CLEP History of the United States II Study Online Center
Use one focused loop: map the main ideas, take the practice test, then return to quick review and flashcards for the topics that need another pass.
Practice Test 1
Complete the timed practice form, then review every answer explanation.
- 90 source-backed questions
- 90-minute countdown after Begin Test
- Explanations shown after submission
Quick Review
Review the source-backed boxes before or after you take the practice test.
- 70 source-backed review boxes
- One popup study view
- Return to the Online Center after review
Flashcards
Use active recall to review the terms and ideas in this subject.
- 109 source-backed cards
- Search, filter, shuffle, and flip
- Mark known cards as you study
Study Blueprint
See the main domains and the unlinked topic list before your next study block.
- 5 domain cards
- 70 topics listed below
- Topic links are not added yet
The Exam at a Glance
This study Online Center centers the timed practice form, then gives you the quick-review boxes and flashcards you need to repair missed concepts.
CLEP History of the United States II Topics: Learn and Review
Use these topics to organize your next study block. Topic links will be added later.
- 1. Reconstruction: Presidential vs. Congressional Plans
- 2. Reconstruction Amendments
- 3. Freedpeople, Black Politics, and Reconstruction Governments
- 4. Sharecropping and the Postwar Southern Economy
- 5. White Resistance and the End of Reconstruction
- 6. Jim Crow and Disfranchisement
- 7. Western Expansion and Federal Land Policy
- 8. Native American Resistance and Federal Indian Policy
- 9. Industrialization and the Second Industrial Revolution
- 10. Big Business: Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Corporate Power
- 11. Labor and the Rise of Unions
- 12. Immigration, Urbanization, and the New City
- 13. Nativism and Immigration Restriction
- 14. Gilded Age Politics
- 15. Populism and the Agrarian Revolt
- 16. The Progressive Movement
- 17. Muckrakers and Social Reform
- 18. Theodore Roosevelt and the Square Deal
- 19. Taft, Wilson, and Progressive Reform
- 20. Women's Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
- 21. American Imperialism in the 1890s
- 22. Spanish-American War and Its Consequences
- 23. Roosevelt Corollary, Panama Canal, and Dollar Diplomacy
- 24. World War I: Neutrality to Intervention
- 25. World War I Home Front
- 26. Wilson, Versailles, and the League of Nations
- 27. Republican Politics and the 1920s Economy
- 28. Harlem Renaissance and the New Black Culture
- 29. Cultural Conflict in the 1920s
- 30. Causes of the Great Depression
- 31. Hoover and the Early Depression Response
- 32. The First New Deal
- 33. The Second New Deal and the Welfare State
- 34. New Deal Critics, Court Fight, and Legacy
- 35. From Isolationism to World War II
- 36. World War II: Strategy and Victory
- 37. World War II Home Front
- 38. Origins of the Cold War
- 39. Berlin, NATO, and the Nuclear Arms Race
- 40. Korean War and Containment in Asia
- 41. McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare
- 42. Postwar Prosperity, Suburbs, and Consumer Culture
- 43. Eisenhower, the 1950s, and the Modern Federal State
- 44. Science, Education, and the Space Race
- 45. Kennedy, Cuba, and the Cuban Missile Crisis
- 46. Brown v. Board and the Civil Rights Movement
- 47. Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and Great Society
- 48. Black Power, Urban Unrest, and Movement Transformation
- 49. Women's Liberation and the Rights Revolution
- 50. Youth Culture, Counterculture, and Protest
- 51. Environmentalism and the Regulatory State
- 52. Vietnam War
- 53. Nixon, China, Détente, and Arms Control
- 54. Watergate, Stagflation, and the Crisis of the 1970s
- 55. Carter, Human Rights, Camp David, and the Iran Crisis
- 56. Reagan and the Conservative Political Economy
- 57. Reagan, Gorbachev, and the End of the Cold War
- 58. The Post-Cold War 1990s
- 59. September 11, the War on Terror, and the Great Recession
- 60. Contemporary United States: Globalization, Technology, and Political Change
- POWER BOX 1 — Timeline You Must See
- POWER BOX 2 — Constitutional Amendments Since the Civil War
- POWER BOX 3 — Political Realignments
- POWER BOX 4 — Supreme Court and Legal History
- POWER BOX 5 — Economic Eras
- POWER BOX 6 — Wars and Foreign Policy
- POWER BOX 7 — Civil Rights and Social Movements
- POWER BOX 8 — Immigration and Demographic Change
- POWER BOX 9 — 25 Classic CLEP Traps
- POWER BOX 10 — Final 15-Minute Review
For now, this is a clean topic list for review planning; the topic names are intentionally not linked.
Study Blueprint
Start with the domains below, then use the practice center to turn recognition into recall.
1. Reconstruction: Presidential vs. Congressional Plans
Use the quick review first, then check this domain with the practice questions and flashcards.
2. Reconstruction Amendments
Use the quick review first, then check this domain with the practice questions and flashcards.
3. Freedpeople, Black Politics, and Reconstruction Governments
Use the quick review first, then check this domain with the practice questions and flashcards.
4. Sharecropping and the Postwar Southern Economy
Use the quick review first, then check this domain with the practice questions and flashcards.
5. White Resistance and the End of Reconstruction
Use the quick review first, then check this domain with the practice questions and flashcards.
CLEP History of the United States II covers U.S. history from 1865 to the present, with most exam questions on the twentieth century. Use this Online Center’s 60-topic map, timed practice, quick review, and 109 term-first flashcards across political, social, economic, cultural, and diplomatic history.
Study path
- Map the main domains in the Study Blueprint.
- Take the practice test and read every explanation.
- Use Quick Review and Flashcards to repair weak spots, then retest.
The practice tools open in a focused study window so you can keep your place on this Online Center.
90 questions · 90 minutes
No timer is running on this screen. The countdown starts only after you select Begin Test.
Answer every question, then use the explanations to choose what to review next.
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CLEP History of the United States II: study questions
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How should I use the CLEP History of the United States II resources?
Choose a topic or practice activity from this Online Center. Review the linked explanation, try the practice, and use the result to decide what to study next. Check each resource’s directions for its format and access requirements.
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