U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
27 out of 40 correct (67.5%).
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U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- Women's History: 40.0% (2 out of 5)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 50.0% (5 out of 10)
- The Postwar and Modern Age (1945-present): 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 50.0% (4 out of 8)
- Ethnic History: 50.0% (2 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Ida Tarbell
- Muckraker
- John D. Rockefeller
- First Great Awakening
- Brook Farm
- Transcendentalism
- Province of New Jersey
- Women's suffrage in the United States
- National Woman Suffrage Association
- Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
- Initiatives and referendums in the United States
- Progressive Era
- Edith Wharton
- Dominion of New England
- Field holler
- Blues
- Call and response
- Pánfilo de Narváez
- Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Lowell Mill Girls
These questions were missed:
- Which labor union did the Lowell "mill girls" form in the 1840s, becoming the first union of working women in the United States?The Lowell Female Labor Reform Association
- How many states allow some form of initiative or referendum, due largely to reforms from the Progressive Era?27 states allow either initiatives or referendums.
- Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature?Edith Wharton
- Under what circumstances was the Province of New Jersey founded?New Jersey was initially part of New Amsterdam, but was taken by the English along with New York and parceled out as a separate colony.
- Ida Tarbell became a well known muckraker for her book attacking which American business magnate?John D. Rockefeller
- The creation of Brook Farm, a communal farm in Massachusetts, was inspired by which religious or social movement?Transcendentalism
- Which of the following was not a reason that colonists generally opposed the Dominion of New England?Governor Andros signed peace treaties with multiple Indian tribes which the colonists felt were too generous.
- The 22nd Amendment states that a President cannot be elected to more than two terms, and limits their total time in office to this number of years, allowing for the case where a President serves a partial term.8 years
- All of the following musical terms are associated with slaves and other workers in the antebellum South except for which one?Blues
- 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.
- Out of 600 men on Pánfilo de Narváez's 1527 expedition to Florida, how many survived?4
- What was an important long-term consequence of the First Great Awakening?A more spontaneous, emotional style of preaching and church service became common, at the expense of those sects which had a more structured and formal worship style.
- 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.
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which public figure was the subject of Walt Whitman's poem, "O Captain! My Captain!"?Abraham Lincoln
- What was the primary reason for the creation of the Greenback during the Civil War, in spite of ingrained opposition to fiat currency?Banks and foreign governments would only lend to the United States at exorbitant interest rates, and the revenue from tariffs and excises was clearly insufficient to finance an army.
- Historians estimate that about what percentage of white colonials supported the Patriot cause in the American Revolution?40-45 percent
- "The Gospel of Wealth", by Andrew Carnegie, is a foundational article on which topic or movement?Philanthropy
- Edgar Allen Poe is often considered a pioneer of what genre or literary technique?Detective fiction
- Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the first First Ladies to be outspoken about her political beliefs, even when they conflicted with her husband's. In general, which answer best describes her political affiliation?She was a liberal Democrat, and particularly supportive of civil rights legislation.
- 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
- Which of the following states does not form part of the Rocky Mountains?Nevada
- Which incident most directly led to the creation of the Apollo Program's mission of putting a man on the moon?The launching of Yuri Gagarin into orbit by the Soviet Union, in 1961.
- 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.
- What was Phillis Wheatley best known for?She was a notable African-American poet in the 1770s, read in both the colonies and in Britain.
- The 1920s trial and execution of which two immigrant men is often used as an example of anti-immigrant sentiment and judicial overreach?Sacco and Vanzetti
- The trial of John Peter Zenger is considered to be on important influence on the passage of which Constitutional Amendment?The 1st Amendment (freedom of the press)
- After serving as President for the duration of Zachary Taylor's term, Millard Fillmore ran for President in 1856 on which party's ticket?The Know Nothing Party
- On which river did Robert Fulton help to build a successful steamboat line, proving the benefits of the technology?The Hudson River
- All of the following people, except which one, have been charged under the Espionage Act of 1917?Smedley Butler
- 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.
- What was an early use of executive privilege, by George Washington?Washington refused to provide documents to the House of Representatives that related to the negotiation of the Jay Treaty with Great Britain.
- Which of the following groups was never a part of the Iroquois Confederation?Wyandot
- Which mistaken impression did Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15 lead to?That the United States intended to distribute 40 acres of farm land to each freed slave.
- 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
- What was the immediate military outcome of the Battles of Lexington and Concord?The British were driven back and made an orderly retreat to Boston, where their army was soon trapped by thousands of Patriot soldiers.
- 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
- How many people were killed as a result of the Salem witch trials?20
- Which of the following unions was largely started due to a dispute with the Knights of Labor, and that group's loss of popularity in the late 1880s?The American Federation of Labor
- What was the most important consequence of the Siege of Yorktown?The British surrender effectively ended the Revolutionary War and led to the Treaty of Paris.
- Which state was admitted to the United States as a result of the Compromise of 1850?California
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