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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These questions were missed:

  • What was the main argument against slavery made in The Impending Crisis of the South by Hinton Rowan Helper?
    Slavery was an inefficient practice and a barrier to industrialization and economic progress in the South, benefitting a tiny minority at the expense of the many.
  • What was an important difference between the gang system and the task system on Southern plantations?
    The gang system was more regimented, more likely to use harsh overseers, and worked based on a schedule (usually sunrise to sunset) rather than a fixed set of tasks.
  • Which of the following statements about the U.S. strategic bombing of Europe is not accurate?
    German war production declined after 1943 due to heavy damage from the bombings.
  • Charles Drew was a pioneer in which area of medicine?
    Blood banks and transfusions
  • In what region of what is now the United States did native tribes most commonly perform rain dances?
    The Southwest
  • Gertrude Stein left the United States in 1903 to live in which foreign city?
    Paris
  • Which of the following things did Harriet Tubman not do after the Civil War began?
    She became a school teacher of freedmen and black children in the Reconstruction era South.
  • What was Calvin Coolidge's position, in general, on civil rights issues?
    Coolidge praised America's diversity and attempted to push for stronger anti-lynching laws, but he was blocked by Congress.
  • Which of the following was not something that Andrew Carnegie devoted significant philanthropic resources to?
    Parochial schools and churches
  • Which of the following events had not happened to Squanto before the arrival of the Puritans in 1620?
    He was briefly taken to the Virginia Colony on a provision ship bound for that location, before he escaped and made his way up the coastline back to Massachusetts.
  • Approximately how many free blacks lived in the South at the start of the Civil War? There were 4 million slaves at that time.
    250 thousand
  • In which of the following countries was rollback attempted during the Cold War?
    Cuba
  • What was the nature of the law that was upheld in Munn v. Illinois?
    The Court upheld a law setting maximum rates that private companies could charge for the storage and transport of agricultural products, mainly aimed at grain elevators and railroads.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • 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 development was not a feature of the Long Depression in the 1870s?
    The United States sharply reduced its tariffs, an in attempt to help farmers and increase foreign trade.
  • What was George Marshall most noted for in World War II?
    He was the United States Army Chief of Staff throughout World War II.
  • What was an important short-term consequence of the Black Codes?
    Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment.
  • Which global event loomed as a specter for southern slaveowners throughout the 19th century, in the context of the executions of Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner?
    The Haitian Revolution of Toussaint Louverture
  • Which Amendment outlawed the poll tax as a condition for voting?
    The 24th Amendment
  • 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 the most important long-term legacy of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac?
    He was the commander who founded Fort Detroit, in 1701, and firmly established the French presence in Michigan.
  • Which of the following was not a common argument made by the "free silver" movement?
    Free silver would eliminate the federal debt by allowing the government to quickly repay its creditors.
  • In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston uses which of the following as her setting?
    Florida in the early 20th century, with much of the story taking place in the early all-black town of Eatonville.
  • Which American state is John Sevier most associated with the early settlement of?
    Tennessee
  • Which answer best describes the people known as English Dissenters in the 1600s?
    They were Christians who separated from the Church of England to form groups such as the Puritans, Quakers, Anabaptists, and Diggers.
  • Which of the following answers does not describe an aspect of the American system of manufacturing, as it was in the 19th century?
    Use of a skilled worker to assemble the mass-produced parts into a finished product.
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1866 attempted to do which of the following?
    It was a measure to define US citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.
  • What was the function of the Committees of Correspondence?
    They were shadow governments organized by Patriot leaders and preceded the First Continental Congress.
  • What was the idea of "The Talented Tenth", proposed by W.E.B. Dubois in the early 1900s?
    A leadership class of black Americans should pursue classical education and advocate for social change, while using their skills to lead the rest of the black community.
  • How did the Northwest Ordinance come to effect the debate about slavery in the United States?
    It set the Ohio River as a boundary between free and slave states, and foreshadowed future debates over the expansion of slavery.
  • Which famous abolitionist published The Liberator from 1831 until the end of the Civil War?
    William Lloyd Garrison
  • 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 an important long-term effect of the Loyalist emigration to Canada after the American Revolution?
    Canada had a significant influx of settlers who resisted integration with the United States, were favorable to Britain, and influenced future politics there.
  • Construction on the National Road began in 1811. Much of the National Road's route was later replaced by which U.S. highway?
    U.S. Highway 40, running through Pennsylvania and Ohio.
  • 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.
  • Which of the following New Deal laws was invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court, in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States?
    The National Industrial Recovery Act
  • Which of the following is not a song by Madonna?
    Time After Time
  • Which of the following is not something that was agreed to at the Potsdam Conference in 1945?
    The Soviet Union agreed to enter the war against Japan, 3 months after the defeat of Germany.
  • The Supreme Court's Lochner v. New York decision began the Lochner era, in which the Supreme Court regularly stuck down which types of laws?
    Laws that regulated the working hours and conditions of employees.
  • Which of the following did not contribute to the decline of the Chautauqua companies, who had provided entertainment, lectures, and shows to small towns and rural areas of the United States?
    World War II

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