AP US History Pre-Test

Question 1

What measures did FDR take to help the Allied Powers in WW2, without directly going to war?

Accepted Answer

The lend-lease act and cash-carry policy

Question 2

T/F: FDR gave the order to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

T/F: Andrew Jackson helped reduce the power of the President and gave power to Congress.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

What led Germany to resent the other European powers and contributed to starting World War 2?

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Versailles

Question 5

What was the Seneca Falls Convention?

Accepted Answer

A convention advocating for the right to vote for women.

Question 6

What was the name of the general that Lincoln fired and later ran against him for President?

Accepted Answer

George McClellan

Question 7

What politician gave the famous "Cross of Gold" speech?

Accepted Answer

William Jennings Bryan

Question 8

True or False: Most of the colonists who settled in Virginia did so for religious freedom

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Woodrow Wilson promised what when he ran for re-election as President?

Accepted Answer

to keep America out of war

Question 10

Who was the cartoon pictured here based on?

Accepted Answer

"Boss Tweed" - a corrupt New York political figure

Question 11

Who was the Union general that marched to the sea during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

William T. Sherman

Question 12

What was the "shot heard round the world" that marked the start of the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

The 'battles' of Lexington and Concord

Question 13

True or False: George Washington signed the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Which of these men was not a part of the First "Great Triumvirate" of Congressmen?

Accepted Answer

William Jennings Bryan

Question 15

What group was in control of Congress after the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The Radical Republicans

Question 16

T/F: Roosevelt was shot during a speech and continued speaking for another 30 minutes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which of these did NOT occur under Jackson's Presidency?

Accepted Answer

The annexation of Mexico

Question 18

Which general did President Truman fire when he questioned Truman's approach in Korea?

Accepted Answer

General MacArthur

Question 19

Who is considered the "father" of the U.S. Constitution?

Accepted Answer

James Madison

Question 20

What was the result of the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

It was a "draw" between America & Britain

Question 21

T/F: Abraham Lincoln DID NOT get 50% of the vote when he was elected President in 1860.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

True or False: At least 1 Vice-President of the US has been accused of murder

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

What was Theodore Roosevelt NOT known for during his presidency?

Accepted Answer

Starting a war with Spain

Question 24

The first political parties in the U.S. were:

Accepted Answer

Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

Question 25

T/F: Someone who was an anti-federalist was against the adoption of the Constitution.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Who became a national hero for their military leadership during the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

Question 27

Who was Britain's greatest enemy at the time of colonization of the new world?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 28

Which President unveiled "The Great Society" a domestic program that included Medicare?

Accepted Answer

Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 29

Who was President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and Bay of Pigs invasion?

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 30

When was the "Gilded Age" in America?

Accepted Answer

1870-1900

AP US History Pre-Test

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AP US History Pre-Test

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