U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 2
21 out of 40 correct (52.5%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Political History: 51.7% (15 out of 29)
- Black History: 0.0% (0 out of 4)
- The Postwar and Modern Age (1945-present): 0.0% (0 out of 3)
- Military History: 44.4% (4 out of 9)
- Cultural History: 40.0% (4 out of 10)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- American Civil War
- World War II
- Bataan Death March
- Pacific War
- September 11 attacks
- Madeleine Albright
- Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
- James Madison
- John Adams
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- Thomas Jefferson
- Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire
- History of the Jews in the United States
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Siege of Petersburg
- Robert E. Lee
- Korean War
- United Nations
- John Peter Zenger
- First Amendment to the United States Constitution
- John Brown (abolitionist)
- Frederick Douglass
- Slavery in the United States
- Slave Power
- Hyphenated American
- Roosevelt Corollary
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Jefferson Davis
- Jazz
- National Road
- First Battle of Bull Run
- American Federation of Labor
- Samuel Gompers
- Missouri Compromise
- Kansas–Nebraska Act
- Billie Holiday
These questions were missed:
- What did the Roosevelt Corollary of Theodore Roosevelt do?It stated that the United States would intervene directly in conflicts between European and Latin American countries, rather than having the Europeans press their claims directly.
- Madeline Albright was the first woman to serve in which Cabinet position?Secretary of State
- From which country did most of the September 11 attack perpetrators come from?Saudi Arabia
- Which of the following episodes in Europe most heavily contributed to the immigration of Jewish people to the United States, in the late 19th century?The assassination of Tsar Alexander II and a resulting wave of anti-Jewish violence in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland (all part of the Russian Empire at that time).
- All of the following musicians are not generally associated with jazz except which one?Chuck Berry
- Which of the following is not a song that was sung by Billie Holiday?Maybelene
- In which of the following conflicts did the United Nations intervene militarily?The Korean War
- Which of the following people had been approached by John Brown about his raid and declined to participate?Frederick Douglass
- What did the epithet of "Slave Power" refer to in the antebellum era?It was a term used by Free Soilers, and then Republicans, to refer to the upper-class of the South which dominated that region's politics and advocated for the expansion of slavery.
- Which of the following political offices did Jefferson Davis hold before he became President of the Confederate States of America?He was a Senator from Mississippi.
- Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor?Samuel Gompers
- Which of the following best describes the Bataan Death March in World War II?It was a forced march of American troops from Corregidor to a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1942.
- Which acts/policy of John Adams were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison) opposed to?The Alien and Sedition Acts
- Which of the following groups was not generally considered to be a "hyphenated American" group in the early 1900s?Scottish-American
- Which politician, who later opposed secession, was one of the only prominent Southerners to oppose the repeal of the Missouri Compromise during the Kansas-Nebraska debates in 1854?Sam Houston
- Which answer best describes the Siege of Petersburg?The Union Army, under Ulysses Grant, captured Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, after a nine-month engagement, in 1864-1865.
- Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the First Battle of Bull Run?The Confederate Army continued to move north, invading Maryland and causing panic in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania.
- The trial of John Peter Zenger is considered to be on important influence on the passage of which Constitutional Amendment?The 1st Amendment (freedom of the press)
- Construction on the National Road began in 1811. Much of the National Road's route was later replaced by which U.S. highway?U.S. Highway 40, running through Pennsylvania and Ohio.
These questions were answered correctly:
- Douglas MacArthur is most associated with the invasion and liberation of which region during World War II?The Philippines
- What was a particularly unique belief of the Shakers, a Christian group that came to prominence during the Second Great Awakening?The Shakers believed that all forms of sexual intercourse were sinful and enforced the practice of celibacy in their communities.
- What was significant about the National Road, on which construction began in 1811?It was the first major initiative taken by the federal government to build a highway.
- The Order of the Star Spangled Banner was a precursor to which political party?The Know Nothing Party
- What was the official name for the Midnight Judges Act, passed during the final days of the John Adams Administration?The Judiciary Act of 1801
- What was a key argument advanced in the Massachusetts Circular Letter, in response to the Townshend Acts?The Townshend Acts were unconstitutional because the colony of Massachusetts was not represented in Parliament.
- Which of the following voting groups is not generally considered to have been part of the New Deal Coalition?Rural farmers from the Northeast and New England
- What was the position of Oliver Cromwell towards the American colonies during his time as Lord Protector?Cromwell paid little attention to colonial affairs, being more occupied with setting up a new government in England after the Civil War.
- Who were the "X", "Y", and "Z" in the XYZ Affair?Three French diplomats, working under Talleyrand, who demanded bribes before they would negotiate any diplomatic points.
- Which of the following explorers never landed in any area that is now part of the United States?Leif Erikson
- The Mississippi River played a key role in which Civil War battle?The Siege of Vicksburg
- Which of the following was a controversy related to the Free Exercise clause in the First Amendment?Whether Congress had the power to restrict polygamy, a religious practice, among Mormons in U.S. states and territories.
- Which of the following companies was broken up by the Supreme Court, on the grounds that it was a monopoly, under the Sherman Antitrust Act?Standard Oil
- Margaret Mead, an anthropologist, studied the sexual behavior of people in which foreign location? Her work was controversial and seen by many as undermining the values of monogamy.Samoa
- Which of the following best describes the Bataan Death March in World War II?It was a forced march of American troops from Corregidor to a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1942.
- Which of the following best describes the Bataan Death March in World War II?It was a forced march of American troops from Corregidor to a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1942.
- Which of the following best describes the Bataan Death March in World War II?It was a forced march of American troops from Corregidor to a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1942.
- Who did Abraham Lincoln defeat to win reelection as President in 1864?George McClellan, a former Union general.
- Which answer best describes the Battle of Shiloh?The Union Army was encamped in southern Tennessee, in 1862, and preparing to move into Mississippi. The Confederates preemptively attacked. The Union won.
- The 1920s trial and execution of which two immigrant men is often used as an example of anti-immigrant sentiment and judicial overreach?Sacco and Vanzetti
- In which city did the Haymarket Square bombing occur, in 1885?Chicago
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