U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 2
18 out of 40 correct (45.0%).
JayWolfson
U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- Political History: 46.4% (13 out of 28)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 16.7% (1 out of 6)
- Ethnic History: 0.0% (0 out of 3)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 37.5% (3 out of 8)
- Women's History: 25.0% (1 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Chinese Communist Revolution
- Cold War
- History of the Poles in the United States
- Horace Greeley
- Liberal Republican Party (United States)
- Pacific War
- World War II
- Guadalcanal Campaign
- John Adams
- Midnight Judges Act
- Flapper
- Flatboat
- Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
- Slavery in the United States
- Scott Joplin
- Ragtime
- Quaternary glaciation
- Phyllis Schlafly
- Crédit Mobilier of America scandal
- Ironclad oath
- Abraham Lincoln
- United States presidential election, 1860
- Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
- Dorothea Dix
- Hampton Roads Conference
- Iroquois
- Jeffersonian democracy
- Thomas Jefferson
- United States presidential election, 1800
- Dawes Act
- Olive Branch Petition
- Lynching in the United States
These questions were missed:
- Approximately what percentage of known lynching victims in the United States were black?73 percent
- Scott Joplin was a famous composer of which music genre, in the early 1900s?Ragtime
- What was the official name for the Midnight Judges Act, passed during the final days of the John Adams Administration?The Judiciary Act of 1801
- Which of the following women was a prominent and influential opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment?Phyllis Schlafly
- The American Indian group often known as the Iroquois prefers to use which of the following names?Haudenosaunee
- Which of the following was not an element of the Dawes Act, in 1887?Any remaining land in a reservation after allotments were finished would remain in the hands of the tribe in question, to manage as the tribe deemed fit.
- What was the most important long-term legacy of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac?He was the commander who founded Fort Detroit, in 1701, and firmly established the French presence in Michigan.
- Dorothea Dix was a 19th century social reformer who primarily focused on which issue?The treatment of the indigent insane
- Which of the following best describes the Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II?It was the invasion of a Pacific island by Marines in 1942, the first in a long series of "island-hopping" maneuvers.
- Although Abraham Lincoln won a majority of the electoral vote in the 1860 election, he won only this percent of the popular vote.39.7 percent
- 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 was a lasting geographical consequence of the Quaternary Glaciation?The resulting glaciers formed the Great Lakes in the middle of North America.
- During which of the following time periods was flatboat traffic at its heaviest?The 1840s
- 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
- What was the purpose of the Hampton Roads Conference, in 1865?It was an inconclusive meeting between Abraham Lincoln and members of Jefferson Davis's Cabinet, before the war ended, in which they discussed possible peace terms.
- What was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition?It affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict.
- Which of the following is not a defiant behavior (by the standards of the time) that was associated with flappers in the 1920s?Growing long, freely-flowing hair
- The Crédit Mobilier scandal involved all of the following elements except which one?The acquiescence of Ulysses S. Grant in the scheme, including payments to him, which erupted into scandal during the 1872 election.
- What was the most important short-term consequence of the Ironclad Oath, during Reconstruction?By requiring voters to swear they had never supported the Confederacy, it disqualified many white voters and enabled the Republicans to dominate Southern elections until the early 1870s.
- Which of the following statements about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 is inaccurate?The law had a statute of limitations of seven years, after which an escaped slave was legally free from recapture.
- Which city in the United States was a primary destination for Polish immigrants in the 19th century?Chicago
- Which of the following people was nominated as the Liberal Republican Party's Presidential candidate in 1872?Horace Greeley
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following was not a restriction placed on the conduct or privileges of most slaves?Slaves were not permitted to celebrate major holidays such as Christmas.
- How many children did George Washington have?None
- Which answer best describes the foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt?Roosevelt actively engaged the United States in foreign affairs, particularly in Latin America. He was an imperialist and supervised the build-up of the American Navy.
- What did the Judiciary Act of 1801 do?It reorganized the federal court system by creating new courts and changing how vacancies would be filled. This allowed for several appointments to be made by John Adams in the final days of his Administration.
- How were bison most commonly hunted in pre-contact and prehistoric times?The Plains Indians generally set traps and used costumes or fires to herd the bison into them, or over the sides of cliffs.
- 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.
- In what important way did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 change previous precedents on slavery in the United States?By allowing for the possibility of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska, it overturned the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
- Which of the following is not a work by Herman Melville?The Red Badge of Courage
- Which of the following people did not become highly wealthy by leading a company that was associated with the Information Age?Tim Berners-Lee
- Which of the following is not a book or article written by W.E.B. Dubois?Montage of a Dream Deferred
- 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.
- Douglas MacArthur is most associated with the invasion and liberation of which region during World War II?The Philippines
- Which acts/policy of John Adams were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison) opposed to?The Alien and Sedition Acts
- Who was the King of Britain during the American Revolution?King George III
- The Open-Door Policy, announced in 1899, was designed to protect American business interests in which country or region?China
- Which of the following was not a key tenet of the transcendentalist movement?Individuals should actively engage in politics to drive a progressive agenda.
- 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 of the following statements about Earl Warren is inaccurate?He had long been on the conservative end of the Republican Party, and he surprised many with the direction of his decisions as the Supreme Court Chief Justice.
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