ILTS HISTORY 246 CERTIFICATION TEST
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ What did the 13th amendment do? Answer: Abolished slavery in the
U.S.
Ratified in 1865
⩥ What did the 14th amendment do? Answer: Ratified in 1868
Granted citizenship to all former slaves who were born in the U.S.
⩥ What did the 15th amendment do? Answer: Ratified in 1870
The right to vote for all citizens regardless of race
⩥ Define manifest destiny. Answer: The belief that westward expansion
was destined by god was known as manifest destiny
⩥ What were the key aspects of Andrew Jackson's presidency? Answer:
Indian Removal Acts
,National Bank
Emergence of Democratic-Republican political party
Nullification Proclamation
Expanded Suffrage
⩥ What were the major events of the Reconstruction Era in order?.
Answer: Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
Ratification of the 13th amendment
Formation of the Freedmen's Bureau
Reconstruction Acts
Compromise of 1877
⩥ What industry was J.P Morgan prevalent in?. Answer: banking
⩥ What industry was E.H. Harriman prevalent in?. Answer: railroads
⩥ What industry was Gustavus Smith prevalent in?. Answer: meat
processing
⩥ What industry was Andrew Carnegie prevelant in?. Answer: steel
⩥ What industry was John D. Rockefeller prevalent in?. Answer: oil
, ⩥ What was the temperance movement?. Answer: A movement to
outlaw alcohol which resulted in the Prohibition Act.
⩥ What was the women's suffrage movement?. Answer: The movement
that advocated for a woman's right to vote and became law in 1919.
⩥ What was the Civil Rights Movement?. Answer: The movement to
remove segregation and end racial barriers.
⩥ What was the abolition movement?. Answer: The movement that
advocated for the end of slavery. Juneteenth is the associated holiday
that commemorates the end of slavery.
⩥ Why did the US join WWII?. Answer: The United States was
reluctant to go to war. The U.S.'s isolationist views maintained that the
U.S. should not become involved in European wars or alliances. The
United States joined WWII over two years after it started with the
bombing of Pearl Harbor (Dec. 1941) by the Japanese. After entering the
war, the U.S. rapidly mobilized its economy for wartime production.
Industries shifted from civilian goods to manufacturing military
equipment, contributing to economic recovery from the Great
Depression.
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ What did the 13th amendment do? Answer: Abolished slavery in the
U.S.
Ratified in 1865
⩥ What did the 14th amendment do? Answer: Ratified in 1868
Granted citizenship to all former slaves who were born in the U.S.
⩥ What did the 15th amendment do? Answer: Ratified in 1870
The right to vote for all citizens regardless of race
⩥ Define manifest destiny. Answer: The belief that westward expansion
was destined by god was known as manifest destiny
⩥ What were the key aspects of Andrew Jackson's presidency? Answer:
Indian Removal Acts
,National Bank
Emergence of Democratic-Republican political party
Nullification Proclamation
Expanded Suffrage
⩥ What were the major events of the Reconstruction Era in order?.
Answer: Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
Ratification of the 13th amendment
Formation of the Freedmen's Bureau
Reconstruction Acts
Compromise of 1877
⩥ What industry was J.P Morgan prevalent in?. Answer: banking
⩥ What industry was E.H. Harriman prevalent in?. Answer: railroads
⩥ What industry was Gustavus Smith prevalent in?. Answer: meat
processing
⩥ What industry was Andrew Carnegie prevelant in?. Answer: steel
⩥ What industry was John D. Rockefeller prevalent in?. Answer: oil
, ⩥ What was the temperance movement?. Answer: A movement to
outlaw alcohol which resulted in the Prohibition Act.
⩥ What was the women's suffrage movement?. Answer: The movement
that advocated for a woman's right to vote and became law in 1919.
⩥ What was the Civil Rights Movement?. Answer: The movement to
remove segregation and end racial barriers.
⩥ What was the abolition movement?. Answer: The movement that
advocated for the end of slavery. Juneteenth is the associated holiday
that commemorates the end of slavery.
⩥ Why did the US join WWII?. Answer: The United States was
reluctant to go to war. The U.S.'s isolationist views maintained that the
U.S. should not become involved in European wars or alliances. The
United States joined WWII over two years after it started with the
bombing of Pearl Harbor (Dec. 1941) by the Japanese. After entering the
war, the U.S. rapidly mobilized its economy for wartime production.
Industries shifted from civilian goods to manufacturing military
equipment, contributing to economic recovery from the Great
Depression.
