Straighterline Test Preparation for Final (US HISTORY I) Grade A+
Content Domain Percentage Number of
of the exam questions on
exam
Pre-Colonial and Colonial America 12%-18% 6 to 9
American Revolution and Formation 18%-24% 9 to 12
of the Republic
The Early American Republic (1790- 18%-24% 9 to 12
1815)
Antebellum America (1816-1865) 18%-24% 9 to 12
The Civil War and Reconstruction 20%-26% 10 to 13
5.15. Sample question 15
Course topic: Early U.S. imperialism: the Mexican War
As tensions mounted between North and South over westward expansion in the late 1840's,
the results of the Mexican War:
A. United the Nation with patroiotic pride and relaxed tensions.
B. Were a great victory for President Polk and Southern Democrats.
C. Increased sectional friction by setting up a debate over the future of slavery in California.
D. Destroyed the Whig party.
Key: C
5.14. Sample question 14
Course topic: Emergence of political parties: Federalists and Republicans
Political parties emerged in the 1790's because
A. The Federal Constitution mandated their creation.
B. Hanilton's economic policies were deeply divisive.
C. Congress passed a law allowing them.
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, D. President Washington was a strong advocate of the role they would play.
Key: B. Those policies favored commercial over agrarian interests.
5.12. Sample question 12
Course topic: Pre-Columbian societies
North America before European colonization
A. Was largely uninhabited virgin land.
B. Had few processes or products that would prove interesting to Europeans.
C. Used one common language.
D. Was vulnerable to common European diseases
Key: D. True, measles, smallpox, etc killed millions when Europeans arrived.
5.11. Sample question 11
Course topic: Reconstruction (presidential and radical reconstruction, achievements, and
failures of southern state governments, role of African Americans in politics, education, and
the economy, Compromise of 1877)
The South, in the decade following the Civil War
A. Witnessed the immediate substitution of economic "slavery" to replace chattel slavery for
Blacks.
B. Left the primacy of its agricultural cotton economy largely unchanged.
C. Saw the emergence of a commercial, urban "New South."
D. Gave Blacks a permanent place in leadership positions.
Key: C
5.10. Sample question 10
Course topic: Reconstruction (presidential and radical reconstruction, achievements, and
failures of southern state governments, role of African Americans in politics, education, and
the economy, Compromise of 1877)
If Lincoln had lived through his second term, it is most likely that
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Content Domain Percentage Number of
of the exam questions on
exam
Pre-Colonial and Colonial America 12%-18% 6 to 9
American Revolution and Formation 18%-24% 9 to 12
of the Republic
The Early American Republic (1790- 18%-24% 9 to 12
1815)
Antebellum America (1816-1865) 18%-24% 9 to 12
The Civil War and Reconstruction 20%-26% 10 to 13
5.15. Sample question 15
Course topic: Early U.S. imperialism: the Mexican War
As tensions mounted between North and South over westward expansion in the late 1840's,
the results of the Mexican War:
A. United the Nation with patroiotic pride and relaxed tensions.
B. Were a great victory for President Polk and Southern Democrats.
C. Increased sectional friction by setting up a debate over the future of slavery in California.
D. Destroyed the Whig party.
Key: C
5.14. Sample question 14
Course topic: Emergence of political parties: Federalists and Republicans
Political parties emerged in the 1790's because
A. The Federal Constitution mandated their creation.
B. Hanilton's economic policies were deeply divisive.
C. Congress passed a law allowing them.
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, D. President Washington was a strong advocate of the role they would play.
Key: B. Those policies favored commercial over agrarian interests.
5.12. Sample question 12
Course topic: Pre-Columbian societies
North America before European colonization
A. Was largely uninhabited virgin land.
B. Had few processes or products that would prove interesting to Europeans.
C. Used one common language.
D. Was vulnerable to common European diseases
Key: D. True, measles, smallpox, etc killed millions when Europeans arrived.
5.11. Sample question 11
Course topic: Reconstruction (presidential and radical reconstruction, achievements, and
failures of southern state governments, role of African Americans in politics, education, and
the economy, Compromise of 1877)
The South, in the decade following the Civil War
A. Witnessed the immediate substitution of economic "slavery" to replace chattel slavery for
Blacks.
B. Left the primacy of its agricultural cotton economy largely unchanged.
C. Saw the emergence of a commercial, urban "New South."
D. Gave Blacks a permanent place in leadership positions.
Key: C
5.10. Sample question 10
Course topic: Reconstruction (presidential and radical reconstruction, achievements, and
failures of southern state governments, role of African Americans in politics, education, and
the economy, Compromise of 1877)
If Lincoln had lived through his second term, it is most likely that
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