U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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24 out of 40 correct (60.0%).

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  • Which of the following statements about hobos is not accurate?
    Unlike tramps, hobos rarely tried to find work unless compelled by force or arrest.
  • What caused the large scale riots in New York City from July 13-16, 1863?
    The United States instituted a new wave of conscription that was deeply unpopular in New York's Irish/immigrant community.
  • Which of the following best describes the formation of Massachusetts Bay Colony?
    It was a separate colony from Plymouth Colony, established around modern-day Boston in 1628. The two colonies eventually merged into Massachusetts.
  • Duke Ellington's appearances at which club contributed to his national reputation?
    The Cotton Club
  • Which of the following episodes in Europe most heavily contributed to the immigration of Jewish people to the United States, in the late 19th century?
    The assassination of Tsar Alexander II and a resulting wave of anti-Jewish violence in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland (all part of the Russian Empire at that time).
  • John Marshall was one of the most important members of which early American political party?
    The Federalist Party
  • What was the name of two acts, early in the Civil War, which authorized the confiscation of Confederate property and slaves?
    The Confiscation Acts
  • How did the Northwest Ordinance come to effect the debate about slavery in the United States?
    It set the Ohio River as a boundary between free and slave states, and foreshadowed future debates over the expansion of slavery.
  • 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.
  • All of the following writers are associated with the Harlem Renaissance except which one?
    Alice Walker
  • 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
  • How many articles are in the United States Constitution, not including the Preamble?
    Seven
  • In which of the following positions did Thomas Jefferson not serve at some point during his life?
    Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, in 1787.
  • The War Production Board was in charge of all of the following during World War II except what?
    Production of films and speeches aimed at improving civilian morale.
  • The Electoral College deadlock between Thomas Jefferson and which other person led to the passage of the 12th Amendment?
    Aaron Burr
  • Margaret Mead, an anthropologist, studied the sexual behavior of people in which foreign location? Her work was controversial and seen by many as undermining the values of monogamy.
    Samoa

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Robert Fulton achieved fame for his innovations in which area?
    Steamboats
  • Which political party did Thomas Jefferson and James Madison organize in the 1790s?
    The Democratic-Republican Party
  • What was the main issue motivating the leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion?
    It was a protest against the federal taxation of distilled spirits, which were central to the economy of western Pennsylvania.
  • Which of the following inventions was not developed or much improved by Thomas Edison?
    The telephone
  • All of the following measures, generally seen as circumventions of the 15th Amendment, were used except for which one?
    Requirements to show a state-issued ID card at the polls
  • Of the following politicians, which was the most outspoken defender of slavery?
    John C. Calhoun
  • Ida Tarbell became a well known muckraker for her book attacking which American business magnate?
    John D. Rockefeller
  • Which church, founded by Richard Allen in 1816, is the oldest independent Protestant denomination founded by black people in the world?
    The African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • What right(s) is the 3rd Amendment written to protect?
    The right to be free from the quartering of soldiers in one's home.
  • What were the circumstances behind the Tulsa Race Riot in 1921?
    A black man was accused of rape against a white woman, leading to the burning down by whites of an entire black neighborhood, killing an unknown number of people and destroying 35 city blocks.
  • Which politician made the New Frontier a key part of their political platform?
    John F. Kennedy
  • Which of the following statements about sharecropping is inaccurate?
    Sharecropping was a system that only applied to black tenants.
  • 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 was Alfred Thayer Mahan best known for?
    He was a naval theorist who emphasized the importance of sea power in various historical conflicts, and helped stir the United States to drastically increase the size of the Navy in the early 1900s.
  • Who was the King of Britain during the American Revolution?
    King George III
  • Which of the following groups were most likely to support the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
    Lower-class Southerners who hoped to acquire cheap/free homesteads in Georgia and other parts of the South.
  • What did the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 most closely deal with?
    It created the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided for new regulations of the stock market.
  • What was the key outcome of the Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?
    A bicameral legislature would be created, with states represented in one house based on population (The House of Representatives), and in the other on an equal basis (The Senate).
  • Which of the following states was not a part of the Northwest Territory, created by the Northwest Ordinance?
    Missouri
  • Which answer best describes the political ideals of Jacksonian Democracy and Andrew Jackson?
    Supported the expansion of the vote, opposed to monopolies and elites, and supported more Western settlement. Ignored the issue of slavery in the name of unity.
  • 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 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.
  • What was the immediate short-term effect of the Missouri Compromise?
    Slavery receded as an important national issue until the late 1840s.
  • Which of the following people was instrumental in presenting the Albany Plan, an early attempt at colonial unification?
    Benjamin Franklin

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