U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
21 out of 40 correct (52.5%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Economic History: 35.3% (6 out of 17)
- American Indian History: 0.0% (0 out of 4)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 28.6% (2 out of 7)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 45.5% (5 out of 11)
- Political History: 55.2% (16 out of 29)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- New Deal
- Bank War
- Andrew Jackson
- Whig Party (United States)
- Nicholas Biddle (banker)
- Republic of Texas
- Whiskey Ring
- North American fur trade
- Survival of the fittest
- Social Darwinism
- Scott Joplin
- Ragtime
- John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
- John Brown (abolitionist)
- Royal Proclamation of 1763
- First Amendment to the United States Constitution
- United States Constitution
- Mormonism and polygamy
- Free Exercuse Clause
- Atlantic slave trade
- Fallen woman
- Cherokee
- William McKinley
- Assassination of William McKinley
- History of the Poles in the United States
- English Civil War
- Samuel Gompers
- American Federation of Labor
- Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- American Civil War
- Slavery in the United States
- History of rail transport in the United States
These questions were missed:
- The Tennessee Valley Authority was created in 1933 as a federally owned corporation in what industry?Electric utilities
- What was the purpose of the Royal Proclamation of 1763?To prevent incidents with Britain's Indian allies, it forbade colonial settlement to the west of a north-south line which ran through the Appalachian range.
- Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor?Samuel Gompers
- Scott Joplin was a famous composer of which music genre, in the early 1900s?Ragtime
- In which region of the country was opposition to the 16th Amendment, allowing for a federal income tax, the strongest?New England
- All of the following answers about John Brown are accurate except for which one?Brown succeeded in capturing several plantations and in building a small force of around 200 men.
- What was the nature of the Whiskey Ring fraud in the mid 1870s?Government agents, inspectors, and whiskey distillers colluded to divert millions of dollars of federal liquor taxes into private hands. The scandal included members of Grant's Administration and further damaged his reputation.
- About how many slaves lived in the United States at the start of the Civil War?7 million
- Which answer most accurately describes the colonists' position on the English Civil War?The Puritan colonies of New England were more likely to support the Parliamentarians, while the Anglican colonies such as Virginia were more aligned with the Royalists.
- Which American country imported more slaves than any other during the course of the Atlantic slave trade?Brazil
- Which of the following was a controversy related to the Free Exercise clause in the First Amendment?Whether Congress had the power to restrict polygamy, a religious practice, among Mormons in U.S. states and territories.
- 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
- Which answer best describes the "Bank War" of Andrew Jackson, while President?Andrew Jackson opposed the Second Bank of the United States and attempted to end its federal charter, which was scheduled to expire in 1836.
- Who was the first President of the Republic of Texas?Sam Houston
- Who is notable for having developed a written syllabary for the Cherokee language?Sequoyah
- A "fallen woman" was a euphemism for what, in the early 1900s?A prostitute
- Which of the following statements about the North American fur trade is not accurate?The fur trade was in decline by the mid 1700s.
- In its purer forms, a proponent of Social Darwinism would believe all of the following statements except which one?Social instincts such as "sympathy" and "moral sentiments" also evolved through natural selection.
- Which of the following railroad tycoons was the only one to build a transcontinental line without federal land grants?James J. Hill
These questions were answered correctly:
- 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.
- Which country was invaded in 2001 as a direct result of the September 11 attacks?Afghanistan
- Which of the following states was not a part of the Northwest Territory, created by the Northwest Ordinance?Missouri
- All of the following writers are associated with the Harlem Renaissance except which one?Alice Walker
- How many articles are in the United States Constitution, not including the Preamble?Seven
- In what year was the 13th Amendment to the Constitution ratified?1865
- Which colony did the people on the Mayflower form?Plymouth Colony
- The People's Party, also known as the Populist Party, drew its strongest support from which constituency?Farmers
- What was Elizabeth Freeman most noted for?She won her freedom in the Massachusetts Supreme Court, in 1781, in a decision that implicitly ended slavery in that state.
- Approximately how many slaves utilized the Underground Railroad to escape from the South?At least 30 thousand
- Which of the following was not a consequence of the Embargo Act of 1807?Great Britain, hurt economically, changed its policies to respect the rights of neutral American ships.
- What was the issue that caused the Teapot Dome scandal, during Warren Harding's Administration?Harding's Secretary of Interior, Albert Fall, leased government oil reserves to oil companies at very low cost, in return for bribes.
- Which of the following woman was a lifelong friend of Susan B. Anthony and her partner in a number of campaigns and organizations.Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Compared to the New Deal Coalition, which group was significantly less likely to participate or be represented in the New Left?Labor union members
- Robert La Follette Sr., a long-time progressive Republican, ran for President as a third-party candidate in which election? He received 17% of the nation's popular vote.1924
- 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
- Which of the following people was not associated with the New Look national security policy in the 1950s?Dean Acheson
- What does the 13th Amendment to the Constitution do?This Amendment ended slavery in the United States.
- Which of the following agencies had the largest role in the creation of the internet?The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- 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.
- The creation of Brook Farm, a communal farm in Massachusetts, was inspired by which religious or social movement?Transcendentalism
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