US History Survey is examined the way most college courses are: chapter by chapter, with unit tests during the term and a cumulative final at the end. There is no single national format, question count, time limit, or passing score to publish — your instructor controls all of those — so the useful preparation is organized the same way the course is: by chapter group.
The chapter map
The map below is the scope of PassProfessor’s US History Survey practice bank (915 questions), counted from the delivered bank. Your syllabus may order or name the groups differently; the scope is the standard scope of the course.
| Chapter group | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| Worlds Before 1492 and Early Encounters | 17 |
| Colonization and Colonial Societies, 1607-1700 | 16 |
| The Eighteenth-Century Colonies, 1700-1754 | 15 |
| Imperial Crisis and Revolution, 1754-1783 | 17 |
| Confederation, Constitution, and the Early Republic, 1783-1800 | 18 |
| Jeffersonian America and the War of 1812, 1800-1815 | 17 |
| The Market Revolution and Sectional Economies, 1815-1840 | 16 |
| Jacksonian Democracy and Reform Movements, 1824-1848 | 14 |
| Slavery, the South, and Westward Expansion, 1830-1860 | 14 |
| Sectional Crisis and the Civil War, 1848-1865 | 16 |
| Reconstruction, 1865-1877 | 17 |
| Industrialization, the West, and the New South, 1865-1900 | 14 |
| Gilded Age Politics, Labor, and Populism, 1877-1900 | 16 |
| Progressivism and American Empire, 1890-1920 | 16 |
| World War I and the 1920s, 1914-1929 | 14 |
| The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1941 | 15 |
| World War II and Cold War Origins, 1941-1953 | 16 |
| Postwar America and the 1950s, 1945-1960 | 14 |
| Civil Rights, the Great Society, and Vietnam, 1960-1975 | 11 |
| The 1970s: Stagflation, Watergate, and Backlash | 14 |
| The Conservative Ascendancy, 1980-1992 | 16 |
| Globalization and the Post-Cold-War Order, 1992-2008 | 17 |
| Twenty-First-Century America, 2008-Present | 15 |
| Documents and Data in American History | 86 |
| Social History Across Eras | 101 |
| Race, Immigration, and Citizenship Across Eras | 100 |
| Economic Life Across Eras | 85 |
| Applied Analysis Across Eras | 95 |
| Synthesis and Integration | 93 |
| Total | 915 |
A study plan that follows the course
- Practice each chapter group the week it is taught. Work its drill while the lectures are fresh; errors caught this week are cheap.
- Before a unit test, drill exactly its chapter groups, then sit a combined simulation across the same range.
- Use results by chapter group, not just the score. Re-drill the weakest group first.
- Before a cumulative final, shift to full simulations — 80 fresh questions across all 29 groups — so retrieval practice mixes topics the way a final does.
Verified questions
Every question in this program is original — written for PassProfessor from the official exam blueprint, never copied from a test bank or another provider’s materials. Before enrollment opened, each answer key was independently verified: reviewers re-answered sampled questions blind, disagreements were settled against the primary sources, and every numeric answer was recomputed from first principles. Questions whose facts could not be confirmed were removed, and the bank passed a text-overlap screen. Practice exams draw a fresh, blueprint-weighted set from the full bank on every attempt, so no two practice exams are the same.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a national US History Survey exam with a set passing score?
No. It is a college course, not a licensing exam. Your instructor sets the exams and the grading; what is standard across institutions is the chapter scope itself.
Are the practice questions taken from a textbook or a real course exam?
No. Every question is original, written from scratch from published course structure, with facts verified against authoritative disciplinary sources. No publisher test banks or instructor materials are used.
Does the program follow my textbook?
The bank is organized by the chapter structure common to the course. It is not named for, branded under, or endorsed by any textbook, publisher, or author, and it reproduces no textbook content.
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Disclaimer
This guide is general information about the scope of a typical college US History Survey course. PassProfessor is an independent study-preparation provider, not affiliated with or endorsed by any college, university, textbook publisher, or author. Your institution’s syllabus governs your course.