U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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24 out of 40 correct (60.0%).

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  • The Pullman Strike began when George Pullman cut wages and refused to recognize the American Railway Union, which had been founded by whom?
    Eugene Debs
  • Which answer best describes what the Coffin Handbills were?
    They were a series of attacks by supporters of John Quincy Adams in 1828, that accused Andrew Jackson of numerous murders and bloodthirsty military actions during his rise from obscurity to national prominence.
  • Myra Bradwell became the first American woman to enter this profession, when the Illinois and United States Supreme Courts ruled in her favor in 1890 and 1892.
    She was the nation's first female lawyer.
  • Several laws, not directly related to slavery, were passed early in the Civil War which had previously been blocked by Southern opposition. Which of the following is not one of those laws?
    The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
  • What was Hiram Rhodes Revels best known for?
    He was the first black man to become a United States Senator.
  • Although Abraham Lincoln won a majority of the electoral vote in the 1860 election, he won only this percent of the popular vote.
    39.7 percent
  • Which of the following Confederate states was exempted from the Emancipation Proclamation, since most of it was already under Union control in late 1862?
    Tennessee
  • Although its first charter was issued in 1629, the first permanent English settlement in the Province of Carolina was not established until what year?
    1653
  • Which of the following statements about the Roaring Twenties is inaccurate?
    A huge influx of postwar immigration from Europe helped influence the culture of cities like New York and Chicago in the 1920s.
  • All of the following musical terms are associated with slaves and other workers in the antebellum South except for which one?
    Blues
  • Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the Battle of Antietam?
    Ulysses Grant was recalled from the west to take overall command of the Union Army.
  • 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 Emily Post best known for?
    She was a notable writer of books on American etiquette.
  • Which of the following transcendentalist books or essays was not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
    Civil Disobedience
  • Which of the following is not a book or article written by W.E.B. Dubois?
    Montage of a Dream Deferred
  • A member of which of these groups was unlikely to vote for the Republican Party during the Gilded Age?
    Opponents of federal spending increases

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Which state was admitted to the United States as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
    California
  • Which city in the United States was a primary destination for Polish immigrants in the 19th century?
    Chicago
  • What does the Critical Period often refer to, in the history of the United States?
    The period between 1781-1787, under the Articles of Confederation, when the national government appeared too weak (to many) to adequately defend the territory and financial system of the new nation.
  • The Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal relief program that did which of the following?
    It hired young men who were out of work, and engaged them in rural projects to related to the conservation and development of natural resources.
  • What did the Wilmot Proviso attempt to do?
    It would have prohibited slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
  • All of the following musicians are not generally associated with jazz except which one?
    Chuck Berry
  • Which of the following is not a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
    The Sun Also Rises
  • Which of the following explorers never landed in any area that is now part of the United States?
    Leif Erikson
  • Which of the following groups was not generally considered to be a "hyphenated American" group in the early 1900s?
    Scottish-American
  • 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 was not an aspect of the "Cult of Domesticity", a term used to describe social norms for women in the mid-1800s?
    A good woman would do whatever it took to maintain the financial solvency of a home, even it meant working as a teacher or a local seamstress.
  • What was the purpose of the "lily-white" movement in the late 1900s?
    It was a faction within the Republican Party that wanted to compete with Democrats in the South, around the turn of the 20th century, by driving black leaders out of the party.
  • Which of the following people did not help to write the Federalist Papers?
    Benjamin Franklin
  • All of the following answers about John Brown are accurate except for which one?
    Brown succeeded in capturing several plantations and in building a small force of around 200 men.
  • Which of the following best describes the strategy and allegiance of the Iroquois Confederation in the struggles between the French and British?
    It was generally allied with the British and fought against the French and their Indian allies.
  • Overall, how did the American public feel about Andrew Johnson's impeachment?
    Johnson was not a popular President, but most people opposed his impeachment.
  • How did the Northwest Ordinance come to effect the debate about slavery in the United States?
    It set the Ohio River as a boundary between free and slave states, and foreshadowed future debates over the expansion of slavery.
  • Which Chief Justice is best known for handing down the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?
    Roger B. Taney
  • This man was the first Whig to win a Presidential election, in 1840.
    William Henry Harrison
  • What was the common theme of Joseph McCarthy's allegations, and his role in prosecuting them?
    McCarthy was a Senator who alleged that numerous government departments, along with the military, had been infiltrated by Communist spies. He often used secret evidence or refused to provide details on the names he had.
  • 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.
  • What was the nature of the Whiskey Ring fraud in the mid 1870s?
    Government agents, inspectors, and whiskey distillers colluded to divert millions of dollars of federal liquor taxes into private hands. The scandal included members of Grant's Administration and further damaged his reputation.
  • What was the primary reason for the creation of the Greenback during the Civil War, in spite of ingrained opposition to fiat currency?
    Banks and foreign governments would only lend to the United States at exorbitant interest rates, and the revenue from tariffs and excises was clearly insufficient to finance an army.
  • In the context of Reconstruction, which answer best describes who the Redeemers were?
    White supremacist southerners who sought to return control of state governments and federal representatives to themselves, and to limit the civil rights of former slaves and other free blacks.

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