U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
24 out of 40 correct (60.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 33.3% (3 out of 9)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 37.5% (3 out of 8)
- Ethnic History: 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- Cultural History: 50.0% (5 out of 10)
- Women's History: 0.0% (0 out of 1)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Woodrow Wilson
- Philippine–American War
- Spanish–American War
- Louisiana (New France)
- Federal Reserve System
- Panic of 1907
- Federal Reserve Act
- Fourteen Points
- Crown colony
- Province of New Jersey
- Continental Association
- Hyphenated American
- Abraham Lincoln
- American Civil War
- Gettysburg Address
- Judith Sargent Murray
- Civil Rights Act of 1968
- Roaring Twenties
- Great Depression
- Farmers' Holiday Association
- Sioux
- Maggie L. Walker
- American Enlightenment
These questions were missed:
- The United States military suffered more fatalities fighting against a rebellion in this territory, obtained from Spain, than it did in the Spanish-American War itself.The Philippines
- Which speaker preceded Abraham Lincoln before he made the Gettysburg Address?Edward Everett
- Which of the following statements/essays on women's rights was written by Judith Sargent Murray?On the Equality of the Sexes
- What was the purpose of the Continental Association, created in 1774?It was an association tasked with managing and enforcing the colonial boycott of British goods, which began late in 1774.
- Which of the following statements about the Roaring Twenties is inaccurate?A huge influx of postwar immigration from Europe helped influence the culture of cities like New York and Chicago in the 1920s.
- Which of the following was not a part of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, outlining his vision of the post-World War I world?The limitation of the German Army to 100,000 men after the war, and the imposition of substantial reparations to be paid by Germany to the victories allies.
- Under what circumstances was the Province of New Jersey founded?New Jersey was initially part of New Amsterdam, but was taken by the English along with New York and parceled out as a separate colony.
- What was a key distinction of a Crown colony in British North America?Crown colonies were ruled by a governor who was directly appointed by the monarch.
- What is a unique legacy of the French colony in Louisiana?Louisiana is the only state that has parishes instead of counties.
- What was the primary goal of the Farmers' Holiday Association, active in the early 1930s?It attempted to coordinate the withholding of farm products from the market, in order to raise prices and slow the rate of farm foreclosures.
- What was an important long-term consequence of the Panic of 1907?Many bankers and businessmen advocated for the creation of the Federal Reserve System to prevent a similar financial panic in the future.
- Which President said, "If I can catch any man with a hyphen in this great contest I will know that I have got an enemy of the Republic." about "hyphenated Americans"?Woodrow Wilson
- Who was the first black woman to charter a bank in the United States, in 1902?Maggie L. Walker
- Which of the following was not a legacy of American Enlightenment thought in the 1700s?An increased respect for a government by consent of the governed and the social contract, influenced by Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan and Jacques Rousseau.
- In which area did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 increase the protections of the federal government?Housing
- Which of the following is not a major subgroup of the Sioux?The Peoria
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following is not a change in immigration policy that began with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965?It rescinded a provision prohibiting the immigration of homosexuals to the United States.
- John Marshall was one of the most important members of which early American political party?The Federalist Party
- To finance the Civil War, the United States issued Greenbacks as currency. Which of the following was used to back this currency?They were backed by the United States government, but not by any precious metal
- A series of bank runs during the 1930s culminated in the Emergency Banking Act of 1933, in the opening days of Roosevelt's term, after this many states suspended banking operations.36
- 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.
- Who was the first President of the Republic of Texas?Sam Houston
- Which crop is George Washington Carver most known for his innovations with?Peanuts
- What is Joseph Smith best known for in American history?He was the founded of the Mormon religious faith.
- What did the "Ten percent" plan for Reconstruction propose?A state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10% of it's 1860 voters had taken on oath of allegiance to the United States.
- What was the American Federation of Labor's basic strategy during the first years of its existence?The AFL formed as an association of trade unions, and strictly limited its focus to bargaining for better wages and working conditions for its own members, avoiding partisan politics.
- What was the policy of "salutary neglect", an unofficial stance taken by Great Britain towards its colonies?Before 1763, Britain enforced its mercantilist trade laws very loosely in order to maintain good relations with its colonies.
- Which public figure was the subject of Walt Whitman's poem, "O Captain! My Captain!"?Abraham Lincoln
- Which author wrote extensively about the migrations from the plains and Oklahoma to California, often along Route 66?John Steinbeck
- Charles Drew was a pioneer in which area of medicine?Blood banks and transfusions
- A member of which of these groups was unlikely to vote for the Democratic Party during the Gilded Age?Union veterans
- The Lecompton Constitution, if approved, would have allowed slavery in which U.S. state?Kansas
- Which mistaken impression did Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15 lead to?That the United States intended to distribute 40 acres of farm land to each freed slave.
- Which of the following is not a quote of Abraham Lincoln?"There are only two sides to this question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war;"
- Which of the following was not a reason that colonists generally opposed the Dominion of New England?Governor Andros signed peace treaties with multiple Indian tribes which the colonists felt were too generous.
- What was the first railroad, in 1852, to reach the Ohio River from the Eastern Seaboard?The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- Which of the following is not considered to be an implied power under the Constitution, under mainstream definitions?The power of Congress to merge the United States with other countries, such as Canada, under a new Constitution.
- Which early president is most closely associated with the begin of the "spoils system" in the federal government?Andrew Jackson
- Who was the Vice President under Ronald Reagan, succeeding him as President in 1989?George H.W. Bush
- Which of the following development was not a feature of the Long Depression in the 1870s?The United States sharply reduced its tariffs, an in attempt to help farmers and increase foreign trade.
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