U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
21 out of 40 correct (52.5%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Economic History: 28.6% (4 out of 14)
- Cultural History: 36.4% (4 out of 11)
- The Revolution and Constitution (1775-1789): 0.0% (0 out of 3)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 33.3% (2 out of 6)
- The U.S. Constitution: 25.0% (1 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- United States Constitution
- Abraham Lincoln
- Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Combined oral contraceptive pill
- Oregon Trail
- Ragtime
- Scott Joplin
- Bonus Army
- Douglas MacArthur
- Holding company
- Jazz
- Northwest Ordinance
- Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Atlantic slave trade
- American Civil War
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Ten percent plan
- Reconstruction Era
- Women's suffrage in the United States
- National Woman Suffrage Association
- Estevanico
- Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- John Marshall
- McCulloch v. Maryland
- Strategic bombing during World War II
- European theatre of World War II
- World War II
- American Enlightenment
These questions were missed:
- Scott Joplin was a famous composer of which music genre, in the early 1900s?Ragtime
- Which of the following politicians was a strong supporter of the "Ten percent" plan?Abraham Lincoln
- Which of the following was not a legacy of American Enlightenment thought in the 1700s?An increased respect for a government by consent of the governed and the social contract, influenced by Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan and Jacques Rousseau.
- According to most estimates, about how many slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas over the duration of the Atlantic slave trade?12-15 million
- Which of the following decisions, by John Marshall, most directly acknowledged the implied powers of the federal government and strengthened their legal basis?McCulloch v. Maryland
- When did holding companies first emerge in the United States?Holding companies were primarily an innovation of the 1880s and 90s, as a way to get around antitrust laws.
- Estevanico was a member of Pánfilo de Narváez's 1527 expedition. What is noteworthy about him?He survived the expedition and was one of the first Africans to set foot in North America.
- What right(s) is the 4th Amendment written to protect?The right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
- Which of the following statements about the U.S. strategic bombing of Europe is not accurate?German war production declined after 1943 due to heavy damage from the bombings.
- Which of the following statements about the Northwest Ordinance is inaccurate?It allowed each state in the Northwest Territory to vote on whether slavery would be permitted.
- The main branch of the Oregon Trail began in which town?Independence, Missouri
- Which issue caused the women's suffrage movement to split into the National and American Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA and AWSA), in 1869?One side supported the voting protections of the 15th Amendment, while the other opposed them because they did not extend to women.
- 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.
- 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.
- What right(s) is the 7th Amendment written to protect?It guarantees the right to a trial by jury for any non-trivial ($20 or more) civil case, and respects that jury's findings.
- Which of the following societal trends did not rapidly follow the approval of The Pill (the birth control pill) in 1960?Every state legalized the use of the pill for married and unmarried women by 1965.
- How many times was Martin Luther King Jr. jailed during his life?29
- Which general was ordered to clear the Bonus Army from Washington D.C.?Douglas MacArthur
- All of the following musicians are not generally associated with jazz except which one?Chuck Berry
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following societal trends was not a factor in the Harlem Renaissance?The state of New York and the federal government created extensive programs in the 1920s to fund artists of all backgrounds.
- Which of the following transcendentalist books or essays was not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?Civil Disobedience
- 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
- Which of the following people was not a notable member of the American Anti-Slavery Society?Edgar Allan Poe
- 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 the ultimate outcome of the "Bleeding Kansas" struggle in the 1850s?Kansas was not admitted until the secession of the Southern states began, in spite of submitting three potential state Constitutions to the U.S. Congress.
- In which area did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 increase the protections of the federal government?Housing
- Which of the following people was not associated with the New Look national security policy in the 1950s?Dean Acheson
- Dorothea Dix was a 19th century social reformer who primarily focused on which issue?The treatment of the indigent insane
- Which of the following was not a key goal of second-wave feminism?The passage of a women's suffrage Amendment to protect the right of women to vote.
- Which answer best describes the political background of James Monroe?Monroe was a former anti-federalist who more or less continued the legacy of Jefferson and Madison.
- Which of the following was not a program implemented by the Freedman's Bureau during Reconstruction?It helped freed slaves who wished to leave the South, migrate to other regions of the country.
- Which city saw the worst rioting, in terms of lives lost and property destruction, during the disorders of 1967?Detroit
- Which of the following was not a consequence of the headright system in Virginia?The headright system was used only in Virginia, because other colonies lacked sufficient land to implement it.
- Franklin Pierce was sometimes called a "doughface" during and after his Presidency. What did that term mean?It was a term for any Northern politician who was insufficiently anti-slavery, or otherwise seen as favorable to the South.
- What was an important long-term consequence of Marbury v. Madison?It established the power of judicial review for the Supreme Court.
- 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 Native American nations was not a part of the "Five Civilized Tribes"?The Osage
- Which treaty opened the way for the creation of Oregon Territory?The Oregon Treaty
- The Communist Revolution in China succeeded in replacing Chiang Kai-shek with Mao Zedong in which year, causing even more alarm in the United States?1949
- Which of the following albums was not performed by Marvin Gaye?Sex Machine
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