U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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24 out of 40 correct (60.0%).

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  • Which answer best describes the relationship between the Bill of Rights and the laws of each state?
    The Bill of Rights was only applicable to the federal government until the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868.
  • What was the purpose of the American Equal Rights Association?
    To secure equal rights, and especially the right of suffrage, irrespective of race, color or sex.
  • What was the long-term effect of the Immigration Act of 1924 on American demographics?
    Immigration to the United States shrank across the board. The level of immigration from Italy and Eastern Europe was particularly targeted for reduction by the law.
  • Which answer best describes the early life of Theodore Roosevelt?
    Roosevelt grew up in an upper-class family in New York City, and traveled abroad frequently as a youth.
  • Which event made Pontiac a well known Ottawa leader?
    Pontiac led the Ottawa in a rebellion against the British and their colonists. The rebellion eventually spread from Michigan all the way into Pennsylvania.
  • What was the primary environmental hazard that Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, advocated against?
    The use of pesticides
  • What was the period of Parliamentarian rule in England, between 1648-1660, called?
    The Interregnum
  • The Order of the Star Spangled Banner was a precursor to which political party?
    The Know Nothing Party
  • Several laws, not directly related to slavery, were passed early in the Civil War which had previously been blocked by Southern opposition. Which of the following is not one of those laws?
    The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
  • Dorothea Dix was a 19th century social reformer who primarily focused on which issue?
    The treatment of the indigent insane
  • What is significant about the Boston Manufacturing Company in American industrial history?
    It built the first integrated spinning and weaving factory in the world to manufacture textiles.
  • Approximately how many blacks were killed in the aftermath of Nat Turner's rebellion, both legally and through mob violence?
    About 250
  • Which of the following did the Social Purity Movement attempt to combat?
    Prostitution, also known as "the social evil".
  • In 1841, shortly after he replaced William Henry Harrison, John Taylor's entire Cabinet resigned except for one person. Who was it?
    Daniel Webster
  • Which territory was acquired by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase?
    The Mississippi River and its entire western watershed/drainage basin.
  • 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.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • 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.
  • Article One of the Constitution establishes which branch of the national government?
    The Legislative Branch
  • Which war or conflict did the XYZ Affair most directly lead to?
    The Quasi-War
  • What was a lasting geographical consequence of the Quaternary Glaciation?
    The resulting glaciers formed the Great Lakes in the middle of North America.
  • Which of the following people was not a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution?
    Alexander Hamilton
  • The Wilmot Proviso is associated with the aftermath of which American war?
    The Mexican-American War
  • What does the Critical Period often refer to, in the history of the United States?
    The period between 1781-1787, under the Articles of Confederation, when the national government appeared too weak (to many) to adequately defend the territory and financial system of the new nation.
  • The War Production Board was in charge of all of the following during World War II except what?
    Production of films and speeches aimed at improving civilian morale.
  • Which of the following statements about the North American fur trade is not accurate?
    The fur trade was in decline by the mid 1700s.
  • 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.
  • During the 1950s, the CIA was involved in a coup or rebellion in all of the following countries except which one?
    Greece
  • What was Wilma Rudolph best known for?
    She was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track at a single Olympics.
  • Which answer best describes the economy of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?
    The economy suffered greatly from a naval blockade, rampant inflation, and Union invasions. The Confederate states were impoverished by 1865.
  • Which of the following language groups were the Powhatan a part of?
    Algonquian
  • The ostensible cause of Andrew Johnson's impeachment was his dismissal of which Cabinet member?
    Edwin Stanton
  • 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.
  • Which of the following agencies had the largest role in the creation of the internet?
    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • 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 was not a policy that was successfully advocated for by the Grange?
    Consistently high tariffs on imported manufactured goods.
  • Which of the following was not an important long-term consequence of the Baby Boom?
    Baby Boomers began to vote in the late 1960s, and were much more likely to oppose the Vietnam War than older people were.
  • Which of the following was not an aspect of the "Cult of Domesticity", a term used to describe social norms for women in the mid-1800s?
    A good woman would do whatever it took to maintain the financial solvency of a home, even it meant working as a teacher or a local seamstress.
  • Which person coined the term "Gilded Age" to describe the late 1800s?
    Mark Twain
  • Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Cabinet of George Washington?
    James Madison served as the Attorney General
  • What was the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, thereby making it effective on August 18, 1920?
    Tennessee

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