
a. the sinking of the Maine
b. the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
c. the death of President Wilson's wife, Ellen Wilson
d. the sinking of the Lusitania
e. the presidential election campaign of 1916 - ANSWER-D
,When did the period known as Reconstruction officially end?
a. with the birth of the Ku Klux Klan
b. with the Thirteenth Amendment
c. when the confederates set the Alamo on fire
d. it never officially ended
e. when all federal troops left the South - ANSWER-E
What was the "Zimmerman telegram"?
a. an intercepted telegram from Germany offering Mexico much U.S. territory if
Mexico joined Germany against the U.S. in World War I
b. a telegram revealing the spy codes used by the Germans
c. an intercepted telegram from the British offering to switch sides of the war if
Germany would grant them additional territory
d. a telegram from the U.S. to the Italians giving secrets to new weapons
e. a telegram from Israel to the U.S. asking if they should join in the war - ANSWER-
A
What does the following statement refer to?
"About 150,000 WAC members and nearly as many WAVES served in World War
II."
a. Juvenile army units
b. Men over 50 years of age serving in the armed forces
c. planes
d. specialized submarines
e. women serving with the armed forces - ANSWER-E
Which president stated the following in his campaign for the presidency? "The
Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no...I'll say to them, 'Read my lips;
no new taxes.'"
a. Ronal Reagan
b. Andrew Jackson
c. George Washington
d. Bill Clinton
e. George H. W. Bush - ANSWER-E
Wilson's famous "Fourteen Points" included which of the following?
a. the U.S. military draft
b. the integration of African Americans into the army
c. the rationing of nonessential goods
d. the creation of female divisions in the army
e. the creation of the League of Nations - ANSWER-E
What was the decided in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade?
a. individual states could bar abortion
b. abortion was only legal in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy
c. Anti-abortion activists could not protest in front of an abortion clinic
d. individual states could not outlaw abortion
e. girls under 16 years of age needed a parent's consent for an abortion - ANSWER-
D
, Who was Marcus Garvey?
a. a radical Native American leader of the 1920s
b. an upper middle-class white advocate of rights for blacks
c. a radical black activist of the 1920s
d. a leader in the labor movement of the 1920s
e. a big-business advocate in the Harding administration - ANSWER-C
In 1940 Japan signed the Tri-Partite Pact with which other countries?
a. French Indochina and Italy
b. Germany and the Soviet union
c. Ethiopia and China
d. Poland and Hungary
e. Germany and Italy - ANSWER-E
Who uttered the famous phrase, "The chief business of the American people is
business"?
a. Calvin Coolidge
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. Herbert Hoover
d. Warren G. Harding
e. Eugene Debs - ANSWER-A
The Bonus Army of 1932 wanted
a. a guaranteed role in future wars
b. a college plan for their children
c. early payment of veterans' bonuses due to the depression
d. three months' mortgage per veteran during the depression
e. medals for bravery in World War I - ANSWER-C
What event precipitated the "Iranian hostage crisis"?
a. American reporters in Iran had their licenses revoked
b. the Shah overthrew the Muslim government
c. the Shah, who was in exile, went to the U.S. for medical aid
d. the Ayatollah became very ill
e. Iranian prisoners mysteriously died in U.S. prisons - ANSWER-C
An ongoing event in the 1920s that focused on finding communists hidden in the
U.S. was called
a. McCarthyism
b. Progressivism
c. the Red Scare
d. patriotism
e. the Scare - ANSWER-C
The year 1968 was marred by the assassinations of two important public figures;
Martin Luther King, Jr., and
a. Robert Kennedy
b. Malcolm X
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Medgar Evers
