The Civil War and Reconstruction — Information & Free Practice
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The Civil War and Reconstruction
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- Format
- Multiple choice; one correct answer and three incorrect options. Remote ProProctor, Prometric test-centre and institutional NTC registration branches are available under their respective conditions.
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 100; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
- Time limit
- 2 hours
- Passing score
- Owner-published ACE college-credit recommendation: minimum score 400; receiving institutions determine credit acceptance.
- Exam fee
- $100 per exam; administering institutions may charge an additional administration fee.
Examination outline
Causes of the War (16%)
- United States Society in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
- Slavery
- Anti-Slavery and Abolition movement
- Westward Expansion of Free and Slave Territory
- John Brown's raid on Harper’s Ferry
- Political situation in 1860
1861 (11%)
- Secession
- Formation of Confederacy
- Fort Sumter
- Lincoln’s Call for Volunteers
- First Manassas (Bull Run)
- Union Army versus Confederate Army
- Lincoln versus Davis leadership
1862 (17%)
- Southern Strategy
- War in the East
- War in the West
- Major Battles
- Emancipation Proclamation
1863 (19%)
- Casualties
- Role of Women in the War
- Black Americans and the War
- Major Battles
1864 (15%)
- Political Situation
- War in the West
- War in the East
1865 (7%)
- Sherman’s Carolina Campaign
- Fall of Richmond
- Lee’s Surrender
- Assassination of Lincoln
- End of the Confederacy
- Cost of the War
Reconstruction (15%)
- Presidential Reconstruction Plans
- Southern Response
- Congressional Reconstruction Plans
- Military Reconstruction
- End of Reconstruction
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Examination title and Exam Information — Download Fact Sheet hyperlink to TheCivilWarAndReconstruction.pdf
- The Civil War and Reconstruction Fact Sheet
page 1 — EXAM CONTENT OUTLINE introduction; sections I–IV
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pages 1–2 — all seven official allocation headings
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page 2 — 1863 continuation and sections V–VII
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page 2 — REFERENCES status and selection instruction
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page 1 — EXAM INFORMATION, question total and pretest inclusion
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page 2 — SAMPLE QUESTIONS format statement
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page 1 — CREDIT RECOMMENDATIONS
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