U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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24 out of 40 correct (60.0%).

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  • 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 is not an important long-term consequence of the Progressive Era?
    The United States joined the League of Nations and became a central actor in international affairs.
  • The Liberal Republican Party was founded for all of the following reasons except which one?
    It advocated the passage of a constitutional amendment, limiting the President to two terms in office.
  • Which answer best describes the political background of James Monroe?
    Monroe was a former anti-federalist who more or less continued the legacy of Jefferson and Madison.
  • Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is not accurate?
    The Proclamation immediately freed about 500 thousand slaves from Confederate states, who had either escaped or lived in areas that the Union had captured.
  • Which of the following musicians is closely associated with the bebop style of jazz?
    Charlie Parker
  • How many articles are in the United States Constitution, not including the Preamble?
    Seven
  • Which of the following Confederate generals did not play an important role in the First Battle of Bull Run?
    Robert E. Lee
  • Which of the following was not a key element of the Reconstruction Acts, passed by the Republican Congress in 1867?
    No Southern state would be allowed to seat representatives in Congress until two years after their new state constitution was approved.
  • Which of the following works was a key part of Walt Whitman's creative output?
    Leaves of Grass
  • Which of the following was not a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Kennedy's resulting agreement with Khrushchev?
    The United States agreed to not intervene in the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia.
  • What was the purpose of the Enrollment Act, during the Civil War?
    It was a military draft, implemented to replace the losses that the Union Army suffered during the first two years of the war.
  • Which of the following was not a controversy during the 2000 Florida election recount?
    The Secretary of State was a partisan Democrat and repeatedly made decisions that favored Al Gore during the recount controversy.
  • Which individual, Governor of New York and one-time failed Presidential candidate, provided the funding and political backing for the Erie Canal?
    Dewitt Clinton
  • 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.
  • Which issue caused the women's suffrage movement to split into the National and American Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA and AWSA), in 1869?
    One side supported the voting protections of the 15th Amendment, while the other opposed them because they did not extend to women.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • On what date was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
    July 4, 1776
  • What was a broad philosophical/political idea that guided the Virginia Plan?
    Each state should have representation in the national legislature in proportion to its population.
  • Which of the following answers about the separation of powers under the Constitution is inaccurate?
    A two-thirds majority of Congress can vote to remove a Supreme Court justice from power if their decisions are unsound.
  • Which war precipitated the proposal of the Albany Plan, a proposed unification of the colonies for mutual defense?
    The French and Indian War
  • Which of the following statements about sharecropping is inaccurate?
    Sharecropping was a system that only applied to black tenants.
  • Which of the following is not a song by Madonna?
    Time After Time
  • In which of the following positions did Thomas Jefferson not serve at some point during his life?
    Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, in 1787.
  • Which of the following mythical things was Francisco Vázquez de Coronado searching for on his expedition?
    The Seven Cities of Gold
  • Which of the following was not a grievance in the Declaration of Independence?
    That the British had allied with the French without the colonists consent, and were requiring the colonies to accept French ships in their ports.
  • Which of the following was not a consequence of the headright system in Virginia?
    The headright system was used only in Virginia, because other colonies lacked sufficient land to implement it.
  • What was the first engagement of the Civil War, commonly accepted as having started the war?
    The Battle of Fort Sumter
  • Which of the following people was nominated as the Liberal Republican Party's Presidential candidate in 1872?
    Horace Greeley
  • Which of the following is not a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
    The Sun Also Rises
  • Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the Battle of Shiloh, in 1862?
    The Confederates abandoned any hope of defeating the Union in the western theater, and transferred around 30,000 troops to Robert E. Lee in the east, hoping to win a decisive battle there.
  • What was the term scalawag invented to describe? It was chiefly used by Southern opponents during Reconstruction.
    It referred to native Southern whites who supported black suffrage, northern transplants, and Republican politics in general.
  • Which war or conflict did the XYZ Affair most directly lead to?
    The Quasi-War
  • At what point were the cliff dwellings of the Pueblo people, in the American southwest, abandoned by their occupants?
    Around 1300, due to climactic changes which reduced landfall and made the land too arid.
  • Who was the first American woman to travel to outer space?
    Sally Ride
  • Article Two of the Constitution establishes which branch of the national government?
    The Executive Branch
  • Which of the following was not an expectation of American women under the loosely defined "Republican motherhood" ideals of the early United States?
    Women had an obligation to be knowledgable about political issues, and to discuss with their husbands how the family should case its vote.
  • This man was the first Whig to win a Presidential election, in 1840.
    William Henry Harrison
  • Scott Joplin was a famous composer of which music genre, in the early 1900s?
    Ragtime
  • Which of the following tribes did Sacagawea come from?
    Shoshone
  • After serving as President for the duration of Zachary Taylor's term, Millard Fillmore ran for President in 1856 on which party's ticket?
    The Know Nothing Party

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