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 U.S. Constitution: 20.0% (1 out of 5)
- The Revolution and Constitution (1775-1789): 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- The Pre-Contact Era (through 1513): 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945): 50.0% (1 out of 2)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 50.0% (3 out of 6)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- United States Constitution
- Cold War
- Chester W. Nimitz
- World War II
- Pacific War
- American Civil War
- Robert E. Lee
- Siege of Petersburg
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Jamestown, Virginia
- Constitutional Convention (United States)
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Slavery in the United States
- Federal Trade Commission
- Woodrow Wilson
- Order of the Star Spangled Banner
- Know Nothing
- Army–McCarthy hearings
- Joseph McCarthy
- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Supremacy Clause
- Iroquois
- Bay of Pigs Invasion
- Rollback
- Thomas Jefferson
- Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Apache
- American Enlightenment
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following does not follow from the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution?The supremacy of the federal government is not limited by the original seven articles of the Constitution, although subsequent Amendments did limit it in some areas.
- 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.
- Who was Jamestown, Virginia named after?King James I of England
- The Order of the Star Spangled Banner was a precursor to which political party?The Know Nothing Party
- In what year was the United States Constitution written?1787
- Which answer best describes the Siege of Petersburg?The Union Army, under Ulysses Grant, captured Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, after a nine-month engagement, in 1864-1865.
- In which of the following countries was rollback attempted during the Cold War?Cuba
- Which of the following animals did the Apache use to transport loads, as of the time that the Spanish came into contact with them?Dogs
- The American Indian group often known as the Iroquois prefers to use which of the following names?Haudenosaunee
- Which of the following Supreme Court cases upheld the validity of the 19th Amendment?Leser v. Garnett
- In which of the following positions did Thomas Jefferson not serve at some point during his life?Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, in 1787.
- The Federal Trade Commission was created as a progressive reform under which President?Woodrow Wilson
- Which of the following people did not have a large influence on the American Enlightenment?Samuel Johnson
- Which Amendment was passed in response to concerns that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was unconstitutional.The 14th Amendment
- Joseph McCarthy's fruitless and unpopular investigation of which agency or organization led to his political downfall and eventual censure?The U.S. Army
- Which of the following influential black leaders was not born into slavery?W.E.B. Dubois
These questions were answered correctly:
- The era of yellow journalism commonly pitted which two publishers against each other for newspaper sales?Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
- Which of the following is not an example of an Alphabet Agency created during the New Deal?The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- What was the importance of the Gettysburg Address?It redefined the Civil War as a struggle not just for the Union, but also for the principle of human equality.
- Which of the following states was not a part of the Northwest Territory, created by the Northwest Ordinance?Missouri
- During the Civil War, which side enjoyed the advantage in railroad development?The Union
- At what point in the history of the United States was the Federal Reserve System created?1913, in response to the Panics of 1907, 1893, and 1873, to establish a lender of last resort.
- From which country did most of the September 11 attack perpetrators come from?Saudi Arabia
- Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the Battle of Shiloh, in 1862?The Confederates abandoned any hope of defeating the Union in the western theater, and transferred around 30,000 troops to Robert E. Lee in the east, hoping to win a decisive battle there.
- Which of the following books was not written by Mark Twain?The Turn of the Screw
- 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 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
- 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 another name for the 21st Rule in the House of Representatives, which applied to slavery?The Gag Rule
- 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 of the following groups was never a part of the Iroquois Confederation?Wyandot
- 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
- Who was the only Vice President of the Confederate States of America?Alexander Stephens
- 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.
- Which of the following statements about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 is inaccurate?The law had a statute of limitations of seven years, after which an escaped slave was legally free from recapture.
- Which famous abolitionist published The Liberator from 1831 until the end of the Civil War?William Lloyd Garrison
- Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke for the final year of his Administration. Parts of which Constitutional Amendment address this situation?The 25th Amendment
- Which of the following politicians was a strong supporter of the "Ten percent" plan?Abraham Lincoln
- What was Calvin Coolidge's position, in general, on economic issues?Coolidge cut the income tax substantially, cut spending, and generally favored business interests.
- What was a mugwump, and how did they assist in the election of Grover Cleveland as President?The mugwumps were Republican voters who switched tickets to vote for Cleveland, due to his record of fighting corruption and bribery.
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