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CLEP U.S. History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who wrote 'Walden'?






2. While men were away at war - women did what?






3. Which Amendment is about the right to bear arms?






4. Who wrote 'The Federalist Papers'?






5. What were the names of Columbus' ships?






6. The men who attended the Constitutional Convention to create a government were known as:






7. Who wrote 'The Star Spangled Banner'?






8. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was known as...






9. Who wrote 'Ten Nights in a Barroom and What I Saw There'?






10. Which Amendment guarantees due process?






11. Dred Scott was...






12. Renaissance means?






13. Who invented the cotton gin?






14. Columbus sailed for what country?






15. The person who assassinated Lincoln shouted the following after committing the murder 'Sic simper tyrannis'. What does it mean?






16. The gold rush of 1849 sent settlers to what state?






17. Who wrote 'Leaves of Grass'?






18. Who was first to discover the new world?






19. Horace Mann fought for...






20. Who gave the sermon 'City upon a Hill'?






21. She called for social and political equality for women.






22. Henry David Thoreau was known as...






23. When the French demanded tribute from America before speaking with ambassadors it was called...






24. Which preacher did skits and dramatizations in his sermons?






25. Dorothea Dix reformed...






26. Who wrote 'Common Sense'?






27. Which President had a largely abolitionist cause?






28. Which Amendment awards power to individual states?






29. John Greenleaf Whittier was known as...






30. The Emancipation Proclamation did what?

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31. Louisa May Alcott was known as...






32. What did the Emancipation Proclamation NOT do?






33. Edgar Allan Poe was known as ...






34. Lincoln was assaassinated by?






35. The temperance movement regulated what?






36. What is one of the greatest discoveries of the time in manufacturing?






37. Who wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'?






38. Which Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial?






39. Which Amendment protects freedom of religion - speech - press - etc.?






40. Herman Melville was known as...






41. The idea that one branch of government is supervised by another is called...






42. Who was a key conductor in the Underground Railroad?






43. Nathanier Hawthorne was known as...






44. The Three-fifths Compromise refers to what?






45. Currier and Ives were known as...






46. Who wrote 'Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania'?






47. Who was nicknamed 'Unconditional Surrender'?






48. The Morill Tariff Act did what?






49. Walt Whitman was known as...






50. What percentage of the civil war army was African American?