U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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21 out of 40 correct (52.5%).

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  • 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.
  • Which of the following was not an element of the Dawes Act, in 1887?
    Any remaining land in a reservation after allotments were finished would remain in the hands of the tribe in question, to manage as the tribe deemed fit.
  • Which Congressman made an initial proposal that would have imposed harsh restrictions on slavery in Missouri, before the Missouri Compromise was reached?
    James Tallmadge
  • What relationship did the Worcester v. Georgia case lay out between Indian nations, state governments, and the federal government?
    The federal government had the sole authority to deal with Indian nations.
  • What was the purpose of the Neutrality Acts in the 1930s?
    They were a series of acts which generally restricted or prohibited the United States to sell arms to either side in a foreign conflict. Some of the acts made small exceptions or addressed specific situations.
  • Which of the following led to a backlash against yellow journalists, and specifically William Randolph Hearst?
    Hearst's paper had published a poem contemplating the assassination of William McKinley. When McKinley was actually assassinated in 1901, many blamed Hearst.
  • How much did the Dow Jones Industrial Average decline over the two-day period of October 28-29, 1929?
    23 percent
  • Approximately how many slaves utilized the Underground Railroad to escape from the South?
    At least 30 thousand
  • Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is not accurate?
    The Proclamation immediately freed about 500 thousand slaves from Confederate states, who had either escaped or lived in areas that the Union had captured.
  • What percentage of public libraries in the United States are estimated to have been founded by women's clubs around the turn of the 20th century?
    75-80 percent
  • Which of the following groups was never a part of the Iroquois Confederation?
    Wyandot
  • Which term was used as a nickname for the area of western New York where Mormonism was founded?
    The Burned-Over District
  • How many times was Martin Luther King Jr. jailed during his life?
    29
  • Which of the following is not a change in immigration policy that began with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965?
    It rescinded a provision prohibiting the immigration of homosexuals to the United States.
  • Which answer best describes the Battle of Shiloh?
    The Union Army was encamped in southern Tennessee, in 1862, and preparing to move into Mississippi. The Confederates preemptively attacked. The Union won.
  • Which of the following statements/essays on women's rights was written by Judith Sargent Murray?
    On the Equality of the Sexes
  • What was the most important consequence of the Gibbons v. Ogden decision?
    It strengthened the ability of the federal government to regulate commerce under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
  • What was a typical working week, in hours, for the women who worked in the Lowell mills in the 1830s and 40s?
    75 hours
  • What is the only Amendment to repeal another Amendment to the Constitution?
    The 21st Amendment

These questions were answered correctly:

  • 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.
  • In what year was the Treaty of Ghent signed (not the year it was ratified), ending the War of 1812?
    1814
  • A member of which of these groups was unlikely to vote for the Republican Party during the Gilded Age?
    Opponents of federal spending increases
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jane Addams was best known as a pioneer of which movement?
    The settlement house movement
  • To what degree has the Commerce Clause been a source of contention in American politics since the ratification of the Constitution?
    The Commerce Clause has been a central part of many Supreme Court decisions, both in the early days of the United States and in more recent times, and its exact scope is fiercely debated.
  • What did the Nixon Doctrine state, in the context of the Cold War?
    It stated that the United States would assist in the defense and developments of allies and friends, but would not undertake all the defense of the free nations of the world.
  • Which of the following was not an important long-term consequence of the Baby Boom?
    Baby Boomers began to vote in the late 1960s, and were much more likely to oppose the Vietnam War than older people were.
  • What were the effects of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?
    It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression.
  • Which American Indian tribe was nearly destroyed in King Philip's War, starting in 1676?
    The Wampanoag
  • 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.
  • Which of the following is not a movie that Marilyn Monroe appeared in?
    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • Which of the following movements or policies did Sojourner Truth not strongly advocate for during her life?
    The Exoduster movement of blacks away from the South after Reconstruction.
  • What was the immediate cause of the embargo that caused the 1973 Oil Crisis?
    In the midst of the Yom Kippur War, Richard Nixon asked Congress for emergency military aid for Israel.
  • 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
  • Who was Jamestown, Virginia named after?
    King James I of England
  • What did the Roosevelt Corollary of Theodore Roosevelt do?
    It stated that the United States would intervene directly in conflicts between European and Latin American countries, rather than having the Europeans press their claims directly.
  • 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.
  • Henry Ford used all of the following methods to derive an advantage in producing the Model T except for which one?
    All Model T's were produced at a single factory in Detroit, in order to allow extremely precise management of the manufacturing process.
  • 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

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