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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Areas for improvement:
- Economic History: 38.5% (5 out of 13)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 37.5% (3 out of 8)
- Political History: 51.6% (16 out of 31)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 36.4% (4 out of 11)
- Cultural History: 40.0% (4 out of 10)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Ku Klux Klan
- American Civil War
- Robert E. Lee
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Siege of Petersburg
- Frederick Douglass
- Spanish–American War
- Treaty of Paris (1898)
- Federalist Party
- John Marshall
- Slave Power
- Slavery in the United States
- Louisiana Purchase
- Abraham Lincoln
- Walt Whitman
- War of 1812
- War hawk
- Powhatan
- Bison hunting
- Farmers' Alliance
- First-wave feminism
- New Woman
- Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- John Peter Zenger
- Aimee Semple McPherson
- Upton Sinclair
- Reconstruction Era
- Wade–Davis Bill
- Herbert Hoover
- Great Depression
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following policies was not a goal of the Farmer's Alliance?Increased pensions for veterans of the Civil War.
- Which of the following is not a topic that Upton Sinclair covered in one of his muckraking novels?A political novel about a popular Senator who becomes President, then imposes fascist rule.
- In which region of the country was opposition to the 16th Amendment, allowing for a federal income tax, the strongest?New England
- Which answer best describes the response of Herbert Hoover to the Great Depression?Hoover increased spending on public works programs, but also increased taxes to avoid a federal deficit.
- A person from which of the following groups was least likely to be a "war hawk" in the run-up to the War of 1812?New England merchants who feared a loss of trade from reduced shipping.
- 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.
- Which territory was acquired by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase?The Mississippi River and its entire western watershed/drainage basin.
- What did the epithet of "Slave Power" refer to in the antebellum era?It was a term used by Free Soilers, and then Republicans, to refer to the upper-class of the South which dominated that region's politics and advocated for the expansion of slavery.
- Which answer best describes the Siege of Petersburg?The Union Army, under Ulysses Grant, captured Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, after a nine-month engagement, in 1864-1865.
- What was a common term, beginning in the 1890s, for women who sought higher education and increased personal autonomy.New Woman
- Aimee Semple McPherson was well known for all of the following things except which one?She was one of the first nationally-known evangelicals to extensively preach and campaign on behalf of conservative Republican politicians.
- John Marshall was one of the most important members of which early American political party?The Federalist Party
- In what colony was the libel trial of John Peter Zenger held?New York
- Which of the following areas did not become a United States territory or protectorate for some amount of time as a result of the Spanish-American War and the Treaty of Paris?Santo Domingo
- Which public figure was the subject of Walt Whitman's poem, "O Captain! My Captain!"?Abraham Lincoln
- How were bison most commonly hunted in pre-contact and prehistoric times?The Plains Indians generally set traps and used costumes or fires to herd the bison into them, or over the sides of cliffs.
- Which answer best describes the early years of Frederick Douglass?Douglass was born and raised on a plantation in Maryland, on the eastern shore of the state.
- The Ku Klux Klan experienced a revival in the 1920s. Which of the following was not advocated for by the Klan during this period?Believing the Democratic Party had become too infused with foreigners, the Klan worked for the election of Republicans, in contrast to its role in the 1870s.
- Which of the following language groups were the Powhatan a part of?Algonquian
These questions were answered correctly:
- The Tennessee Valley Authority was created in 1933 as a federally owned corporation in what industry?Electric utilities
- Which answer best describes the judicial positions of Sandra Day O'Connor?O'Connor was a moderate conservative on the Court who sometimes acted as the swing vote in important cases.
- Which of the following answers best describes Cahokia?It was a large settlement on the banks of the Mississippi River which held up to 40,000 people and had several large mounds which still exist.
- 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 of the following Democratic politicians did not come from the conservative Bourbon Democrat wing?William Jennings Bryan
- What was the term carpetbagger used to describe in the years after the Civil War?It was an epithet for northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction to run for elected office, often being assured of victory due to Republican control of the area.
- James Buchanan avoided political controversy in the heated years before his election as President by taking on what role?He was the United States Minister to the United Kingdom during the Pierce Administration.
- On how many occasions did the NATO alliance mobilize a Soviet attack during the Cold War?Zero
- 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.
- What was a long-term legacy of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?They were an early example of a written constitution in the colonies.
- Who was the most prominent commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, on the Confederate side?Robert E. Lee
- The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill, in 1937, would have increased the size of the Supreme Court to how many justices? It was widely seen as an attempt by Franklin Roosevelt to pack the court.Fifteen
- Which answer best describes the economic policies of Janet Yellen in her first years as Chair of the Federal Reserve?Yellen kept interest rates low and phased out quantitative easing, and waited for further signs of recovery from the 2008 financial crisis.
- Which of the following was not an important consequence of the Erie Canal?New Orleans suffered a steep downtown in its fortunes, as Midwesterners turned almost exclusively to the Great Lakes and Erie Canal route for long-distance trade.
- What was an important short-term consequence of the Black Codes?Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment.
- 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
- Which of the following was not a key tenet of the transcendentalist movement?Individuals should actively engage in politics to drive a progressive agenda.
- 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.
- Which future President was wounded at the Battle of Trenton?James Monroe
- What was the latest struggle in which Fort Detroit played a significant role?The War of 1812
- All of the following actresses were associated with the flapper lifestyle except for which one?Katharine Hepburn
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