U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
22 out of 40 correct (55.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Cultural History: 11.1% (1 out of 9)
- Black History: 0.0% (0 out of 5)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 0.0% (0 out of 4)
- Early and Antebellum America (1789-1860): 33.3% (3 out of 9)
- Women's History: 33.3% (2 out of 6)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- First Transcontinental Railroad
- Republican motherhood
- Power loom
- Waltham-Lowell system
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Northwest Ordinance
- Battle of Antietam
- American Civil War
- Confederate States of America
- Post–World War II baby boom
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
- Call and response
- Blues
- Field holler
- Salem witch trials
- Atlanta compromise
- Booker T. Washington
- Jacksonian democracy
- Spoils system
- Denmark Vesey
- Slavery in the United States
- General Federation of Women's Clubs
- New England Confederation
- Counterculture of the 1960s
- Vivien Thomas
- Harriet Tubman
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following statements about the Northwest Ordinance is inaccurate?It allowed each state in the Northwest Territory to vote on whether slavery would be permitted.
- What was the stance of William Pitt during the turmoil which preceded the American Revolution?William Pitt was perhaps the most prominent British politician to call for reconciliation with the colonies and a granting of more rights.
- At the height of the postwar Baby Boom, in the late 1950s, the fertility rate per woman reached which point (vs. 1.9 in 2014)?3.7
- All of the following musical terms are associated with slaves and other workers in the antebellum South except for which one?Blues
- How many people were killed as a result of the Salem witch trials?20
- What the primary purpose of the New England Confederation in the 1600s?It was a military alliance of several New England colonies, catalyzed by various conflicts with native Indian tribes.
- Which of the following was not an argument that was used to justify the spoils system?It would restrict federal office-holding to people who had achieved the financial means (and therefore, the sound moral character) to contribute to winning politicans.
- 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
- What percentage of public libraries in the United States are estimated to have been founded by women's clubs around the turn of the 20th century?75-80 percent
- Vivien Thomas was a pioneer in which area of medicine?Blue baby syndrome
- Which answer best describes the Atlanta Compromise?It was a speech and agreement announced by Booker T. Washington in 1895, stating that the black community should focus on economic advancement rather than political rights.
- Which of the following technologies was a critical part of the Waltham-Lowell manufacturing system?The power loom
- 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
- Which of the following people was not closely associated with the 1960s counterculture?Jack Kerouac
- How many whites were killed before the arrest and execution of Denmark Vesey, in 1822, for fomenting a slave uprising?0
- Which of the following was not an expectation of American women under the loosely defined "Republican motherhood" ideals of the early United States?Women had an obligation to be knowledgable about political issues, and to discuss with their husbands how the family should case its vote.
- Which of the following things did Harriet Tubman not do after the Civil War began?She became a school teacher of freedmen and black children in the Reconstruction era South.
- Which of the following statements about the First Transcontinental Railroad is accurate?The eastern and western halves met in Utah, where the Golden Spike was driven in 1869.
These questions were answered correctly:
- What was a fear or concern that guided the introduction of the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention?Larger states would control the workings of the new federal government if proportional representation was used in the legislature.
- 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
- Which of the following statements about Earl Warren is inaccurate?He had long been on the conservative end of the Republican Party, and he surprised many with the direction of his decisions as the Supreme Court Chief Justice.
- Which of the following groups was never a part of the Iroquois Confederation?Wyandot
- What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact attempt to end? War
- Which of the following was not a position advocated for by Stalwart Republicans?Civil service reform
- The Electoral College deadlock between Thomas Jefferson and which other person led to the passage of the 12th Amendment?Aaron Burr
- Which American state is John Sevier most associated with the early settlement of?Tennessee
- What was Calvin Coolidge's position, in general, on economic issues?Coolidge cut the income tax substantially, cut spending, and generally favored business interests.
- The Federal Trade Commission was created as a progressive reform under which President?Woodrow Wilson
- The Farmer's Alliance most directly led to the founding of which political party?The People's Party
- Which of the following women was not an important women's suffrage advocate in the final years before the 19th Amendment?Aimee Semple McPherson
- Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke for the final year of his Administration. Parts of which Constitutional Amendment address this situation?The 25th Amendment
- 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.
- What was Andrew Jackson's position on "internal improvements", or federal infrastructure spending in modern terms?Jackson believed that, by and large, such spending was an avenue for corruption and disproportionately benefited elite business interests.
- Which Amendment lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18?The 26th Amendment
- Which future state was closely associated with the opening of new territory for white settlement and "land runs" in the late 19th century?Oklahoma
- 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 purpose of the American Equal Rights Association?To secure equal rights, and especially the right of suffrage, irrespective of race, color or sex.
- What did the Supreme Court's Engel v. Vitale decision do?It ruled that public schools could not require their students to say a prayer.
- Which of the following countries has NATO not intervened in militarily?Poland
- Which early political party was most likely to use the term "strict constructionism" in relation to the Constitution?The Democratic-Republican Party
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