Periods 1&2
(1492-1754)
Period 3
(1754-1800)
Period 4
(1800-1848)
Period 5
(1844-1877)
Period 6
(1865-1898)
Period 7
(1890-1945)
Period 8-9
(1945-Modern Day)
Miscellaneous
AP Exam Questions
100

These were the 3 motivators of early Spanish colonization, sometimes called The 3G's.  

What was God, Glory, and Gold 

100

This battle, considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War, occurred in 1777.

What is the Battle of Saratoga?

100

This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, empowering the Supreme Court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.

What is Marbury v. Madison?

100

The idea that it is America's God given right and duty to spread American people and ideals from sea to shining sea.

What is Manifest Destiny


100

This series of laws in the South in the late 19th century enforced racial segregation and disenfranchisement.

What are the Jim Crow laws?

100

These were the three R's of FDR's New Deal. 

What is relief, reform, and recovery?

100

This great society program ensures that Americans 65 or older would be guaranteed healthcare.

What is Medicare?

100

The term for journalists exposing problems in American society.

What are Muckrakers?

100

Number of minutes you have to complete the LEQ.

What is 40 minutes?

200

This image portrays 

What is the Columbian Exchange

200

This 1765 Act imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as wills, newspapers, and playing cards. 

What is the Stamp Act ? 

200

This law, passed in 1820, admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, preserving the balance of power in Congress.

What is the Missouri Compromise?


200

This amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery in the United States.

What is the 13th Amendment?

200

In this Supreme court case, the separate but equal doctrine was established, allowing segregation in public facilities. 

What is Plessy v. Ferguson? 

200

This early 20th century movement in the US sought to address issues like political corruption, monopolies, and poor working conditions, advocating for reforms such as antitrust laws and workers rights.

What is the Progressive Movement?

200

A pivotal event in the anti-Vietnam War movement, involving the shooting of unarmed college students. 

What is Kent State Shootings/ Kent State Massacre?

200

Supreme Court Case that struck down laws prohibiting abortion on the grounds that they were a violation of a women's right to privacy. 

What is Roe v. Wade? 

200

The total number of multiple choice questions.

What is 55?

300

This is how relations between the colonial groups and natives evolved over time.

What was Cooperation and trading at first, followed by conflict and displacement due to expansion, resource conflict, and cultural differences?

300

This 1786-1787 uprising in Massachusetts, led by former Revolutionary War captain, protested high taxes and economic injustices, revealing weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation. 

What is Shay's rebellion? 

300

This 1831 rebellion in Virginia was led by a slave preacher. It led to harsher slave codes and increased tensions over slavery in the South. 

What is Nat Turner's Rebellion? 

300

In this infamous 1857 Supreme Court Case, the ruling declared that African Americans could not be considered citizens of the United States.

What is Dredd Scott v. Sanford? 

300

Named after a novel by Mark Twain, this period was characterized by political corruption, expansion, and economic growth. 

The Gilded Age. 

300

The cartoon seen here is referencing this post WW1 legislation, which the Johnson administration would undo in 1965.

What is the immigration act of 1924. 

300

This economic policy, associated with the 40th president of the United States, aimed to reduce government regulation and control over the economy while advocating for tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. 

What is Reaganomics/trickle down economics?  

300

In this landmark Supreme Court Case, the decision required police to inform suspects of their rights before questioning them. 

What is Miranda vs. Arizona?

300

The number of long essay prompts that you can choose from

What is three? 

400

Taking place in 1676 in colonial Virginia, this event was fueled by resentment against governor Berkeley's administration and Native American policies. 

What is Bacon's rebellion? 

400

The adoption of the Articles of Confederation as the first post-independence form of government was a reaction to the colonists fear of this. 

What is a strong, centralized or tyrannical government? 

400

This man in charge vetoed the national bank, voiced the common man, and pushed through the Indian Removal Act.

Who is President Andrew Jackson?

400

This 1850 legislative package, compromising several bills, aimed to address the issue of slavery in new territories acquired after the Mexican-American War, but ultimately deepened tensions between North and South. 

What is the Compromise of 1850?

400

In 1882, this act marked the first major federal legislation to restrict immigration to the United States of one specific race.

What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?


400

The poster was intended to...

Convince women that they had an essential role in the war effort. 

400

This scandal involved the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and subsequent cover-up by the Nixon administration.

What is the Watergate Scandal?

400

Two reasons the US entered World War 1. 

What is the sinking of the Lusitania (unrestricted submarine warfare) and the Zimmerman Telegram?

400

The number of SAQ prompt that you must complete.

What is three?

500

The Differences of economies in the New England and Chesapeake colonies.

What is NE ship building, fishing, and trade. 

What is plantation economy/farming. Relied on Cash crops/ tobacco and agriculture.

500

Name three key precedents of Washington's farewell address. 

What are to warn Americans against the danger of political parties, to remain neutral in foreign conflicts, two term presidency, emphasized unity and nationalism, and stressed the importance of constitution. 

500

The 1830 Indian Removal Act authorized the forcible relocation of Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi River, leading to this tragic event in 1838.

Trail of Tears.
500

This railroad, completed in 1869, connected the eastern United States with the Pacific coast.

What is the Transcontinental railroad?
500

In 1898, the sinking of this battleship in the Havana Harbor led to the United States entry into the Spanish American War. 

What is the USS Maine?

500

Conditions like those shown in the image contributed most directly to which of the following?

 (A) The passage of laws restricting immigration to the United States 

(B) An increase in Progressive reform activity 

(C) A decline in efforts to Americanize immigrants 

(D) The weakening of labor unions such as the American Federation of Labor



B : An increase in Progressive reform activity


500

This legislation made segregation illegal in all public facilities & established equal employment opportunity commission that banned discrimination in employment. 

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

500

This Progressive era reformer opened the Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to immigrants.

Who is Jane Addams?

500

The date of the exam and time that you should be at at school by for the AP exam.

May 10th, 7:30am.