U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
22 out of 40 correct (55.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Women's History: 16.7% (1 out of 6)
- Black History: 37.5% (3 out of 8)
- Cultural History: 28.6% (2 out of 7)
- Early and Antebellum America (1789-1860): 47.4% (9 out of 19)
- Military History: 42.9% (3 out of 7)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- John Brown (abolitionist)
- Frederick Douglass
- Fort Detroit
- War of 1812
- Atlantic slave trade
- John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
- Panic of 1819
- Harlem Renaissance
- Great Migration (African American)
- Great Famine (Ireland)
- Abraham Lincoln
- American Civil War
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Judith Sargent Murray
- World War I
- Treaty of Versailles
- Lowell Mill Girls
- George Washington
- United States Constitution
- Dominion of New England
- General Federation of Women's Clubs
- Phillis Wheatley
- Gibson Girl
- Reconstruction Era
- History of rail transport in the United States
These questions were missed:
- What was the role and impact of Frederick Douglass on the Freedmen's Savings Bank?Douglass was the final President of this bank, being misled into assuming the role by its previous leadership, who had gutted its financial assets.
- Which of the following statements/essays on women's rights was written by Judith Sargent Murray?On the Equality of the Sexes
- What was Phillis Wheatley best known for?She was a notable African-American poet in the 1770s, read in both the colonies and in Britain.
- Which best describes George Washington's attitude to the new United States Constitution and its ratification?Washington actively supported the new Constitution and pushed hard for its ratification.
- What percentage of public libraries in the United States are estimated to have been founded by women's clubs around the turn of the 20th century?75-80 percent
- What was a typical working week, in hours, for the women who worked in the Lowell mills in the 1830s and 40s?75 hours
- Which of the following was not a reason that colonists generally opposed the Dominion of New England?Governor Andros signed peace treaties with multiple Indian tribes which the colonists felt were too generous.
- What was a "Gibson Girl" around the turn of the 20th century?It was a cartoon series that semi-comically depicted a modern, confident, fashionable woman and her happenings, but did not involve her in the women's political movements of the time.
- Which of the following people had been approached by John Brown about his raid and declined to participate?Frederick Douglass
- 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.
- All of the following groups opposed the American ratification of the Treaty of Versailles except for which one?Moderate Republicans
- 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.
- What was the latest struggle in which Fort Detroit played a significant role?The War of 1812
- Which of the following railroad tycoons was the only one to build a transcontinental line without federal land grants?James J. Hill
- Approximately how many people died in Ireland during the Great Famine of the 1840s?1 million
- Under what circumstances was the importation of slaves into the United States abolished?It was outlawed in 1808 by federal law -- the earliest date allowed by the Constitution.
- 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.
- 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.
These questions were answered correctly:
- What was another name for the 21st Rule in the House of Representatives, which applied to slavery?The Gag Rule
- Which general was ordered to clear the Bonus Army from Washington D.C.?Douglas MacArthur
- Which religious minority did the Maryland Toleration Act, passed in 1649, most directly benefit?Catholics
- In which of the following positions did Thomas Jefferson not serve at some point during his life?Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, in 1787.
- What was Hiram Rhodes Revels best known for?He was the first black man to become a United States Senator.
- Which person, serving as Ulysses Grant's Vice President, had their political career ruined by the Crédit Mobilier scandal?Schuyler Colfax
- Robert La Follette Sr., a long-time progressive Republican, ran for President as a third-party candidate in which election? He received 17% of the nation's popular vote.1924
- In what important way did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 change previous precedents on slavery in the United States?By allowing for the possibility of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska, it overturned the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
- Which of the following was not a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Kennedy's resulting agreement with Khrushchev?The United States agreed to not intervene in the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia.
- Which organization, founded in 1890, healed the schism that had emerged in the women's movement over the 15th Amendment? Susan B. Anthony was an early President.The National American Woman Suffrage Association
- In 1841, shortly after he replaced William Henry Harrison, John Taylor's entire Cabinet resigned except for one person. Who was it?Daniel Webster
- Which of the following was not a benefit provided by the first G.I. Bill, in 1944?Forgiveness of pre-war debts
- 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.
- Which of the following Native American nations was not a part of the "Five Civilized Tribes"?The Osage
- The People's Party, also known as the Populist Party, drew its strongest support from which constituency?Farmers
- Which answer best describes the early life of Theodore Roosevelt?Roosevelt grew up in an upper-class family in New York City, and traveled abroad frequently as a youth.
- Henry Ford used all of the following methods to derive an advantage in producing the Model T except for which one?All Model T's were produced at a single factory in Detroit, in order to allow extremely precise management of the manufacturing process.
- 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.
- Who is most credited with developing the telegraph within the United States.Samuel Morse
- Which of the following Amendments did Abraham Lincoln support during his time as President?The 13th Amendment, stating, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States."
- How many children did George Washington have?None
- What law or decision effectively caused the repeal of the Missouri Compromise?The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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