U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
26 out of 40 correct (65.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Ethnic History: 0.0% (0 out of 3)
- Women's History: 0.0% (0 out of 3)
- American Indian History: 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- Cultural History: 50.0% (5 out of 10)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 57.1% (4 out of 7)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- American Civil War
- History of the Jews in the United States
- Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire
- Colin Powell
- American System (economic plan)
- Internal improvements
- Andrew Jackson
- Platt Amendment
- Spanish–American War
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Transcendentalism
- Flapper
- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
- Wampanoag people
- Katharine Graham
- Confederate States of America
- Battle of Antietam
- Desegregation busing
- Greenback (money)
- Coverture
- Eisenhower's farewell address
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
These questions were missed:
- 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 of the following Confederate states was exempted from the Emancipation Proclamation, since most of it was already under Union control in late 1862?Tennessee
- What was Katharine Graham best known for?She was the editor of Washington Post for two decades, including the time when the Watergate Scandal occurred.
- Which of the following episodes in Europe most heavily contributed to the immigration of Jewish people to the United States, in the late 19th century?The assassination of Tsar Alexander II and a resulting wave of anti-Jewish violence in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland (all part of the Russian Empire at that time).
- Which of the following statements about Colin Powell is not accurate?He publicly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, and resigned from the Bush Administration shortly afterwards.
- Which of the following mythical things was Francisco Vázquez de Coronado searching for on his expedition?The Seven Cities of Gold
- All of the following actresses were associated with the flapper lifestyle except for which one?Katharine Hepburn
- What was the purpose of the Platt Amendment?It specified seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops from Cuba, and was used to control that country's politics until the 1930s.
- What was the primary reason for the creation of the Greenback during the Civil War, in spite of ingrained opposition to fiat currency?Banks and foreign governments would only lend to the United States at exorbitant interest rates, and the revenue from tariffs and excises was clearly insufficient to finance an army.
- Which of the following transcendentalist books or essays was not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?Civil Disobedience
- Which Europeans did the Wampanoag tribe have the most early contact with?Puritan settlers to New England
- Which of the following best describes the legal principle of coverture, as used in the United States?The principle in effect through the 19th century that a married woman could not own property, and acted solely under the legal authority of her husband.
- The Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education allowed federal courts to require school districts to bus students to achieve racial balance. In what year was the case decided?1971
- Which of the following is not something that Dwight Eisenhower warned about in his Farewell Address?The danger of political polarization to paralyze the country at a future point.
These questions were answered correctly:
- Besides his famous "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech, what else was Patrick Henry noted for?He was a prominent anti-federalist who opposed the ratification of the United States Constitution.
- Which of the following tactics was not used to disenfranchise blacks during and after the end of Reconstruction?The encouragement of black migration to the north, so that fewer could vote in Southern elections.
- How many acres of land were distributed by Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15?400 thousand
- In Lyndon Johnson's first election to the U.S. Senate, in 1948, what was his margin of victory in the decisive Democratic primary?87 votes
- What was the first railroad, in 1852, to reach the Ohio River from the Eastern Seaboard?The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- Which of the following was not a reason for the CIA-orchestrated Iranian coup d'état in 1953?Iran's President, Mohammad Mosaddegh, had taken power in a coup d'etat of his own and had massacred over 10,000 Iranaians.
- Which answer best describes the War Powers Resolution, which was passed over Richard Nixon's veto?It requires the President to obtain Congressional approval for any action where United States Armed Forces are engaged for 60 days or more.
- Which of the following generals was relieved of command in the Korean War, and soon gave his old soldiers never die, they just fade away speech?Douglas MacArthur
- What was the most important long-term legacy of the Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison?It is one of the few detailed sources on the debates which led to the U.S. Constitution, and on particular sections and clauses therein.
- 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 is the significance of Levittown, New York?It was a planned suburb built in the late 1940s that became a model for thousands of similar communities in the U.S.
- What was a lasting geographical consequence of the Quaternary Glaciation?The resulting glaciers formed the Great Lakes in the middle of North America.
- In what year was the United States Constitution written?1787
- 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
- What was the most important consequence of the Gibbons v. Ogden decision?It strengthened the ability of the federal government to regulate commerce under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
- 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
- Which of the following was not a way to avoid military service someone enrolled by the Enrollment Act and drafted?Someone from a border state, (Missouri, Kentucky, etc.) could declare that they wished to remain neutral and avoid service, in order to avoid political backlash in those areas.
- The Federal Trade Commission was created as a progressive reform under which President?Woodrow Wilson
- Which politician, who later opposed secession, was one of the only prominent Southerners to oppose the repeal of the Missouri Compromise during the Kansas-Nebraska debates in 1854?Sam Houston
- Who did Abraham Lincoln defeat to win reelection as President in 1864?George McClellan, a former Union general.
- 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.
- The 1800 Census counted 5,308,483 people living in the United States. Thomas Jefferson won the 1800 Presidential Election. How many popular votes did he receive?41,330
- 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 sharecropping is inaccurate?Sharecropping was a system that only applied to black tenants.
- 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
- What was the Union war strategy that led to the First Battle of Bull Run, in 1861?The Union plan was to march straight at Richmond and defeat the Confederate Army in open battle, bringing a quick end to the Civil War.
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