CLEP History of the United States II case studies
CLEP History of the United States II · Put your knowledge to work in context.
CLEP History of the United States II is a credit-by-examination test administered through the College Board's College Level Examination Program. It covers American history from the end of the Civil War to the present and is built for students who have already learned the material - through a survey course, independent reading, or steady self-study - and want to earn college credit rather than repeat it. The CLEP History of the United States II case studies are 5 cases and about 2,789 words.
1The Court-Packing Vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1937
Senator Hale Warnock (D), whose state Roosevelt carried with 61 percent, sits on the Judiciary Committee. The president proposes adding one justice for each sitting justice over seventy who has not retired, up to fifteen.
547 words, about 3 min2Maximum Feasible Participation in a Delta County, 1966
A Mississippi Delta county of 42,000 people, 58 percent Black, has a median family income of about 1,900. The Office of Economic Opportunity has approved 1.4 million for a Community Action Agency.
563 words, about 3 min3A CEA Memorandum on Stagflation, June 1971
A memorandum reaches the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. Consumer prices are rising at about 5.4 percent a year and wholesale prices at 6.9 percent.
539 words, about 3 min4The Loyalty Oath at a State University, September 1950
The regents of a large state university adopt a new contract requiring every employee to swear that he or she is not a member of, or sympathetic to, any group seeking the overthrow of the government by force. Fall contracts are already signed.
535 words, about 3 min5Framing the Greek-Turkish Aid Request, March 1947
A British note announces that His Majesty's Government will end financial support for Greece and Turkey within six weeks. Greece has 12,000 troops in the field against a communist insurgency, an army unpaid for two months, and a budget deficit near 40 percent of expenditure.
605 words, about 3 min