U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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22 out of 40 correct (55.0%).

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  • Which of the following people was not a supporter of the America First Committee, an organization opposed to U.S. entry into World War II, during the 1940-1941 period?
    Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
  • Although the words were written in 1814, "The Star Spangled Banner" did not become the official national anthem of the United States until what year?
    1931
  • All of the following groups opposed the American ratification of the Treaty of Versailles except for which one?
    Moderate Republicans
  • Which of the following statements about the decline of the first Ku Klux Klan in the 1870s is inaccurate?
    With turnout depressed by violence, few Southern states elected Republican Congressmen in 1868 or 1870.
  • Which of the following was not a factor in the end of large-scale cattle drives in the United States?
    Increased trade with the Americas led to the expansive importation of cheap cattle from Argentina.
  • The Commerce Clause of the Constitution has been used to justify all of the following actions except which one?
    The federal government's funding and construction of the Erie Canal.
  • Which of the following people was not associated with the New Look national security policy in the 1950s?
    Dean Acheson
  • Why did the 15th Amendment fail to mention poll taxes or literacy tests as unconstitutional obstacles to voting?
    The language was watered down because of concerns that not enough states would ratify the more strongly-worded version of this Amendment.
  • Which of the following northerners was an early supporter of Spelman College, a college for black women founded in 1881?
    John D. Rockefeller
  • The Liberator, an anti-slavery paper published by William Lloyd Garrison, ceased publication in 1865. Which magazine succeeded this paper?
    The Nation
  • Which American state is John Sevier most associated with the early settlement of?
    Tennessee
  • What did the Wilmot Proviso attempt to do?
    It would have prohibited slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
  • Who founded Mount Holyoke, the first of the seven sisters colleges, in 1837?
    Mary Lyon
  • Which of the following politicians was a strong supporter of the "Ten percent" plan?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • What was the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, thereby making it effective on August 18, 1920?
    Tennessee
  • In what business did James Forten become wealthy, before he became a prominent black abolitionist?
    Sailmaking
  • All of the following musicians are not generally associated with jazz except which one?
    Chuck Berry
  • Langston Hughes wrote all of the following poems except which one?
    A Raisin in the Sun

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Which of the following statements about sharecropping is inaccurate?
    Sharecropping was a system that only applied to black tenants.
  • At what point in the history of the United States was the Federal Reserve System created?
    1913, in response to the Panics of 1907, 1893, and 1873, to establish a lender of last resort.
  • Which of the following is not a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
    The Sun Also Rises
  • 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.
  • What was the purpose of the Hampton Roads Conference, in 1865?
    It was an inconclusive meeting between Abraham Lincoln and members of Jefferson Davis's Cabinet, before the war ended, in which they discussed possible peace terms.
  • Approximately how many slaves utilized the Underground Railroad to escape from the South?
    At least 30 thousand
  • About how many slaves lived in the United States at the start of the Civil War?
    7 million
  • Which answer best describes the Siege of Petersburg?
    The Union Army, under Ulysses Grant, captured Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, after a nine-month engagement, in 1864-1865.
  • The Nye Committee, the talk radio programs of Father Charles Coughlin, and the speech War is a Racket by Smedley Butler all helped build support for which political position?
    Isolationism
  • Which of the following was not a measure implemented by South Carolina to prevent future slave rebellions after the Stono Rebellion?
    Because Spanish Florida was the attempted destination of the escaped slaves, Britain made concessions to Spain in return for better enforcement of the colonial border.
  • The Pullman Strike began when George Pullman cut wages and refused to recognize the American Railway Union, which had been founded by whom?
    Eugene Debs
  • Which of the following was not a consequence of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?
    The Democratic-Republican Party strongly reacted against this law as an unconstitutional overreach in power by the federal government.
  • What was the purpose of the Committee of Detail at the Constitutional Convention?
    It wrote the first draft of the United States Constitution, based on agreements that had been reached during the first few weeks of the Convention.
  • 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 of the following is not a quote of Abraham Lincoln?
    "There are only two sides to this question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war;"
  • Which "independent", a former confidant of Abraham Lincoln, provided the decisive vote on the Electoral Commission which settled the Election of 1876 in favor of Rutherford Hayes?
    David Davis
  • What did the epithet of "Slave Power" refer to in the antebellum era?
    It was a term used by Free Soilers, and then Republicans, to refer to the upper-class of the South which dominated that region's politics and advocated for the expansion of slavery.
  • What was the immediate trigger for the Panic of 1873?
    Jay Cooke & Company, a large bank, owned significant bonds in the Northern Pacific Railroad and was unable to sell them. When the railroad ran into problems, Cooke's firm went bankrupt and triggered a banking panic.
  • What did the Wade-Davis Bill propose for Reconstruction?
    No Southern state could be readmitted until a majority of its voters took the Ironclad Oath, stating they had never supported the Confederacy.
  • What did the "Ten percent" plan for Reconstruction propose?
    A state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10% of it's 1860 voters had taken on oath of allegiance to the United States.
  • What did the Corwin Amendment state and what was its purpose?
    It was proposed shortly before the inauguration of President Lincoln, and would have forbidden any additional Constitutional Amendments to restrict slavery where it already existed. It was an 11th hour attempt at compromise before the Civil 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.

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