US College SAT Subject US History Test 6

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College Entrance — Test 6 (Sat Subject Us History) High School (Grades 11-12, College Entrance, USA) USA College Board (SAT/ACT/AP) — USA

What is this test? for College Entrance prep (SAT/ACT/PSAT/AP), USA — high school to college transition — High School (Grades 11-12, College Entrance, USA) level, USA.
Is this for you? For High School students (grades 11-12) preparing for SAT, ACT, PSAT or AP in the USA
Section: College Entrance — Test 6 (Sat Subject Us History) · Education: High School (College Prep) · Part: College Entrance — Test 6 (Sat Subject Us History) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

What was the 1937 recession?

A) Spending-cut slump

B) War boom

C) Farm boom

D) Gold rush

Question 2

What split Democrats 1860?

A) Policy deal

B) Charleston walkout

C) VP pick

D) Platform unity

Question 3

What did the FDIC insure?

A) Crops

B) Homes

C) Bank deposits

D) Stocks

Question 4

What caused the Dust Bowl?

A) Rain excess

B) Volcanoes

C) Locusts only

D) Overfarming plus drought

Question 5

What was the Missouri Compromise?

A) 1820 slavery line

B) Free all

C) Slave all

D) No line

Question 6

What powered early mills?

A) Steam only

B) Water wheels

C) Electricity

D) Windmills

Question 7

What was the Lost Generation?

A) Farm youth

B) War heroes

C) Disillusioned writers

D) Factory kids

Question 8

What was Vietnamization?

A) Escalation

B) Invasion

C) Draft rise

D) Nixon handover

Question 9

What was Whitney's other idea?

A) Interchangeable parts

B) Assembly line

C) Steel alloy

D) Oil refining

Question 10

Did Wilmot pass?

A) Became law

B) Never through Senate

C) Vetoed twice

D) Court voided

Question 11

Where did Oregon Trail end?

A) Denver

B) Salt Lake

C) Willamette Valley

D) Sacramento

Question 12

When was the Clayton Act?

A) 1890

B) 1900

C) 1920

D) 1914

Question 13

When was the FDIC created?

A) 1933

B) 1929

C) 1935

D) 1941

Question 14

What was the U-2 incident?

A) Moon shot

B) 1960 spy plane downed

C) Summit success

D) Treaty signing

Question 15

Who was Marcus Garvey?

A) NAACP head

B) President

C) Back-to-Africa leader

D) General

Question 16

What did the FSA photograph?

A) City elites

B) War heroes

C) Sports stars

D) Migrant life

Question 17

How long did Harrison serve?

A) One month

B) Full term

C) One year

D) Two years

Question 18

What was Fugitive Slave Act?

A) Freeing runaways

B) 1850 forced returns

C) Northern veto

D) Court mercy

Question 19

Why did migrants move?

A) Beaches

B) Gold

C) Jobs and less terror

D) Free land

Question 20

Who wrote Grapes of Wrath?

A) Ernest Hemingway

B) Faulkner

C) Fitzgerald

D) John Steinbeck

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