CLEP History of the United States I Readiness Test

10 questions, balanced across the exam's topics. Answer each one, then submit for your practice readiness estimate and per-topic breakdown. This is a practice estimate — not a prediction or guarantee of your official exam result.

Question 1

Which comparison correctly associates BOTH Fifteenth Amendment and Plymouth settlement with their distinguishing features?

Fifteenth Amendment: English Separatists and other passengers established a New England colony. Plymouth settlement: The Constitution prohibited voting discrimination on grounds of race, color, or previous servitude. Fifteenth Amendment: The Constitution prohibited voting discrimination on grounds of race, color, or previous servitude. Plymouth settlement: English Separatists and other passengers established a New England colony. Fifteenth Amendment: A child's status was tied to the mother's enslaved or free condition. Plymouth settlement: English Separatists and other passengers established a New England colony. Fifteenth Amendment: The Constitution prohibited voting discrimination on grounds of race, color, or previous servitude. Plymouth settlement: Britain and the United States settled most of their northwestern boundary at the forty-ninth parallel.

Question 2

Which comparison correctly associates BOTH Introduction of daguerreotype practice in the United States and Federal Enrollment Act with their distinguishing features?

Introduction of daguerreotype practice in the United States: A new photographic process spread among American practitioners. Federal Enrollment Act: The Union instituted a national military draft. Introduction of daguerreotype practice in the United States: The Union instituted a national military draft. Federal Enrollment Act: A new photographic process spread among American practitioners. Introduction of daguerreotype practice in the United States: The House impeached the president amid conflict over Reconstruction and removal of an official. Federal Enrollment Act: The Union instituted a national military draft. Introduction of daguerreotype practice in the United States: A new photographic process spread among American practitioners. Federal Enrollment Act: English Separatists and other passengers established a New England colony.

Question 3

Which account most accurately explains the historical significance of Election of Abraham Lincoln?

An enslaved African-born poet published a collection in London. Her achievement challenged racist assumptions about intellect while revealing the constraints of enslavement. A Republican won the presidency without carrying a slave state. Southern secessionists treated the result as a threat to slavery's political security. A novel used Puritan New England to explore guilt, punishment, and social judgment. Historical fiction examined tensions between individual conscience and community authority. Britain and the United States settled most of their northwestern boundary at the forty-ninth parallel. Negotiation resolved one expansion dispute while the United States fought Mexico elsewhere.

Question 4

Place these milestones in order from earliest to latest: Massachusetts school law; Lewis and Clark expedition departure; Columbus's first Caribbean voyage. Use the named event, publication, or beginning where specified.

Columbus's first Caribbean voyage → Lewis and Clark expedition departure → Massachusetts school law Lewis and Clark expedition departure → Columbus's first Caribbean voyage → Massachusetts school law Columbus's first Caribbean voyage → Massachusetts school law → Lewis and Clark expedition departure Massachusetts school law → Columbus's first Caribbean voyage → Lewis and Clark expedition departure

Question 5

Which comparison correctly associates BOTH XYZ Affair and Force Bill with their distinguishing features?

XYZ Affair: A new sacred text became foundational to a developing religious movement. Force Bill: Congress authorized coercive federal measures to enforce customs collection. XYZ Affair: Congress authorized coercive federal measures to enforce customs collection. Force Bill: French intermediaries demanded payments during an American diplomatic mission. XYZ Affair: French intermediaries demanded payments during an American diplomatic mission. Force Bill: Landscape painting helped establish a movement celebrating and questioning American scenery. XYZ Affair: French intermediaries demanded payments during an American diplomatic mission. Force Bill: Congress authorized coercive federal measures to enforce customs collection.

Question 6

A modern teaching summary states: Constitutional provisions established birthright citizenship, due process, and equal protection. Its proposed interpretation is: Reconstruction permanently expanded constitutional grounds for federal protection of civil rights. Which named development best fits BOTH the description and the interpretation?

Fourteenth Amendment: Constitutional provisions established birthright citizenship, due process, and equal protection. Tariff of Abominations: High protective duties intensified opposition, especially among southern critics. Virginia headright system: Land grants rewarded those financing passage of settlers to the colony. Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom: A statute rejected compulsory religious support and protected religious belief.

Question 7

Place these milestones in order from earliest to latest: Seneca Falls Convention; First McGuffey readers; Alaska Purchase. Use the named event, publication, or beginning where specified.

First McGuffey readers → Alaska Purchase → Seneca Falls Convention First McGuffey readers → Seneca Falls Convention → Alaska Purchase Seneca Falls Convention → First McGuffey readers → Alaska Purchase Alaska Purchase → Seneca Falls Convention → First McGuffey readers

Question 8

Which comparison correctly associates BOTH Melville's Moby-Dick and Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears with their distinguishing features?

Melville's Moby-Dick: Women textile workers protested a wage reduction through collective action. Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears: Federal and state pressures forced Cherokee people westward with devastating mortality. Melville's Moby-Dick: Federal and state pressures forced Cherokee people westward with devastating mortality. Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears: A whaling novel explored obsession, interpretation, labor, and power. Melville's Moby-Dick: A whaling novel explored obsession, interpretation, labor, and power. Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears: Federal and state pressures forced Cherokee people westward with devastating mortality. Melville's Moby-Dick: A whaling novel explored obsession, interpretation, labor, and power. Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears: A school in Hartford expanded organized education for deaf students.

Question 9

A modern teaching summary states: A Puritan leader described a community bound by religious obligation and collective example. Its proposed interpretation is: Religious ideas helped define the purpose and discipline of New England settlement. Which named development best fits BOTH the description and the interpretation?

Compromise of 1850: A package addressed California, territories, the slave trade in Washington, and fugitive-slave enforcement. Reconstruction Acts: Congress organized military oversight and conditions for readmission of former Confederate states. Treaty of Kanagawa: U.S. naval pressure helped secure limited Japanese port access and diplomatic arrangements. Winthrop's Model of Christian Charity: A Puritan leader described a community bound by religious obligation and collective example.

Question 10

Which comparison correctly associates BOTH Continental currency issues and Paxton Boys violence with their distinguishing features?

Continental currency issues: Pennsylvania frontier vigilantes killed Conestoga people. Paxton Boys violence: Congress issued paper money to help finance the revolutionary struggle. Continental currency issues: Congress issued paper money to help finance the revolutionary struggle. Paxton Boys violence: Pennsylvania frontier vigilantes killed Conestoga people. Continental currency issues: Congress issued paper money to help finance the revolutionary struggle. Paxton Boys violence: Opponents of Andrew Jackson coalesced into a national political coalition. Continental currency issues: A proposed amendment sought to bar slavery in territory acquired from Mexico. Paxton Boys violence: Pennsylvania frontier vigilantes killed Conestoga people.

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