U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
26 out of 40 correct (65.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Women's History: 20.0% (1 out of 5)
- Cultural History: 46.2% (6 out of 13)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 45.5% (5 out of 11)
- The Postwar and Modern Age (1945-present): 42.9% (3 out of 7)
- Black History: 40.0% (2 out of 5)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Combined oral contraceptive pill
- Ford Model T
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Vietnam War
- Slavery in the United States
- Slave Power
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Fallen woman
- Assassination of William McKinley
- William McKinley
- History of the Poles in the United States
- Abraham Lincoln
- United States presidential election, 1860
- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Gertrude Stein
- National Woman Suffrage Association
- Women's suffrage in the United States
- Flatboat
- Initiatives and referendums in the United States
- Progressive Era
- Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
These questions were missed:
- 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 societal trends did not rapidly follow the approval of The Pill (the birth control pill) in 1960?Every state legalized the use of the pill for married and unmarried women by 1965.
- Gertrude Stein left the United States in 1903 to live in which foreign city?Paris
- Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the success of the Model T and other automobiles?Ford became such a dominant carmaker that it was eventually broken up under the federal antitrust laws, becoming the second prominent company to undergo that fate, after Standard Oil.
- 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.
- What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s position on the Vietnam War?King was an early and outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War.
- Which of the following events most directly led to prejudice against Poles in the United States, at least for a time?The Assassination of William McKinley
- What was the difference between a flatboat and a steamboat?A flatboat was smaller than a steamboat and did not have an engine -- it was used for downstream travel only.
- Which Amendment was passed in response to concerns that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was unconstitutional.The 14th Amendment
- A "fallen woman" was a euphemism for what, in the early 1900s?A prostitute
- How many states allow some form of initiative or referendum, due largely to reforms from the Progressive Era?27 states allow either initiatives or referendums.
- 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
- In Lyndon Johnson's first election to the U.S. Senate, in 1948, what was his margin of victory in the decisive Democratic primary?87 votes
- Which Amendment gave Washington D.C. the right to vote in Presidential elections?The 23rd Amendment
These questions were answered correctly:
- This leader of the Pullman Strike later ran for President five times.Eugene Debs
- Which answer best describes the political ideals of Jacksonian Democracy and Andrew Jackson?Supported the expansion of the vote, opposed to monopolies and elites, and supported more Western settlement. Ignored the issue of slavery in the name of unity.
- 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
- Who made a return to normalcy (from things such as World War I and the turmoil of 1919) the centerpiece of their 1920 Presidential campaign?Warren Harding
- During which war or conflict did the Battle of the Alamo occur?The Texas Revolution
- Which answer best describes the War Powers Resolution, which was passed over Richard Nixon's veto?It requires the President to obtain Congressional approval for any action where United States Armed Forces are engaged for 60 days or more.
- Which of the following was not a reason for the CIA-orchestrated Iranian coup d'état in 1953?Iran's President, Mohammad Mosaddegh, had taken power in a coup d'etat of his own and had massacred over 10,000 Iranaians.
- Andrew Jackson won a plurality of the popular vote in the 1824 Presidential election. Which two opponents did he accuse of stealing that election in a "corrupt bargain"?John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
- 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.
- 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.
- How was Washington D.C. established as the nation's capital?The First U.S. Congress established Washington as the capital in 1790, choosing a Southern site in return for other compromises to the Federalists.
- Which of the following is not a topic that Upton Sinclair covered in one of his muckraking novels?A political novel about a popular Senator who becomes President, then imposes fascist rule.
- Which Europeans did the Wampanoag tribe have the most early contact with?Puritan settlers to New England
- 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.
- Which answer best describes the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?This law allowed some illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship and increased the measures and funding for future immigration enforcement.
- 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
- During the rationing in World War II, the production of civilian automobiles was completely halted, and most consumers were limited to this amount of gasoline per week.3-4 gallons
- 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.
- In what year was the 13th Amendment to the Constitution ratified?1865
- What name is commonly given to the widespread transfer of animals, plants, people, culture, and diseases between the Old World and New World after 1492?The Columbian Exchange
- Who was the main European combatant of the colonies during King William's War?France
- To what extent did common farming practices contribute to the Dust Bowl?Widespread deep-plowing of the Plains topsoil had made the area much for susceptible to droughts, and to the formation of choking dust clouds.
- Which answer best describes the Battle of Antietam?The Confederate Army, under Robert E. Lee, was moving north into Maryland in 1862. The Union Army met Lee and forced his Army to retreat.
- Which event made Pontiac a well known Ottawa leader?Pontiac led the Ottawa in a rebellion against the British and their colonists. The rebellion eventually spread from Michigan all the way into Pennsylvania.
- What was the key outcome of the Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?A bicameral legislature would be created, with states represented in one house based on population (The House of Representatives), and in the other on an equal basis (The Senate).
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