U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
27 out of 40 correct (67.5%).
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U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- The Postwar and Modern Age (1945-present): 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- Black History: 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- American Indian History: 50.0% (2 out of 4)
- Military History: 50.0% (2 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Reconstruction Era
- Five Civilized Tribes
- War of 1812
- War hawk
- Ernest Hemingway
- Desegregation busing
- Free silver
- Wade–Davis Bill
- Panama Canal
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- General Federation of Women's Clubs
- McCulloch v. Maryland
- John Marshall
- Pinckney's Treaty
- Freedmen's Bureau
- Loyalist (American Revolution)
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following areas did not see an influx of Loyalists after the American Revolution?Louisiana
- Which of the following Native American nations was not a part of the "Five Civilized Tribes"?The Osage
- What did the Wade-Davis Bill propose for Reconstruction?No Southern state could be readmitted until a majority of its voters took the Ironclad Oath, stating they had never supported the Confederacy.
- The Freedmen's Bureau was in operation from 1865 until what year?1872
- How much money, worth nearly $10 billion when adjusted for inflation, did the U.S. spend on building the Panama Canal?$375 million
- Ernest Hemingway first became well-known for his novel The Sun Also Rises portraying the Lost Generation after World War I. Where does much of this novel take place?Spain
- How many times was Martin Luther King Jr. jailed during his life?29
- What percentage of public libraries in the United States are estimated to have been founded by women's clubs around the turn of the 20th century?75-80 percent
- The Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education allowed federal courts to require school districts to bus students to achieve racial balance. In what year was the case decided?1971
- A person from which of the following groups was least likely to be a "war hawk" in the run-up to the War of 1812?New England merchants who feared a loss of trade from reduced shipping.
- What issue did Pinckney's Treaty address, in 1795?It was a treaty with Spain that clarified the borders of Florida.
- Which of the following decisions, by John Marshall, most directly acknowledged the implied powers of the federal government and strengthened their legal basis?McCulloch v. Maryland
- Which of the following was not a common argument made by the "free silver" movement?Free silver would eliminate the federal debt by allowing the government to quickly repay its creditors.
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following was an important, immediate precursor to the Establishment clause in the First Amendment?The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
- Which of the following best describes the legal principle of coverture, as used in the United States?The principle in effect through the 19th century that a married woman could not own property, and acted solely under the legal authority of her husband.
- Which of the following events had not happened to Squanto before the arrival of the Puritans in 1620?He was briefly taken to the Virginia Colony on a provision ship bound for that location, before he escaped and made his way up the coastline back to Massachusetts.
- 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 was not something that Andrew Carnegie devoted significant philanthropic resources to?Parochial schools and churches
- What right(s) is the 5th Amendment written to protect?No person can be forced to testify against themselves in a criminal case.
- Dorothea Dix inspired the passage of federal legislation to fund the construction of insane asylums, but the proposed law was vetoed by which President?Franklin Pierce
- What did the Currency Act do, and why did it become a grievance in the colonies?It restricted the colonies from paying British merchants with paper money backed by the various colonies, causing deflation and economic troubles, because such money almost always depreciated in relation to the British pound.
- What was a common nickname for the 51st U.S. Congress, which served while Benjamin Harrison was President?The Billion-Dollar Congress
- Which British philosopher helped draft the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina? He was also an inspiration for later founding documents of the United States.John Locke
- 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.
- What was the immediate trigger for the Panic of 1873?Jay Cooke & Company, a large bank, owned significant bonds in the Northern Pacific Railroad and was unable to sell them. When the railroad ran into problems, Cooke's firm went bankrupt and triggered a banking panic.
- Which of the following religious groups does not trace its roots, at least somewhat, to the Second Great Awakening?The Quakers
- What was the most important consequence of the Gibbons v. Ogden decision?It strengthened the ability of the federal government to regulate commerce under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
- William Tweed is best known for leading which faction or organization as "Boss Tweed"?Tammany Hall
- Which future President was wounded at the Battle of Trenton?James Monroe
- In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston uses which of the following as her setting?Florida in the early 20th century, with much of the story taking place in the early all-black town of Eatonville.
- Who did Abraham Lincoln defeat to win reelection as President in 1864?George McClellan, a former Union general.
- What was the significance of Elizabeth Blackwell?She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.
- Dorothea Dix was a 19th century social reformer who primarily focused on which issue?The treatment of the indigent insane
- Which Congressman made an initial proposal that would have imposed harsh restrictions on slavery in Missouri, before the Missouri Compromise was reached?James Tallmadge
- Which of the following is not a work by Herman Melville?The Red Badge of Courage
- In the late 1800s, the term "survival of the fittest" was often used to express a particular philosophy about the winners and losers of capitalism and society. Which philosopher is most associated with this term?Herbert Spencer
- Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor?Samuel Gompers
- Compared to the New Deal Coalition, which group was significantly less likely to participate or be represented in the New Left?Labor union members
- How did the Great White Fleet of the U.S. Navy become well-known?It undertook a circumnavigation of the globe, lasting over a year, in which it made goodwill stops in numerous foreign ports.
- What was the long-term effect of the Immigration Act of 1924 on American demographics?Immigration to the United States shrank across the board. The level of immigration from Italy and Eastern Europe was particularly targeted for reduction by the law.
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