U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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18 out of 40 correct (45.0%).

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  • Which religious minority did the Maryland Toleration Act, passed in 1649, most directly benefit?
    Catholics
  • What did the epithet of "Slave Power" refer to in the antebellum era?
    It was a term used by Free Soilers, and then Republicans, to refer to the upper-class of the South which dominated that region's politics and advocated for the expansion of slavery.
  • Which of the following events most directly led to prejudice against Poles in the United States, at least for a time?
    The Assassination of William McKinley
  • To finance the Civil War, the United States issued Greenbacks as currency. Which of the following was used to back this currency?
    They were backed by the United States government, but not by any precious metal
  • Which of the following laws was passed, in large part, in reaction to James Garfield's assassination?
    The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
  • Which of the following statements about blackface, specifically in the 1830s and 40s, is inaccurate?
    Blackface generally provided an authentic look at the trials and travails of slavery.
  • "The Gospel of Wealth", by Andrew Carnegie, is a foundational article on which topic or movement?
    Philanthropy
  • Which famous abolitionist published The Liberator from 1831 until the end of the Civil War?
    William Lloyd Garrison
  • Which of the following people was a founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society?
    William Lloyd Garrison
  • 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 was a long-term consequence of the Panic of 1819?
    The crisis caused many to lose confidence in the national bank and the American System's economic policies. This created an opening that Jacksonian Democrats would exploit.
  • Which of the following businessmen or scientists did not have a Jewish background?
    Nikola Tesla
  • Which answer best describes the judicial positions of Sandra Day O'Connor?
    O'Connor was a moderate conservative on the Court who sometimes acted as the swing vote in important cases.
  • What was Alfred Thayer Mahan best known for?
    He was a naval theorist who emphasized the importance of sea power in various historical conflicts, and helped stir the United States to drastically increase the size of the Navy in the early 1900s.
  • Which of the following movements from the early 20th century did not, at least somewhat, trace its roots to the ideals of Social Darwinism?
    The social justice movement
  • 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.
  • Who was the only Vice President of the Confederate States of America?
    Alexander Stephens
  • Which general ended the war as Commanding General of the United States Army? He began the war in obscurity and was nearly bankrupt.
    Ulysses S. Grant
  • A member of which of these groups was unlikely to vote for the Democratic Party during the Gilded Age?
    Union veterans
  • What was the political motivation behind the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, which killed 168 people?
    It was motivated by extremist anti-government sentiment.
  • 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
  • Which of the following was not a controversy during the 2000 Florida election recount?
    The Secretary of State was a partisan Democrat and repeatedly made decisions that favored Al Gore during the recount controversy.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Which public figure was the subject of Walt Whitman's poem, "O Captain! My Captain!"?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • What does the Free Exercise clause of the Bill of Rights apply to?
    Congress may not prohibit the free exercise of any religion or religious belief.
  • 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;"
  • Who was the first colonial figure to grow tobacco as a cash crop?
    John Rolfe
  • Which of the following best describes the formation of Massachusetts Bay Colony?
    It was a separate colony from Plymouth Colony, established around modern-day Boston in 1628. The two colonies eventually merged into Massachusetts.
  • Who was the third and final President of the Second Bank of the United States, who clashed frequently with Andrew Jackson?
    Nicholas Biddle
  • Under what circumstances was the importation of slaves into the United States abolished?
    It was outlawed in 1808 by federal law -- the earliest date allowed by the Constitution.
  • Which of the following political phrases is most associated with Huey Long?
    Every Man a King
  • Who initially demanded the passage of the Bill of Rights, during the period that the Constitution was ratified?
    The Bill of Rights was a concession to Anti-Federalists who feared that the powers of the Constitution were too open-ended.
  • What were the Navigation Acts and Vice Admiralty Courts as they related to the colonies?
    They forbade the colonies from trading with France, Spain, or other non-British nations, and created the enforcement mechanism.
  • What were some elements of the "Square Deal" proposed by Theodore Roosevelt?
    Regulatory programs aimed at the "three C's": conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Which of the following answers best describes the New Deal?
    The New Deal was a serious of laws and policies passed under Franklin Roosevelt's Administration that increased the involvement of the federal government in the American economy.
  • Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the Dawes Act?
    Land allotments became a basis for modest Indian prosperity in the early 1900s.
  • Which of the following regulatory agencies was created under Lyndon Johnson's Administration?
    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • All of the following measures, generally seen as circumventions of the 15th Amendment, were used except for which one?
    Requirements to show a state-issued ID card at the polls
  • Among black slaves, which of the following religious stories was most often turned to for inspiration?
    Moses and the Exodus from Egypt

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