CLEP – US History 1 (practice test 1’s incorrect answers; part 2)

1862: 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years & pay $25.

1754: Benjamin Franklin. Delegates who were sent approved, colonies did not. "Unite or Die"

Route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried slaves

William Howe (Succeeded by Henry Clinton) John Burgoyne, Barry St. Leger

1819: Spain ceded Florida to the US & gave up its claims to the Oregon Territory

1824: Henry Clay; It included a protective tariff, a national bank, and internal improvements.

US ended the minting of silver dollars; placed the country on the gold standard.

1861: increased existing duties from 5 to 10% to help pay for war.

1863: Fed. Law; established bank charter. The Act, together with Abraham Lincoln's issuance of "greenbacks," raised money for the federal government in the American Civil War by enticing banks to buy federal bonds and taxed state bonds (and currencies) out of existence.

1862, April: Subjected all white males 18-35 to military service for 3 yrs. Repealed in 1863.

1867: Prohibits Pres. from removing civil officers w/o Senate consent. Goal was to bar Johnson from firing Sec. of War Stanton.

1814/5: NE Federalists listed their complaints against the ruling Republican Party; seen as treasonous and led to the destruction of the party.

SP. grant of authority over the natives in the SP colonies. Obliged the grant holder to Christianize the Amerindians & allowed their taxation & enslavement.

Helped the jump-start the companies and provide important capital, and gave birth to modern stock ex's. The investors either gained a small proportion of each shipment or annually depending on the amount of a stock they had. The two main examples of such companies during the 17th century were the English East India Company and the Dutch East India Company.

1629: Joint-stock company chartered by Charles I. was controlled by Non-Separatist puritans who took the charter with them to New England and, in effect, converted it into a written constitution for the colony.

1763: UK recognized the US as independent from Atlantic to Miss. river. Spain gets NoLa & West of Miss. river from France.

1814: Ends War(Dec. 14). For the most part, antebellum terms returned. Commission set up to determine the disputed Canada/U.S. border.

1816: Chartered. Like its 1791 cousin, but with more $. Couldn't bar state banks from issuing notes, but it could "muscle" them to issuing sound $. Jackson hated it; thought it exceeded Fed. powers.

Opposed Immigration (Catholics) during the 1840's and early 1850's. Officially called the "American Party"

1859: Abolitionist John Brown seized the US arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Poorly planned; he's hanged.

1806/7/9: respectively. Sought to establish respect for US shipping on high seas from UK

1820: Maine joined as free; Missouri joins as slave. All states north of the Southernmost line of Miss.: free

1858: Douglas (pro) V. Lincoln in Illinois Senatorial debates. Territories could exclude slavery via the vote; unpopular with South, cost Douglas the election.