U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
22 out of 40 correct (55.0%).
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U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945): 25.0% (1 out of 4)
- American Indian History: 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 42.9% (3 out of 7)
- Economic History: 50.0% (9 out of 18)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 42.9% (3 out of 7)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Robert E. Lee
- Battle of Antietam
- American Civil War
- Crédit Mobilier of America scandal
- Wampanoag people
- King Philip's War
- Five Civilized Tribes
- Progressive Era
- Lochner v. New York
- Frances Perkins
- Indentured servant
- Wilmot Proviso
- Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937
- Jonathan Edwards (theologian)
- First Great Awakening
- New Deal coalition
- New Left
- Free silver
- Compromise of 1850
- J. P. Morgan
- Spelman College
- Post–World War II baby boom
- Elizabeth Key Grinstead
- Oregon Trail
These questions were missed:
- Jonathan Edwards was a key preacher in which religious movement?The First Great Awakening
- 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.
- The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill, in 1937, would have increased the size of the Supreme Court to how many justices? It was widely seen as an attempt by Franklin Roosevelt to pack the court.Fifteen
- Compared to the New Deal Coalition, which group was significantly less likely to participate or be represented in the New Left?Labor union members
- Which of the following companies was J.P. Morgan not influential in providing financing for during his lifetime?Standard Oil
- Which of the following was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?The residents of Kansas were permitted to vote on whether to allow slavery.
- Which of the following Native American nations was not a part of the "Five Civilized Tribes"?The Osage
- 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 person, serving as Ulysses Grant's Vice President, had their political career ruined by the Crédit Mobilier scandal?Schuyler Colfax
- Which of the following was not a feature of indentured servitude in the United States?About 80% of all white arrivals in the colonies before the American Revolution were indentured servants.
- 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.
- Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in the Cabinet, under Franklin Roosevelt, serving 12 years as the Secretary of which Department?The Department of Labor
- What did the Wilmot Proviso attempt to do?It would have prohibited slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
- The Supreme Court's Lochner v. New York decision began the Lochner era, in which the Supreme Court regularly stuck down which types of laws?Laws that regulated the working hours and conditions of employees.
- Which of the following was not an important long-term consequence of the Baby Boom?Baby Boomers began to vote in the late 1960s, and were much more likely to oppose the Vietnam War than older people were.
- What is an accepted estimate for the percentage of people who died while attempting the Oregon Trail?4 percent
- What was Elizabeth Key Grinstead known for in the English colonial period?She was an early slave who sued and won her freedom in the courts, before laws on slavery were made more strict.
- Which of the following women is not a notable alumnus of Spelman College, in Atlanta?Shirley Chisholm
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following was not a consequence of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?The Democratic-Republican Party strongly reacted against this law as an unconstitutional overreach in power by the federal government.
- Which of the following women was not influential in the field of home economics?Myra Bradwell
- Massachusetts was founded in 1620 as a Puritan colony. What was the most common religious sect of the Virginia colonists at that time?Anglican
- Which of the following was not considered a "border state" during the Civil War?Tennessee
- 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
- What was the objective of the Freedmen's Bureau?It was an agency that was intended to generally aid freed slaves in the South during the first years after the Civil War.
- How many children did George Washington have?None
- Which of the following groups was not generally considered to be a "hyphenated American" group in the early 1900s?Scottish-American
- Which of the following people had been approached by John Brown about his raid and declined to participate?Frederick Douglass
- What was the main point of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the late 1790s?That states had the right and duty to declare federal laws as unconstitutional if they did not follow the Constitution.
- How many people died in the September 11 attacks?3,000
- What was the primary purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention, in 1848?It was the first notable meeting of women's right advocates, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and produced the Declaration of Sentiments to outline future goals for the women's movement.
- In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression, passed the...Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
- Which of the following was not a key goal of second-wave feminism?The passage of a women's suffrage Amendment to protect the right of women to vote.
- What was Sarah Josepha Hale best known for in the antebellum era?She was the editor of Godey's Lady's Book, a popular women's magazine, and an advocate for the creation of Thanksgiving.
- 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.
- Polish immigrants made up a significant part of the work force in all of the following industries except which one?Textile manufacturing
- Which of the following was not a contribution of John Jay to the early development of the United States?Jay became the Speaker of the House for the Federalist Party in Congress.
- 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 Europeans did the Wampanoag tribe have the most early contact with?Puritan settlers to New England
- 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
- How many people were killed as a result of the Salem witch trials?20
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