U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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25 out of 40 correct (62.5%).

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  • What was the importance of the Stabilization Act of 1942?
    It controlled prices and wages to prevent inflation during the war.
  • Which historian was responsible for popularizing the Frontier Thesis in American history, that the moving frontier line had been an essential driver of democracy?
    Frederick Jackson Turner
  • Which of the following best describes the Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II?
    It was the invasion of a Pacific island by Marines in 1942, the first in a long series of "island-hopping" maneuvers.
  • What was the name of two acts, early in the Civil War, which authorized the confiscation of Confederate property and slaves?
    The Confiscation Acts
  • Which of the following Confederate generals did not play an important role in the First Battle of Bull Run?
    Robert E. Lee
  • 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.
  • Which of the following movements or policies did Sojourner Truth not strongly advocate for during her life?
    The Exoduster movement of blacks away from the South after Reconstruction.
  • 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 not a reason that the House of Burgesses was established in Virginia?
    The legislature was meant to replace the colonial governor, after a serious of ineffective leaders and near revolts.
  • Which of the following women did not heavily advocate for women's suffrage in the United States?
    Emma Goldman
  • Edgar Allen Poe is often considered a pioneer of what genre or literary technique?
    Detective fiction
  • 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.
  • Which of the following individuals was a key author of the Massachusetts Circular Letter?
    Samuel Adams
  • 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.
  • What did the Currency Act do, and why did it become a grievance in the colonies?
    It restricted the colonies from paying British merchants with paper money backed by the various colonies, causing deflation and economic troubles, because such money almost always depreciated in relation to the British pound.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • What was an important long-term effect of the Loyalist emigration to Canada after the American Revolution?
    Canada had a significant influx of settlers who resisted integration with the United States, were favorable to Britain, and influenced future politics there.
  • 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 is not an important long-term consequence of the Progressive Era?
    The United States joined the League of Nations and became a central actor in international affairs.
  • Who was the first known European to land on the Hawaiian islands?
    James Cook
  • 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.
  • A "fallen woman" was a euphemism for what, in the early 1900s?
    A prostitute
  • All of the following statements about a ward heeler is accurate except for which one?
    Ward heelers were usually high-ranking members in their party, and might be groomed to run for public office themselves.
  • What did the Wade-Davis Bill propose for Reconstruction?
    No Southern state could be readmitted until a majority of its voters took the Ironclad Oath, stating they had never supported the Confederacy.
  • 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.
  • Robert Fulton achieved fame for his innovations in which area?
    Steamboats
  • What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s position on the Vietnam War?
    King was an early and outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War.
  • Which of the following groups was most opposed to the New Deal?
    Business owners and managers
  • The Order of the Star Spangled Banner was a precursor to which political party?
    The Know Nothing Party
  • What does the Free Exercise clause of the Bill of Rights apply to?
    Congress may not prohibit the free exercise of any religion or religious belief.
  • The term pow wow derives from which Indian group?
    The Narragansett
  • What right(s) is the 9th Amendment written to protect?
    Just because certain individual rights are protected in the Constitution, it does not mean that other rights are denied.
  • What was a common term, beginning in the 1890s, for women who sought higher education and increased personal autonomy.
    New Woman
  • The trial of John Peter Zenger is considered to be on important influence on the passage of which Constitutional Amendment?
    The 1st Amendment (freedom of the press)
  • 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.
  • Approximately how many people died in Ireland during the Great Famine of the 1840s?
    1 million
  • Which of the following is a quote from the Declaration of Independence?
    "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..."
  • Which of the following is not a song that was sung by Billie Holiday?
    Maybelene
  • Which of the following New Deal acts first created a forty-hour workweek with overtime pay, and a minimum wage?
    The Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)
  • What describes George Washington's role in the French and Indian War?
    He commanded the Virginia Regiment, the primary fighting unit for that colony.
  • Which city saw the worst rioting, in terms of lives lost and property destruction, during the disorders of 1967?
    Detroit

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