U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
21 out of 40 correct (52.5%).
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U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 16.7% (1 out of 6)
- Black History: 44.4% (4 out of 9)
- Cultural History: 41.7% (5 out of 12)
- The Pre-Contact Era (through 1513): 20.0% (1 out of 5)
- Women's History: 25.0% (1 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Virginia Plan
- Constitutional Convention (United States)
- Scott Joplin
- Ragtime
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Slavery in the United States
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Frances Perkins
- Lynching in the United States
- Ida B. Wells
- King Philip's War
- Wampanoag people
- John Tyler
- John Peter Zenger
- Free negro
- Wilma Rudolph
- Interchangeable parts
- Machine tool
- Division of labour
- American system of manufacturing
- Dawes Act
- Appalachian Mountains
- Negro Act of 1740
- Stono Rebellion
- Mount Holyoke College
- Apache
- Calvin Coolidge
- Declaration of Sentiments
- Navajo people
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following was not an element of the Dawes Act, in 1887?Any remaining land in a reservation after allotments were finished would remain in the hands of the tribe in question, to manage as the tribe deemed fit.
- 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
- Which American Indian tribe was nearly destroyed in King Philip's War, starting in 1676?The Wampanoag
- Who founded Mount Holyoke, the first of the seven sisters colleges, in 1837?Mary Lyon
- How did the Navajo people obtain most of their food, historically?After the arrival of the Spanish, the Navajo took to herding large numbers of sheep and goats.
- 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
- What was Calvin Coolidge's position, in general, on civil rights issues?Coolidge praised America's diversity and attempted to push for stronger anti-lynching laws, but he was blocked by Congress.
- Which of the following influential black leaders was not born into slavery?W.E.B. Dubois
- Which of the following answers does not describe an aspect of the American system of manufacturing, as it was in the 19th century?Use of a skilled worker to assemble the mass-produced parts into a finished product.
- Which of the following is not a quotation from the Declaration of Sentiments?"He has subjected her to taxation without the right of representation in the legislature."
- In what colony was the libel trial of John Peter Zenger held?New York
- Which of the following was not a measure implemented by South Carolina to prevent future slave rebellions after the Stono Rebellion?Because Spanish Florida was the attempted destination of the escaped slaves, Britain made concessions to Spain in return for better enforcement of the colonial border.
- What was a broad philosophical/political idea that guided the Virginia Plan?Each state should have representation in the national legislature in proportion to its population.
- Ida B. Wells was best known as an advocate against what practice?Lynching
- What was Wilma Rudolph best known for?She was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track at a single Olympics.
- Approximately how many free blacks lived in the South at the start of the Civil War? There were 4 million slaves at that time.250 thousand
- In 1841, shortly after he replaced William Henry Harrison, John Taylor's entire Cabinet resigned except for one person. Who was it?Daniel Webster
- Scott Joplin was a famous composer of which music genre, in the early 1900s?Ragtime
- Which of the following statements about the Appalachian Mountains is accurate?The Appalachians were once as high as the Rocky Mountains are today.
These questions were answered correctly:
- What was a key objective of George Washington when he made his attack that resulted in the Battle of Trenton?Washington hoped that a successful attack and victory against the British would slow their advance and galvanize his own troops and supporters, who were despondent after a series of defeats.
- Which of the following was not considered a "border state" during the Civil War?Tennessee
- The Crédit Mobilier scandal involved all of the following elements except which one?The acquiescence of Ulysses S. Grant in the scheme, including payments to him, which erupted into scandal during the 1872 election.
- 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 famous abolitionist published The Liberator from 1831 until the end of the Civil War?William Lloyd Garrison
- Which of the following was not an effect of the Panic of 1893?The federal government took steps to move away from the gold standard more forcefully, in order to increase the money supply and spur new investment.
- 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.
- What was Tecumseh's strategy during the War of 1812?Tecumseh allied his forces with British, believing that a British victory would help restrict western settlement.
- Among black slaves, which of the following religious stories was most often turned to for inspiration?Moses and the Exodus from Egypt
- In what year was the United States Constitution written?1787
- 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.
- Which of the following was not a reason that the Second Bank of the United States was formed, in 1816?Regional private banks wanted a centralized banking authority to assist with financing and liquidity.
- 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 was not a consequence to the United States of the Great Famine and the Irish diaspora?The Democratic Party gained a significant bloc of support by attacking Irish immigrants, until it changed course after the Civil War.
- Radical Republicans made this proposal in response to the "Ten percent" plan, which they saw as too lenient.The Wade-Davis Bill
- Who was the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River?Hernando de Soto
- 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.
- Which of the following people had been approached by John Brown about his raid and declined to participate?Frederick Douglass
- A "Border Ruffian" during the "Bleeding Kansas" struggle was most likely to become one of these during the Civil War?Bushwhacker
- Which school, the first in the United States for women's higher education, did Emma Willard start in 1814?Troy Female Seminary
- What does the Middle Passage refer to, in the context of the Atlantic slave trade?The passage between Africa and the Americas over the Atlantic Ocean, where mortality was highest and conditions were the worst.
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