U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
24 out of 40 correct (60.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 0.0% (0 out of 3)
- U.S. Presidents: 40.0% (2 out of 5)
- Women's History: 0.0% (0 out of 2)
- Black History: 40.0% (2 out of 5)
- The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945): 50.0% (2 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Abraham Lincoln
- Sherman Antitrust Act
- Monopoly
- Standard Oil
- World War II
- Chester W. Nimitz
- Pacific War
- Edgar Allan Poe
- First Great Awakening
- Treaty of Paris (1898)
- Spanish–American War
- Frances Perkins
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Cold War
- Joseph McCarthy
- Army–McCarthy hearings
- American Civil War
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Prince Hall
- Minutemen
- Stamp Act 1765
- Sons of Liberty
- James Forten
- United States v. Reese
- Comstock laws
- Gulf War
These questions were missed:
- Who did Abraham Lincoln defeat to win reelection as President in 1864?George McClellan, a former Union general.
- 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.
- Which of the following best describes the role of Chester Nimitz, a U.S. commander during World War II?He was a Fleet Admiral in the Pacific and devised and executed a large part of the island-hopping strategy there.
- Which of the following was not a precedent for the creation of rapid deployment militia (minutemen) in New England?Militia had skirmished against the British in Boston during the turmoil over the Stamp Act in 1765.
- Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in the Cabinet, under Franklin Roosevelt, serving 12 years as the Secretary of which Department?The Department of Labor
- Which of the following was not a poem written by Edgar Allen Poe?The Scarlet Letter
- What was Prince Hall best known for during the Revolutionary period?He was a prominent African-American freemason who created a black mason hall and is a father of Black Freemasonry.
- Joseph McCarthy's fruitless and unpopular investigation of which agency or organization led to his political downfall and eventual censure?The U.S. Army
- Which of the following companies was broken up by the Supreme Court, on the grounds that it was a monopoly, under the Sherman Antitrust Act?Standard Oil
- In what business did James Forten become wealthy, before he became a prominent black abolitionist?Sailmaking
- 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
- What was the nature of the Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Reese, in 1876?That certain provisions of the Enforcement Acts, aimed at protecting black voting rights, exceeded the scope of the 15th Amendment.
- All of the following countries participated in the U.S. coalition which defeated Iraq in the 1990-91 Gulf War except for which one?Germany
- What was an important long-term effect of the Comstock Law, passed in 1873?By limiting the dissemination of materials on sexuality and specifically birth control, the law likely delayed the widespread use of it for many years.
- What was the earliest and most immediate effect of the original Sons of Liberty group and its agitation?The British repealed the Stamp Act, although they paired this action with the Declaratory Acts.
- 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.
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following statements about sharecropping is inaccurate?Sharecropping was a system that only applied to black tenants.
- What was the substance of the Freeport Doctrine, articulated by Stephen A. Douglas in his debates with Abraham Lincoln?Douglas tried to finesse the issue of slavery in the territories, by supporting the Supreme Court while arguing that slavery could never be established in a territory if the residents refused to enforce its protections.
- 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.
- In what year was the United States Constitution written?1787
- Who was the primary author of the Missouri Compromise?Henry Clay
- Which of the following people did not help to write the Federalist Papers?Benjamin Franklin
- Which person coined the term "Gilded Age" to describe the late 1800s?Mark Twain
- 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.
- Who were the "X", "Y", and "Z" in the XYZ Affair?Three French diplomats, working under Talleyrand, who demanded bribes before they would negotiate any diplomatic points.
- Besides the surrender of a British army, what was an important positive effect of the Battle of Saratoga for the United States?France realized that the Americans had hope of winning the war, and began fully aiding the colonists by sending soldiers, donations, loans, military arms, and supplies.
- The Wilmot Proviso is associated with the aftermath of which American war?The Mexican-American War
- Which general was ordered to clear the Bonus Army from Washington D.C.?Douglas MacArthur
- Which incident most directly led to the creation of the Apollo Program's mission of putting a man on the moon?The launching of Yuri Gagarin into orbit by the Soviet Union, in 1961.
- What did the "Ten percent" plan for Reconstruction propose?A state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10% of it's 1860 voters had taken on oath of allegiance to the United States.
- Which of the following was not an event that contributed to the First Red Scare, a period of anti-Communist frenzy after World War I.The assassination of the Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer, by a self-professed radical socialist.
- Which of the following was not considered a "border state" during the Civil War?Tennessee
- What was a broad philosophical/political idea that guided the Virginia Plan?Each state should have representation in the national legislature in proportion to its population.
- Which of the following politicians was a strong supporter of the "Ten percent" plan?Abraham Lincoln
- Who was the first known European to land on the Hawaiian islands?James Cook
- During its peak, areas with substantial incidents of lynching were correlated with each of the following factors except which one?The African American population was relatively small and isolated.
- The creation of Brook Farm, a communal farm in Massachusetts, was inspired by which religious or social movement?Transcendentalism
- What was the nature of the law that was upheld in Munn v. Illinois?The Court upheld a law setting maximum rates that private companies could charge for the storage and transport of agricultural products, mainly aimed at grain elevators and railroads.
- What was Omar Bradley most noted for in World War II?He was a five-star General who commanded all U.S. ground forces in Western Europe.
- Which of the following states does not form part of the Rocky Mountains?Nevada
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