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Free Sample CLEP U.S. History I Exam Prep Quiz
Below is a brief non-functioning CLEP quiz example from our U.S. History I database to illustrate the different subtopics, as well as the question answer format.
Sample Question 1 |
| From the database of CLEP U.S. History I - Colonial Period to the American Revolution |
The result of this effort. The _________ refers to the naval actions between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War, in which the Union Navy maintained a massive effort on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the Confederate States of America designed to prevent the passage of trade goods, supplies, and arms to and from the Confederacy. A. New Foreign Policy The answer is C, Union Blockade. The Confederacy hoped Britain and France, desperate for trade, would come to their aid as a result, but to no avail. |
Sample Question 2 |
| From the database of CLEP U.S. History I - Colonial Period to the American Revolution |
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In 1863, President Lincoln A. Reconstruction Act of 1863 The answer is B, Ten Percent plan. |
Sample Question 3 |
| From the database of CLEP U.S. History I - Colonial Period to the American Revolution |
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The __________, known as an 'economic plan' was a plan to give the US the power to grow and prosper consisted of a high tariff to support internal infrastructure improvements, a national bank, and a national currency. Henry Clay of Kentucky proposed the plan based on the ideas of Alexander Hamilton. Three main points made up the bulk of the plan:
A. Henry Clay's System The answer is B, American System. |
Sample Question 4 |
| From the database of CLEP U.S. History I - Colonial Period to the American Revolution |
Monopolistic activity by the company triggered the Boston Tea Party 1773. The East India Trading Company was a favored monopoly with a lobby in Parliament. After the _____ Act passed, they were enabled to sell Tea to the colonies at prices less than duty free tea was being sold for. Ultimately, this act led to widespread boycotts of tea throughout the colonies, and, eventually, to the Boston Tea Party. A. Trade The correct answer is C, Tea. The Boston Tea Party took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and was one of the major events leading up to the American Revolution. |
Sample Question 5 |
| From the database of CLEP U.S. History I - Colonial Period to the American Revolution |
Defeat of the __________ depicted here at the battle of Gravelines The ______________ was the Spanish fleet that sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588. This led to an undeclared war between the English and the Spanish that would last until the year 1604 when the Treaty of London was signed. A. Spanish Inquisition The correct answer is D, Spanish Armada |
offered a full pardon to the Confederate States called the __________. It declared that a state could be reintegrated into the Union once 10 percent of its voters took an oath of allegiance to the United States with the key provision that they abide by the emancipation rules. Only then could states formally elect a state government, with a state constitution, and again with the provision that slavery be abolished forever.