U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
24 out of 40 correct (60.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Black History: 20.0% (1 out of 5)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 37.5% (3 out of 8)
- The U.S. Constitution: 40.0% (2 out of 5)
- The Revolution and Constitution (1775-1789): 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- Cultural History: 58.3% (7 out of 12)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Doughface
- Franklin Pierce
- Connecticut Compromise
- Constitutional Convention (United States)
- Abraham Lincoln
- History of the Poles in the United States
- Andrew Carnegie
- Thurgood Marshall
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Francis Townsend
- Social Security Act
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Martin Van Buren
- Advertising
- Edward Bernays
- Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era
- Reconstruction Era
- Wilmot Proviso
- Mexican–American War
- Booker T. Washington
- Tuskegee University
- Battle of Trenton
- James Monroe
- Post–World War II baby boom
These questions were missed:
- 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
- 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.
- 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 the key outcome of the Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?A bicameral legislature would be created, with states represented in one house based on population (The House of Representatives), and in the other on an equal basis (The Senate).
- Which future President was wounded at the Battle of Trenton?James Monroe
- Which city in the United States was a primary destination for Polish immigrants in the 19th century?Chicago
- In which of the following industries did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?Steel
- Which of the following best describes the life of Booker T. Washington?He was a black community and educational leader, and founded the Tuskegee Institute.
- What was Abraham Lincoln's political experience before he was President?He served for one term in the House of Representatives, over a decade before he was elected President. He also served a few years in the Illinois General Assembly.
- Which church, founded by Richard Allen in 1816, is the oldest independent Protestant denomination founded by black people in the world?The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- At the height of the postwar Baby Boom, in the late 1950s, the fertility rate per woman reached which point (vs. 1.9 in 2014)?3.7
- Which future Supreme Court justice agued for Brown in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case?Thurgood Marshall
- The Wilmot Proviso is associated with the aftermath of which American war?The Mexican-American War
- Which answer best describes the political background of Martin Van Buren?Van Buren was a Democrat and protégé of Andrew Jackson, and largely continued Jackson's policies during his own time as President.
- Edward Bernays is best-known as a pioneer of which industry?Advertising and Marketing
- What was the legacy of Francis Townsend during the Great Depression?His successful activism for the Townsend Plan, to provide payments to retired people, spurred Franklin Roosevelt to push for the Social Security Act.
These questions were answered correctly:
- How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?They passed the Coercive Acts, known to the colonists as the Intolerable Acts, punishing the colonies and specifically Massachusetts in various ways. They also passed the Quebec Act.
- Which of the following was a trade of George Washington during his early days?Land surveyor
- Why was the United States Constitution written?The first government after independence, the Articles of Confederation, was widely considered to be weak and ineffective.
- Which of the following was not a feature of the Great Depression in the United States?Massive inflation as the government printed money to counteract the effects of falling employment.
- In what year was Medicare established?In 1965 as part of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
- Which of the following clauses was not a part of the Missouri Compromise?No free state would be admitted in the future, without a slave state being admitted simultaneously to keep an equal balance between free and slave states, and vice versa.
- What did the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 most closely deal with?It created the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided for new regulations of the stock market.
- What did the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 most closely deal with?It created the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided for new regulations of the stock market.
- Of the following politicians, which was the most outspoken defender of slavery?John C. Calhoun
- What did the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 most closely deal with?It created the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided for new regulations of the stock market.
- What did the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 most closely deal with?It created the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided for new regulations of the stock market.
- Which of the following was not a poem written by Edgar Allen Poe?The Scarlet Letter
- Which of the following areas did not become a United States territory or protectorate for some amount of time as a result of the Spanish-American War and the Treaty of Paris?Santo Domingo
- Which of the following was not a key element of the Reconstruction Acts, passed by the Republican Congress in 1867?No Southern state would be allowed to seat representatives in Congress until two years after their new state constitution was approved.
- What was an important long-term consequence of Marbury v. Madison?It established the power of judicial review for the Supreme Court.
- 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 companies was broken up by the Supreme Court, on the grounds that it was a monopoly, under the Sherman Antitrust Act?Standard Oil
- Which of the following countries has NATO not intervened in militarily?Poland
- 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 statements is not accurate about James K. Polk's election as President in 1844?He had made a reputation as a notable Democratic opponent of Andrew Jackson in the 1830s.
- Which of the following episodes in Europe most heavily contributed to the immigration of Jewish people to the United States, in the late 19th century?The assassination of Tsar Alexander II and a resulting wave of anti-Jewish violence in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland (all part of the Russian Empire at that time).
- What was James Buchanan's position in the last months of his term, after the Southern states began to secede?Buchanan stated that secession was illegal, but that going to war to stop it was also illegal.
- How many children did George Washington have?None
- What labor law was passed, over Harry Truman's veto, in reaction to the wave of strikes that occurred in 1945-46?The Taft-Hartley Act
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