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CLEP U.S. History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Herman Melville was known as...






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






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






4. Which President had a largely abolitionist cause?






5. Who wrote 'The Federalist Papers'?






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






7. Dorothea Dix reformed...






8. Henry David Thoreau was known as...






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






10. John Greenleaf Whittier was known as...






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






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






13. Nathanier Hawthorne was known as...






14. Columbus sailed for what country?






15. Who wrote 'Common Sense'?






16. Horace Mann fought for...






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






18. Walt Whitman was known as...






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






20. Louisa May Alcott was known as...






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






22. Which Amendment guarantees due process?






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






24. Who wrote 'Leaves of Grass'?






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






26. Renaissance means?






27. Lincoln was assaassinated by?






28. Dred Scott was...






29. The Emancipation Proclamation did what?

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30. The temperance movement regulated what?






31. The Morill Tariff Act did what?






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






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






34. Who was nicknamed 'Unconditional Surrender'?






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






36. Currier and Ives were known as...






37. The Three-fifths Compromise refers to what?






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






39. Ralph Waldo Emerson was known as...






40. Who invented the cotton gin?






41. What did the Emancipation Proclamation NOT do?






42. Which Amendment awards power to individual states?






43. What were the names of Columbus' ships?






44. Who wrote 'The Star Spangled Banner'?






45. Who wrote 'Walden'?






46. Edgar Allan Poe was known as ...






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






48. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was known as...






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






50. Who was first to discover the new world?