U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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  • The Tennessee Valley Authority was created in 1933 as a federally owned corporation in what industry?
    Electric utilities
  • Who is most credited with developing the telegraph within the United States.
    Samuel Morse
  • Which of the following acts did not occur during the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson?
    The Sheppard-Towner Act, establishing federal funding for maternity and child care.
  • Which of the following movements was created, in no small part, in reaction to the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision?
    The Moral Majority
  • Under what circumstances was the Central Intelligence Agency founded?
    It was established in 1947, consolidating other intelligence departments which had operated during World War II.
  • The Panic of 1873 led to which economic event?
    The Long Depression
  • 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.
  • What were the circumstances behind the Tulsa Race Riot in 1921?
    A black man was accused of rape against a white woman, leading to the burning down by whites of an entire black neighborhood, killing an unknown number of people and destroying 35 city blocks.
  • The War Production Board was in charge of all of the following during World War II except what?
    Production of films and speeches aimed at improving civilian morale.
  • Which of the following was not passed during Lyndon Johnson's Administration?
    The National Labor Relations Act
  • The Open-Door Policy, announced in 1899, was designed to protect American business interests in which country or region?
    China
  • What did the Truman Doctrine state, in the context of the Cold War?
    It stated that it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures, with implicit reference to the Soviet Union and communism.
  • What labor law was passed, over Harry Truman's veto, in reaction to the wave of strikes that occurred in 1945-46?
    The Taft-Hartley Act
  • Which answer best describes what the Palmer Raids were?
    They were a series of raids by the Department of Justice in 1919 and 1920 designed to arrest and deport radical leftists and anarchists.
  • Which of the following was not a consequence to the United States of the Great Famine and the Irish diaspora?
    The Democratic Party gained a significant bloc of support by attacking Irish immigrants, until it changed course after the Civil War.
  • What was the common theme of Joseph McCarthy's allegations, and his role in prosecuting them?
    McCarthy was a Senator who alleged that numerous government departments, along with the military, had been infiltrated by Communist spies. He often used secret evidence or refused to provide details on the names he had.
  • The West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish decision upheld the constitutionality of which type of legislation, overturning earlier precedents.
    The minimum wage
  • Which of the following was not a feature of the Gilded Age?
    Advancements in working conditions and worker safety, and a reduction of fatalities on railroads and in coal mines.
  • How did the Great White Fleet of the U.S. Navy become well-known?
    It undertook a circumnavigation of the globe, lasting over a year, in which it made goodwill stops in numerous foreign ports.
  • 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.
  • What was Alfred Thayer Mahan best known for?
    He was a naval theorist who emphasized the importance of sea power in various historical conflicts, and helped stir the United States to drastically increase the size of the Navy in the early 1900s.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Which health care measure did Barack Obama push for during his first term in office? It was signed in 2010.
    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • Who became the first woman Chair of the Federal Reserve?
    Janet Yellen
  • What the was purpose of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment?
    To study the natural progression of untreated syphilis in rural African-American men, who for decades were falsely told that they were receiving treatment
  • From which country were the colonists declaring themselves independent from, in the Declaration of Independence?
    Great Britain
  • Which answer best describes the Tuskegee Institute?
    It was an important black college in the South that provided instruction on teaching, and on many practical skills and trades.
  • Which of the following was not a controversy during the 2000 Florida election recount?
    The Secretary of State was a partisan Democrat and repeatedly made decisions that favored Al Gore during the recount controversy.
  • What group did the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry advocate for politically?
    Farmers
  • Which of the following explorers never landed in any area that is now part of the United States?
    Leif Erikson
  • What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact, signed in 1620?
    It was the first governing compact of the Plymouth Colony, written by the settlers themselves on the Mayflower, to establish rights and expectations on land.
  • Who was the first notable person to use the city on a hill metaphor to describe the United States, the English colonies, or a specific one of those colonies?
    John Winthrop
  • What was George Marshall most noted for in World War II?
    He was the United States Army Chief of Staff throughout World War II.
  • What did the Copperhead faction advocate for during the Civil War?
    Copperheads were anti-war Democrats who demanded immediate peace with the Confederacy.
  • Which of the following statements about blackface, specifically in the 1830s and 40s, is inaccurate?
    Blackface generally provided an authentic look at the trials and travails of slavery.
  • What right(s) is the 3rd Amendment written to protect?
    The right to be free from the quartering of soldiers in one's home.
  • Which Chief Justice is best known for handing down the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?
    Roger B. Taney
  • Which of the following was NOT a common argument against women's suffrage before the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920?
    Women voters would be more likely to support aggressive wars and foreign policy.
  • Which of the following businessmen or scientists did not have a Jewish background?
    Nikola Tesla
  • Who was the first Vice President under Thomas Jefferson? He killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel and was eventually charged with (and acquitted of) treason.
    Aaron Burr
  • Which historian was responsible for popularizing the Frontier Thesis in American history, that the moving frontier line had been an essential driver of democracy?
    Frederick Jackson Turner

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