United States History I CLEP Test Study Guide
CLEP History and Social Sciences Tests offer you a broad variety of subjects to CLEP out of in order to get Social Science credits. You can study human interactions and developments with the Human Growth and Development CLEP, Introductory Psychology CLEP or the Introductory Sociology CLEP. These CLEP Tests cover information on the brain, the way we grow and why we do things. Some of the other CLEP tests in this category may need more study as they cover hundreds of years of policy, government and history. Take the time now to decide which area you most want to CLEP out of.

CLEP: CLEP History and Social Sciences Study Guides: United States History I CLEP

History of the United States I CLEP Test Description
The History of the United States I CLEP test covers the information that is taught in one semester introductory course at the college level in U.S. History. This test covers from the colonization of the Americas to the end of the Reconstruction.

You will be tested on political institutions and public policy, the creation of the constitution, life in the colonies, the rise of slavery, women in the new world, expansion, the creation and debate of the Constitution and its amendments, Brittish involvement with the colonies and economic relations. Approximately 70% of the test is taken from the years 1790-1877.

It is important to understand that you do not have to answer each and every question correct to get a passing score. You need to get 50 of 100 correct (in most cases) to pass. The people the write the CLEP tests want you to know about half of the information to get a passing score.

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Credits: 3

# of Questions: 120

Amount of time to complete the test: 90 minutes

Rank of Difficulty: 5

Detailed information in this guide includes:

• Columbus and Early Explorers
•Colonization
•The First English Colony - Jamestown
•Bacon’s Rebellion
•The Plymouth Company
•The Puritans – Massachusetts Bay Company
•The Rhode Island Colony
•The Connecticut Colony
•The Maine and New Hampshire Colonies
•The New York and New Jersey Colonies
•The Pennsylvania Colony
•The Maryland Colony
•The North and South Carolina Colonies
•The Georgia Colony
•Life in the Colonies
•The Salem Witch Trials
•The Beginning of Slavery
•The Age of Enlightenment
•The Great Awakening
•Manifest Destiny
•Mercantile System
•English Acts to Regain Control
•The French and Indian War
•1763 TO 1789 The Saga of Independence Struggle
•Samuel Adams
•The Boston Tea Party
•The Revolution Begins
•Common Sense and Independence
•Defeats and Victories
•Franco-American Alliance
•The British Move South
•Victory and Independence
•The Signifi cance of the American Revolution
•Creating a Government
•Fledgling American Democracy (1789-1850)
•Introduction to the Court Opinion on the Dred Scott Case
•Dred Scott V. Sandford (1857)
•Slavery, Fight for Equality, Civil War and Reunification
•The American Civil War
•Political Institutions, Political Developments, Behavior and Public Policy
•The Social Canvas
•The Immigrants
•The Louisiana Purchase
•The Economic Fabric
•Education
•Arts & Music
•Sculpture
•Literature
•The Content of the Constitution
•The Ten Original Amendments (December 15, 1791)
•How to Make Amendments to the Constitution
•Black Slavery, Agrarianism and Abolitionism
•Important Legal Acts passed during 1770 To 1887 A.D.
•Founding Fathers
•John Calhoun
•George Washington’s Farewell Address
•Monroe Doctrine
•Sample Test Questions
•Test Taking Strategies
•What Your Score Means

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