PrepLion

CLEP cheat sheet

CLEP History of the United States II cheat sheet

A condensed reference for the formulas, graph-reading rules, and must-know facts most worth reviewing before exam day.

Eras in order

  • Reconstruction & Gilded Age (1865-1900): industrialization, immigration, big business, labor.
  • Progressive era (1900-1917): reforms, trust-busting, 16th-19th Amendments.
  • WWI & the 1920s (1917-1929): war, Roaring Twenties, isolationism.
  • Depression & New Deal (1929-1939): crash, FDR's relief/recovery/reform.
  • WWII & Cold War (1939-1991): Pearl Harbor, containment, Korea/Vietnam, civil rights, détente.
  • Modern era (1991-present): globalization, post-9/11 policy.

High-yield facts

  • New Deal = relief, recovery, reform (the '3 Rs'); expanded federal role.
  • Cold War = containment of communism; NATO, Marshall Plan, arms race.
  • Civil Rights: Brown v. Board (1954), Civil Rights Act (1964), Voting Rights Act (1965); MLK, nonviolent protest.

Practice this first: The World Wars and Depression — WWI, the Great Depression/New Deal, and WWII are the densest, most-tested stretch.

Now put it to work — practice CLEP History of the United States II free

Reviewing the sheet is step one. Passers are usually hitting about 70-80% on realistic practice before test day (CLEP costs about $93, with a 3-month retake lockout on a miss), so the fastest way to know you are ready is to start answering real questions.