U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 5
30 out of 40 correct (75.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 44.4% (4 out of 9)
- The Postwar and Modern Age (1945-present): 50.0% (1 out of 2)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Progressive Era
- Cowboy
- Cattle drives in the United States
- Panic of 1819
- Harlem Renaissance
- Great Migration (African American)
- The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry
- Granger Laws
- Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Reconstruction Era
- Black Codes (United States)
- Victoria Woodhull
- First-wave feminism
- Mormonism
- Burned-over district
- Civil Rights Act of 1968
- Barbed wire
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following societal trends was not a factor in the Harlem Renaissance?The state of New York and the federal government created extensive programs in the 1920s to fund artists of all backgrounds.
- Which of the following answers best describes the cause of the Panic of 1819?Speculation in public lands by banks and individuals created a real estate bubble, and the Second Bank of the United States overcorrected by instituting tight lending practices.
- What is notable about Victoria Woodhull?She was the first woman candidate for President of the United States.
- Which of the following statements about the introduction of barbed wire to the west is inaccurate?Barbed wire made it economical for cattle ranching to spread to areas that were densely populated, allowing the practice to take a firm hold in the Midwest.
- 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.
- What was an important short-term consequence of the Black Codes?Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment.
- In which area did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 increase the protections of the federal government?Housing
- Which term was used as a nickname for the area of western New York where Mormonism was founded?The Burned-Over District
- Which of the following was not a legacy of the cowboy culture that built up around the American cattle drives in the 1800s?Cowboys often raced horses to pass the time while the cattle rested, and helped develop the races into a popular national sport.
- Which of the following was not a policy that was successfully advocated for by the Grange?Consistently high tariffs on imported manufactured goods.
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following societal trends was not a factor in the Harlem Renaissance?The state of New York and the federal government created extensive programs in the 1920s to fund artists of all backgrounds.
- Which of the following answers best describes the cause of the Panic of 1819?Speculation in public lands by banks and individuals created a real estate bubble, and the Second Bank of the United States overcorrected by instituting tight lending practices.
- Which answer best describes the people known as English Dissenters in the 1600s?They were Christians who separated from the Church of England to form groups such as the Puritans, Quakers, Anabaptists, and Diggers.
- Which English settler did Pocahontas marry in the 17th century?John Rolfe
- Immigrants from which of the following ethnicities did not provide a significant portion of the membership to the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union?Swedish
- Although Abraham Lincoln won a majority of the electoral vote in the 1860 election, he won only this percent of the popular vote.39.7 percent
- All of the following answers about John Brown are accurate except for which one?Brown succeeded in capturing several plantations and in building a small force of around 200 men.
- John Marshall was one of the most important members of which early American political party?The Federalist Party
- Ida B. Wells was best known as an advocate against what practice?Lynching
- Which of the following women did not heavily advocate for women's suffrage in the United States?Emma Goldman
- A "fallen woman" was a euphemism for what, in the early 1900s?A prostitute
- Which individual, Governor of New York and one-time failed Presidential candidate, provided the funding and political backing for the Erie Canal?Dewitt Clinton
- Which of the Apollo Program missions was the first to land a person on the moon, in 1969?Apollo 11
- The Federal Trade Commission was created as a progressive reform under which President?Woodrow Wilson
- Which of the following women was not an important women's suffrage advocate in the final years before the 19th Amendment?Aimee Semple McPherson
- Which future President built his national reputation by commanding the army that defeated Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa's forces at Tippecanoe?William Henry Harrison
- The Supreme Court overturned Munn v. Illinois in 1886 with Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois. Which federal law was most directly passed in response to this case?The Interstate Commerce Act
- Which of the following politicians was a strong supporter of the "Ten percent" plan?Abraham Lincoln
- 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.
- The Pullman Strike began when George Pullman cut wages and refused to recognize the American Railway Union, which had been founded by whom?Eugene Debs
- Which of the following is not a song that was sung by Billie Holiday?Maybelene
- Which of the following Confederate generals did not play an important role in the First Battle of Bull Run?Robert E. Lee
- Which Founding Father and longest-surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence also helped create the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad?Charles Carroll of Carrollton
- What were the views of Roger Williams on American Indians and slavery?Williams was an early abolitionist, and also an advocate of fair dealings with the New England Indian tribes.
- What was a key element of the Virginia Plan, as it was initially presented to the Constitutional Convention?The Virginia Plan called for a bicameral legislature with membership apportioned according to population, which would benefit populous states like Virginia.
- What issue did Pinckney's Treaty address, in 1795?It was a treaty with Spain that clarified the borders of Florida.
- What was Chester A. Arthur's political experience before he assumed the Presidency of the United States?He was in charge of customs collections for the Port of New York.
- Which answer best describes the Newburgh Conspiracy and George Washington's role in it?It was a movement within the Continental Army, after the war, to rise against the Continental Congress and replace it with one better able to pay the soldiers. Washington gave a speech opposing this movement strongly, and it collapsed.
- Which answer best describes the Newburgh Conspiracy and George Washington's role in it?It was a movement within the Continental Army, after the war, to rise against the Continental Congress and replace it with one better able to pay the soldiers. Washington gave a speech opposing this movement strongly, and it collapsed.
- According to most estimates, about how many slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas over the duration of the Atlantic slave trade?12-15 million
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