U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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25 out of 40 correct (62.5%).

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  • 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.
  • How many acres of land were distributed by Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15?
    400 thousand
  • What did the Nixon Doctrine state, in the context of the Cold War?
    It stated that the United States would assist in the defense and developments of allies and friends, but would not undertake all the defense of the free nations of the world.
  • Which of the following statements about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 is inaccurate?
    The law had a statute of limitations of seven years, after which an escaped slave was legally free from recapture.
  • 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 religious groups does not trace its roots, at least somewhat, to the Second Great Awakening?
    The Quakers
  • Which answer best describes the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?
    This law allowed some illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship and increased the measures and funding for future immigration enforcement.
  • Which answer best describes the Atlanta Compromise?
    It was a speech and agreement announced by Booker T. Washington in 1895, stating that the black community should focus on economic advancement rather than political rights.
  • What was the purpose of the Committee of Detail at the Constitutional Convention?
    It wrote the first draft of the United States Constitution, based on agreements that had been reached during the first few weeks of the Convention.
  • Which of the following points is not one that is made in Judith Sargent Murray's On the Equality of the Sexes, published in 1790?
    Voting is an expression of equality, and women cannot have equal respect until they also have the vote.
  • Who is most credited with developing the telegraph within the United States.
    Samuel Morse
  • 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 relationship did the Worcester v. Georgia case lay out between Indian nations, state governments, and the federal government?
    The federal government had the sole authority to deal with Indian nations.
  • 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 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.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • What right(s) is the 8th Amendment written to protect?
    It prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
  • In what year was the 13th Amendment to the Constitution ratified?
    1865
  • Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is not accurate?
    The Proclamation immediately freed about 500 thousand slaves from Confederate states, who had either escaped or lived in areas that the Union had captured.
  • What was Andrew Jackson's position on "internal improvements", or federal infrastructure spending in modern terms?
    Jackson believed that, by and large, such spending was an avenue for corruption and disproportionately benefited elite business interests.
  • Which state was admitted to the United States as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
    California
  • Who was the third and final President of the Second Bank of the United States, who clashed frequently with Andrew Jackson?
    Nicholas Biddle
  • The Mapp v. Ohio decision strengthened the protections of which Amendment?
    The 4th Amendment
  • 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 answer best describes what happened during the Colfax Massacre?
    It was the single worst instance of racial violence during Reconstruction -- in the wake of a contested gubernatorial election in Louisiana, up to 150 freedmen were killed in a massacre by white Democrats.
  • What did the Corwin Amendment state and what was its purpose?
    It was proposed shortly before the inauguration of President Lincoln, and would have forbidden any additional Constitutional Amendments to restrict slavery where it already existed. It was an 11th hour attempt at compromise before the Civil War.
  • What percentage of the Second Bank of the United States was owned by the federal government?
    20 percent
  • 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
  • What was Elizabeth Freeman most noted for?
    She won her freedom in the Massachusetts Supreme Court, in 1781, in a decision that implicitly ended slavery in that state.
  • Which of the following people, with his adaption of "Jump Jim Crow", helped popularize blackface in the 1830s?
    Thomas D. Rice
  • What was an important long-term consequence of the First Great Awakening?
    A more spontaneous, emotional style of preaching and church service became common, at the expense of those sects which had a more structured and formal worship style.
  • Which of the following was an important, immediate precursor to the Establishment clause in the First Amendment?
    The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
  • 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 statements about lynching is inaccurate?
    Northern politicians made little attempt to enact federal legislation against lynching.
  • Which public figure was the subject of Walt Whitman's poem, "O Captain! My Captain!"?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • Who is notable for having developed a written syllabary for the Cherokee language?
    Sequoyah
  • Which American Indian tribe was nearly destroyed in King Philip's War, starting in 1676?
    The Wampanoag
  • Approximately how many blacks were killed in the aftermath of Nat Turner's rebellion, both legally and through mob violence?
    About 250
  • Which of the following statements about the Lewis and Clark expedition from 1804-06 is not accurate?
    The expedition discovered the quickest route to Oregon, which would later be used by the majority of travelers on the Oregon Trail.
  • Which of the following was not a large source of labor in the Province of Maryland by the mid-1700s?
    Indian slaves
  • 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.

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