U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
24 out of 40 correct (60.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- The Postwar and Modern Age (1945-present): 16.7% (1 out of 6)
- Cultural History: 41.7% (5 out of 12)
- Women's History: 25.0% (1 out of 4)
- Black History: 33.3% (2 out of 6)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 44.4% (4 out of 9)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Madonna
- Kansas–Nebraska Act
- Missouri Compromise
- Transcendentalism
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ancient Hawaii
- Nation of Islam
- Freddie Stowers
- Farmers' Alliance
- People's Party (United States)
- Gilded Age
- Republican Party (United States)
- Wilma Rudolph
- Benjamin Harrison
- 51st United States Congress
- Pánfilo de Narváez
- Richard Nixon
- Comprehensive Child Development Bill of 1972
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15
- American Civil War
- Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following Supreme Court cases upheld the validity of the 19th Amendment?Leser v. Garnett
- Approximately how long ago did humans first settle on Hawaii?The islands were likely settled at some point in the 1200s, based on radiocarbon dating.
- How many times was Martin Luther King Jr. jailed during his life?29
- What was Wilma Rudolph best known for?She was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track at a single Olympics.
- Which of the following is not a song by Madonna?Time After Time
- Which of the following people was a longtime leader of the Nation of Islam?Elijah Muhammad
- The 22nd Amendment states that a President cannot be elected to more than two terms, and limits their total time in office to this number of years, allowing for the case where a President serves a partial term.8 years
- How many acres of land were distributed by Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15?400 thousand
- Out of 600 men on Pánfilo de Narváez's 1527 expedition to Florida, how many survived?4
- Freddie Stowers, a black soldier, received a Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I. In what year was his medal awarded?1991
- Which of the following transcendentalist books or essays was not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?Civil Disobedience
- A member of which of these groups was unlikely to vote for the Republican Party during the Gilded Age?Opponents of federal spending increases
- The Farmer's Alliance most directly led to the founding of which political party?The People's Party
- What was a common nickname for the 51st U.S. Congress, which served while Benjamin Harrison was President?The Billion-Dollar Congress
- What would the Comprehensive Child Development Bill of 1972 have provided federal funding for, had it not been vetoed by Richard Nixon?A national day care system
- What law or decision effectively caused the repeal of the Missouri Compromise?The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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.
- 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".
- What is the only Amendment to repeal another Amendment to the Constitution?The 21st Amendment
- Which American state is John Sevier most associated with the early settlement of?Tennessee
- 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 railroad, in 1852, to reach the Ohio River from the Eastern Seaboard?The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- What was Hiram Rhodes Revels best known for?He was the first black man to become a United States Senator.
- 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 of the following was not an immediate consequence of the First Battle of Bull Run?The Confederate Army continued to move north, invading Maryland and causing panic in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania.
- What was the most important long-term legacy of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac?He was the commander who founded Fort Detroit, in 1701, and firmly established the French presence in Michigan.
- Ida Tarbell became a well known muckraker for her book attacking which American business magnate?John D. Rockefeller
- 38 Sioux were hanged in what town in 1862? It marked the largest mass execution in United States history.Mankato, Minnesota
- 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
- Which event, near the end of 1786, built support for the Constitutional Convention?Shays' Rebellion
- The term pow wow derives from which Indian group?The Narragansett
- Which policy proposal did Coxey's Army primarily focus on during their march to Washington in 1894?The creation of public works jobs by the government to reduce unemployment
- When did holding companies first emerge in the United States?Holding companies were primarily an innovation of the 1880s and 90s, as a way to get around antitrust laws.
- What is the significance of Levittown, New York?It was a planned suburb built in the late 1940s that became a model for thousands of similar communities in the U.S.
- In what business did James Forten become wealthy, before he became a prominent black abolitionist?Sailmaking
- Who was the first colonial figure to grow tobacco as a cash crop?John Rolfe
- Which of the following political offices did Jefferson Davis hold before he became President of the Confederate States of America?He was a Senator from Mississippi.
- Which of the following people was not a notable member of the American Anti-Slavery Society?Edgar Allan Poe
- James Buchanan avoided political controversy in the heated years before his election as President by taking on what role?He was the United States Minister to the United Kingdom during the Pierce Administration.
- Jonathan Edwards was a key preacher in which religious movement?The First Great Awakening
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