US History 1 CLEP Actual Exam Questions

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US History 1 CLEP Actual Exam Questions & Verified Answers

1.In general, Native American groups prior to contact with Europeans:

Answer had adapted to a variety of geographic and climate conditions 2.Which of the following was Not a factor in the success of the spanish in conquering Native American people Answer The importation of Africans 3.All of the following were reasons the English were interested in colonization Except Answer English Landlords wanted to import their enclosure movement to the Americas to make money 4.Which of the following was NOT a direct result of the dumping of precious metals from the Americas into European markets Answer Introduction of joint-stock companies 5.Which of the following is a true Statement about Puritanism Answer Puritanism was based on a set of religious, political, and social values 6.The first published poet in the North American colonies was 1 / 4

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Answer Anne Brad- street 7.William Penn called his colony a " Holy Experiment" because he Answer Wanted to establish a self-governing colony with political and religious freedom 8.The Bodies of Liberty, the first set of laws in the English colonies, was passed by the Answer Massachusetts General Courts 9.Tabacco was the most important export commodity in the late seventeenth century for which of the following states Answer Virginia and Maryland 10.Which of the following is Not a True statement about life in the English colonies Answer The colonies had no colleges, so young men had to go to England for higher education 11.Which of the following was fought between colonist and Native Ameri- cans Answer King Phillip's War 12.A major differences in government structure between royal colonies and charter colonies was 2 / 4

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Answer The colonist elected their own governor in charter colonies, wheras the monarch appointed the governor in a royal colony 13.The development of enslaved Africans as the chief labor supply after Bacon's Rebellion occurred because of Answer the growing number of white landless and discontented former servants 14.The first colony in the 1600s to require that each town established a public primary school was Answer Massachusetts 15.While the English were the largest group of people to immigrate to the colonies, the second largest group were Answer Scot Irish 16.A significant characteristic of the social class structure in the

English colonies was: Answer The size and wealth of the middle class

17.The child depicted in this painting reflects what idea of Puritans Answer Children were considered small adults 18.The stench of the hold while we were on the coast was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there for any time, and some of us had been permitted to stay on deck for the Fresh air" This quotation 3 / 4

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probably describe: Answer A slave ship bound for the Americas

19.The religious group that had the greatest influences in New England

after the initial phase of settlement was: Answer Congregational Church

20.Over time, which of the following rights were married women in the colonies able to exercise Answer Conduct business

21.The great Awakening spurred all of the following expect: Answer The

banning of Anglicanism 22.A major Difference between slavery in Virginia and in the Carolinas and Georgia was that Answer Most slaves in Virginia had been born in the colony rather than imported 23.Which of the following was a major advantage for the British in North America during the French and Indian War Answer The British colonies were populated with families willing to fight for their homes 24.The British government did not enforce the Proclamation of 1763 be- cause

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