U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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  • Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the California Gold Rush?
    The gold rush made most of the new arrivals wealthy or at least somewhat prosperous, and gave California a reputation as a land of opportunity within the United States.
  • Which of the following is not a notable case of attorney Clarence Darrow?
    He defended future heavyweight champion Jess Willard on murder charges, resulting from the death of his opponent in a boxing match.
  • What was a fear or concern that guided the introduction of the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention?
    Larger states would control the workings of the new federal government if proportional representation was used in the legislature.
  • What was James Buchanan's position in the last months of his term, after the Southern states began to secede?
    Buchanan stated that secession was illegal, but that going to war to stop it was also illegal.
  • 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.
  • Which answer best describes the early life of Theodore Roosevelt?
    Roosevelt grew up in an upper-class family in New York City, and traveled abroad frequently as a youth.
  • George Whitefield was an early example of which type of preacher?
    Evangelical
  • Which of the following answers best describes the cause of the Panic of 1819?
    Speculation in public lands by banks and individuals created a real estate bubble, and the Second Bank of the United States overcorrected by instituting tight lending practices.
  • What was Alfred Thayer Mahan best known for?
    He was a naval theorist who emphasized the importance of sea power in various historical conflicts, and helped stir the United States to drastically increase the size of the Navy in the early 1900s.
  • Which of the following regulatory agencies was created under Lyndon Johnson's Administration?
    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • Which major party was generally most supportive of women's suffrage in the United States in the years before its enactment?
    The Republican Party
  • What did the Truman Doctrine state, in the context of the Cold War?
    It stated that it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures, with implicit reference to the Soviet Union and communism.
  • In what important way did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 change previous precedents on slavery in the United States?
    By allowing for the possibility of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska, it overturned the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
  • What was the immediate cause of the Boston Massacre?
    A number of British troops were being harassed and jeered by colonists and fired without orders.
  • Which of the following was not an important consequence of the Erie Canal?
    New Orleans suffered a steep downtown in its fortunes, as Midwesterners turned almost exclusively to the Great Lakes and Erie Canal route for long-distance trade.
  • 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
  • In order to prevent bank runs, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was created in 1933. What does this organization primarily do?
    It insures deposits at participating banks and supervises them for soundness. In the event of a failure, depositors receive insurance payouts directly from the FDIC.
  • What was a long-term legacy of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
    They were an early example of a written constitution in the colonies.
  • 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 best describes the Battle of Midway in World War II?
    It was a decisive American naval victory against a Japanese fleet near Midway island in the central Pacific.
  • Which of the following movements or policies did Sojourner Truth not strongly advocate for during her life?
    The Exoduster movement of blacks away from the South after Reconstruction.
  • Which of the following best describes the role of Chester Nimitz, a U.S. commander during World War II?
    He was a Fleet Admiral in the Pacific and devised and executed a large part of the island-hopping strategy there.
  • 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
  • The vast majority of Italian immigrants to the United States came from which region or city?
    Sicily and Southern Italy

These questions were answered correctly:

  • What was the outcome of King Philip's War for the English and the Wampanoag in New England?
    Several hundred English settlers were killed, while the Wampanoag were almost annihilated. Many Indian survivors were sold into slavery.
  • Aimee Semple McPherson was well known for all of the following things except which one?
    She was one of the first nationally-known evangelicals to extensively preach and campaign on behalf of conservative Republican politicians.
  • What was the legacy of Francis Townsend during the Great Depression?
    His successful activism for the Townsend Plan, to provide payments to retired people, spurred Franklin Roosevelt to push for the Social Security Act.
  • Which incident most directly led to the creation of the Apollo Program's mission of putting a man on the moon?
    The launching of Yuri Gagarin into orbit by the Soviet Union, in 1961.
  • Immigrants from which of the following ethnicities did not provide a significant portion of the membership to the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union?
    Swedish
  • 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
  • Which answer best explains the Compromise of 1877?
    It was a (reputed) compromise that was reached after the 1876 election, in which Democrats would accept the victory of Rutherford Hayes in return for an end to Reconstruction.
  • Which of the following statements about sharecropping is inaccurate?
    Sharecropping was a system that only applied to black tenants.
  • 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.
  • The "melting pot" is a metaphor that applies to which of the following?
    The assimilation of immigrants from numerous backgrounds into a cohesive American society. Especially used in the early 1900s.
  • Which of the following political phrases is most associated with Huey Long?
    Every Man a King
  • What was a key objective of George Washington when he made his attack that resulted in the Battle of Trenton?
    Washington hoped that a successful attack and victory against the British would slow their advance and galvanize his own troops and supporters, who were despondent after a series of defeats.
  • Why is Abigail Adams sometimes cited as an early feminist influence?
    Her copious correspondence with her husband argues strongly for women's rights. She was also a fairly active First Lady compared to others of her era, earning her the sobriquet of "Mrs. President".
  • Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Cabinet of George Washington?
    James Madison served as the Attorney General
  • What right(s) is the 9th Amendment written to protect?
    Just because certain individual rights are protected in the Constitution, it does not mean that other rights are denied.
  • Which two Congressional leaders were most responsible for drafting the Compromise of 1850?
    Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas

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