U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
24 out of 40 correct (60.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Ethnic History: 16.7% (1 out of 6)
- Economic History: 50.0% (8 out of 16)
- Military History: 40.0% (2 out of 5)
- Women's History: 50.0% (2 out of 4)
- Cultural History: 54.5% (6 out of 11)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- American Civil War
- United States Constitution
- Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
- Republican motherhood
- Sherman's March to the Sea
- Abraham Lincoln
- Border states (American Civil War)
- Tobacco in the American Colonies
- Hyphenated American
- History of the Poles in the United States
- Walter Raleigh
- Greenback (money)
- Compromise of 1850
- Insular Cases
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Apache
- Great Depression
- Herbert Hoover
- Jacques Marquette
These questions were missed:
- What topic did the insular cases deal with during the 19th century?They were a series of Supreme Court decisions which held that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all places under American control, which was relevant to the Spanish-American War.
- Which answer best describes the response of Herbert Hoover to the Great Depression?Hoover increased spending on public works programs, but also increased taxes to avoid a federal deficit.
- Polish immigrants made up a significant part of the work force in all of the following industries except which one?Textile manufacturing
- What right(s) is the 5th Amendment written to protect?No person can be forced to testify against themselves in a criminal case.
- What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory best known for?A fire on March 25, 1911 that killed 146 workers.
- Which of the following was not an expectation of American women under the loosely defined "Republican motherhood" ideals of the early United States?Women had an obligation to be knowledgable about political issues, and to discuss with their husbands how the family should case its vote.
- Who was the first colonial figure to grow tobacco as a cash crop?John Rolfe
- Edgar Allen Poe is often considered a pioneer of what genre or literary technique?Detective fiction
- What was not an immediate consequence of Sherman's March to the Sea?The Confederacy formally surrendered to the United States at the end of this campaign.
- Which of the following was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?The residents of Kansas were permitted to vote on whether to allow slavery.
- To prevent the succession of this border state and the blocking of federal troops, Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and had several prominent politicians arrested without trial.Maryland
- The site of which future city did Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet not pass through during their 1673 expedition?Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Approximately when did the Apache peoples migrate to the Southwest?Sometime between 1200 and 1500.
- Which of the following groups was not generally considered to be a "hyphenated American" group in the early 1900s?Scottish-American
- 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 statements about the life of Walter Raleigh is inaccurate?He was the first leader of the Jamestown Colony in what is now Virginia.
These questions were answered correctly:
- What was the main argument against slavery made in The Impending Crisis of the South by Hinton Rowan Helper?Slavery was an inefficient practice and a barrier to industrialization and economic progress in the South, benefitting a tiny minority at the expense of the many.
- During which of the following time periods was flatboat traffic at its heaviest?The 1840s
- The Wilmot Proviso is associated with the aftermath of which American war?The Mexican-American War
- 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.
- 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
- What is the only Amendment to repeal another Amendment to the Constitution?The 21st Amendment
- In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression, passed the...Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
- Freddie Stowers, a black soldier, received a Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I. In what year was his medal awarded?1991
- Which of the following states does not form part of the Rocky Mountains?Nevada
- When the North American continent was first settled, what was the climate like?The world was in the midst of an Ice Age, and much of North America was cold, or covered by glaciers.
- Which of the following was not a part of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, outlining his vision of the post-World War I world?The limitation of the German Army to 100,000 men after the war, and the imposition of substantial reparations to be paid by Germany to the victories allies.
- Which of the following is not a quote of Abraham Lincoln?"There are only two sides to this question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war;"
- Which of the following statements about hobos is not accurate?Unlike tramps, hobos rarely tried to find work unless compelled by force or arrest.
- Which of the following political offices did Jefferson Davis hold before he became President of the Confederate States of America?He was a Senator from Mississippi.
- Which religious minority did the Maryland Toleration Act, passed in 1649, most directly benefit?Catholics
- Which of the following is not a song by Madonna?Time After Time
- Ernest Hemingway first became well-known for his novel The Sun Also Rises portraying the Lost Generation after World War I. Where does much of this novel take place?Spain
- Which person, serving as Ulysses Grant's Vice President, had their political career ruined by the Crédit Mobilier scandal?Schuyler Colfax
- What was James K. Polk's position on the idea of Manifest Destiny?Polk was proponent of this idea, and oversaw a huge expansion in the territory of the United States.
- Which of the following inventions was not developed or much improved by Thomas Edison?The telephone
- Which of the following points is not one that is made in Judith Sargent Murray's On the Equality of the Sexes, published in 1790?Voting is an expression of equality, and women cannot have equal respect until they also have the vote.
- 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.
- What subject does the 11th Amendment deal with?It attempts to clarify under what circumstances a U.S. state can be subject to a lawsuit by the federal government or by citizens of a different state.
- What was the purpose of the Neutrality Acts in the 1930s?They were a series of acts which generally restricted or prohibited the United States to sell arms to either side in a foreign conflict. Some of the acts made small exceptions or addressed specific situations.
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