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:
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 41.7% (5 out of 12)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 37.5% (3 out of 8)
- Black History: 50.0% (4 out of 8)
- Political History: 57.1% (16 out of 28)
- Ethnic History: 50.0% (2 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Norwegian American
- Swedish American
- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Cowboy
- Cattle drives in the United States
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Implied powers
- Enumerated powers
- Strict constructionism
- Social Darwinism
- Survival of the fittest
- Missouri Compromise
- Kansas–Nebraska Act
- Mexican–American War
- Wilmot Proviso
- Pentagon Papers
- Vietnam War
- Booker T. Washington
- Tuskegee University
- Fallen woman
- Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- Andrew Johnson
- Reconstruction Era
- Redeemers
- Marvin Gaye
- Soul music
- American Civil War
- Confiscation Acts
- American Federation of Labor
- Samuel Gompers
- Benjamin Harrison
- 51st United States Congress
- Andrew Carnegie
These questions were missed:
- Which journalist was briefly charged with conspiracy and espionage for releasing the Pentagon Papers, which revealed falsehoods that had been used to draw the U.S. into the Vietnam War?Daniel Ellsberg
- Which of the following was not something that Andrew Carnegie devoted significant philanthropic resources to?Parochial schools and churches
- What law or decision effectively caused the repeal of the Missouri Compromise?The Kansas-Nebraska Act
- The Wilmot Proviso is associated with the aftermath of which American war?The Mexican-American War
- Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor?Samuel Gompers
- In the context of Reconstruction, which answer best describes who the Redeemers were?White supremacist southerners who sought to return control of state governments and federal representatives to themselves, and to limit the civil rights of former slaves and other free blacks.
- What was the name of two acts, early in the Civil War, which authorized the confiscation of Confederate property and slaves?The Confiscation Acts
- The ostensible cause of Andrew Johnson's impeachment was his dismissal of which Cabinet member?Edwin Stanton
- In its purer forms, a proponent of Social Darwinism would believe all of the following statements except which one?Social instincts such as "sympathy" and "moral sentiments" also evolved through natural selection.
- Which of the following best describes the life of Booker T. Washington?He was a black community and educational leader, and founded the Tuskegee Institute.
- 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.
- Does the judicial philosophy of strict constructionism give more credence to "enumerated powers" or "implied powers"?It believes that many implied powers are unconstitutional or non-existent, and favors enumerated powers.
- Which of the following states became an important destination for Swedish and Norwegian immigrants in the late 19th century?Minnesota
- What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?It provided for mechanisms to enforce the 15th Amendment and outlawed requirements such as literacy tests as prerequisites for voting.
- Which of the following albums was not performed by Marvin Gaye?Sex Machine
- The Civil Rights Act of 1866 attempted to do which of the following?It was a measure to define US citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.
- A "fallen woman" was a euphemism for what, in the early 1900s?A prostitute
- What was a common nickname for the 51st U.S. Congress, which served while Benjamin Harrison was President?The Billion-Dollar Congress
These questions were answered correctly:
- What was an important early political issue that rested upon conflicting interpretations of the Necessary and Proper Clause of the Constitution?Whether the First Bank of the United States, i.e. a national bank, was allowed by the Constitution.
- Which of the following was not a part of the Treaty of Paris in 1783?The United States would obtain all land between the Mississippi and the Atlantic Ocean that was south of Canada, including eastern Louisiana and Florida.
- Which of the following autobiographical works, published in 1969, made Maya Angelou a well-known author?I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Which Europeans did the Wampanoag tribe have the most early contact with?Puritan settlers to New England
- What was the goal of the Boston Tea Party?To effect the repeal of the Tea Act by destroying any merchandise where the tea tax had been paid.
- Which of the following answers best describes the Civil Rights Act of 1964?It was an act that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, for example in public facilities or accommodations, or in employment.
- Members of which religious sect helped to organize the Seneca Falls Convention?The Quakers
- Which answer best describes the status of the Wampanoag Indians today?The Wampanoag were nearly exterminated in various wars with the Pilgrims, and only around 2,000 survive today.
- Which of the following musicians was not influential in the early development and popularity of rock and roll, in the 1950s?Marvin Gaye
- 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.
- How many people died in the September 11 attacks?3,000
- 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 people was nominated as the Liberal Republican Party's Presidential candidate in 1872?Horace Greeley
- Which answer best describes the political ideals of Jacksonian Democracy and Andrew Jackson?Supported the expansion of the vote, opposed to monopolies and elites, and supported more Western settlement. Ignored the issue of slavery in the name of unity.
- What was another name for the 21st Rule in the House of Representatives, which applied to slavery?The Gag Rule
- The 1920s trial and execution of which two immigrant men is often used as an example of anti-immigrant sentiment and judicial overreach?Sacco and Vanzetti
- 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.
- What was an important long-term consequence of the Panic of 1907?Many bankers and businessmen advocated for the creation of the Federal Reserve System to prevent a similar financial panic in the future.
- Which of the following was not a consequence of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?The Democratic-Republican Party strongly reacted against this law as an unconstitutional overreach in power by the federal government.
- What caused the large scale riots in New York City from July 13-16, 1863?The United States instituted a new wave of conscription that was deeply unpopular in New York's Irish/immigrant community.
- Which Southern Congressman became well-known for beating Senator Charles Sumner almost to death with a cane on the Senate floor, in 1856?Preston Brooks
- What was the purpose of the Enrollment Act, during the Civil War?It was a military draft, implemented to replace the losses that the Union Army suffered during the first two years of the war.
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