U.S. History CLEP Tests BundLE Set

The 14th Amendment Correct Answer-The Fourteenth Amendment says that people who are born or naturalized in the U.S. are granted citizenship. They are to enjoy the privileges and rights of citizenship: the right to life, liberty, and property, and equal protection under the law. In Section 2, it also...

What did Johnson's Reconstruction consist of? Correct Answer-Johnson appointing provisional governors that held constitutional conventions to outlaw slavery and stop secession. (Once constitutions were ratified, states could elect new officials & be represented in Congress) When did Johnson beco...

1.B Correct Answer-1. Which of the following best describes the experiences of most recently freed people following Reconstruction? (A) They obtained land from the Freedmen's Bureau. (B) They were forced back onto the plantations as sharecroppers. (C) They established large cooperative farms...

Andrew Carneige Correct Answer-He was a dominant innovator who controlled the steel industry and was the founder of Carneige Steel Company. He invented the "bessemer converter". His mill also had smelting, refining, and rolling in into one unified operation. He donated $350 million to worthy cause...

The passage of the Pendleton Act in 1882 helped ensure the: Correct Answer-Existence of a non-partisan government civil service "I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American drea...

What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 provide for? Correct Answer-Temporary Union military supervision of the former Confederacy A concentrated effort on the part of the major Protestant denominations to concert the Sioux to Christianity Correct Answer-The Second Sioux (), in which Custer was d...

Marshall Plan Correct Answer-a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe () Truman Doctrine Correct Answer-President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology W.E.B. Du Bois Correct Answe...

Which of the following best describes the experiences of most recently freed people following Reconstruction? Correct Answer-They were forced back onto the plantations as sharecroppers. The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 provided for Correct Answer-temporary Union military supervision of the form...

After the civil war, congress passed what 4 statutes over Johnson's veto? Correct Answer-The Reconstruction Acts 1) The South was divided into military districts 2) All voters were required to be registered 3) Blacks could vote 4) All states were required to ratify the 14th amendment and the...

They were forced back onto the plantations as sharecroppers. Correct Answer-Which of the following best describes the experiences of most recently freed people following Reconstruction? temporary Union military supervision of the former Confederacy Correct Answer-The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 p...

What fear-inducing term (meaning "bad breath") was created in during the late 1800s - early 1900s to endorse the purchasing of Listerine? Correct Answer-Halitosis What agency aided by Northern volunteers resettled Civil War refugees (former slaves), built hospitals, and issued rations to the po...

Phillis Wheatley, a slave during the revolutionary era in the United States, was A.) A seamstress who bought her freedom from slavery B.) A domestic servant who shielded patriots C.) A published author who wrote poetry D.) An artist who painted revolutionary scenes E.) A spy who provided ...