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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Areas for improvement:
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 28.6% (2 out of 7)
- American Indian History: 40.0% (2 out of 5)
- The Pre-Contact Era (through 1513): 50.0% (2 out of 4)
- Ethnic History: 0.0% (0 out of 1)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- American Civil War
- Wampanoag people
- King Philip's War
- Quaternary glaciation
- Transcendentalism
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Border states (American Civil War)
- Coffin ship
- Irish diaspora
- Duke Ellington
- Powhatan
- Desegregation busing
- Battle of Shiloh
- Columbian Exchange
- Stamp Act 1765
- Townshend Acts
- Interregnum (England)
- Panama Canal
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following was not considered a "border state" during the Civil War?Tennessee
- What was a lasting geographical consequence of the Quaternary Glaciation?The resulting glaciers formed the Great Lakes in the middle of North America.
- Duke Ellington's appearances at which club contributed to his national reputation?The Cotton Club
- What was the outcome of King Philip's War for the English and the Wampanoag in New England?Several hundred English settlers were killed, while the Wampanoag were almost annihilated. Many Indian survivors were sold into slavery.
- Which of the following language groups were the Powhatan a part of?Algonquian
- Which of the following transcendentalist books or essays was not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?Civil Disobedience
- After the failure and repeal of the Stamp Act, what did Parliament turn to next to raise revenue from the colonies?The Townshend Acts
- The Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education allowed federal courts to require school districts to bus students to achieve racial balance. In what year was the case decided?1971
- Which of the following plants was not native to the Americas before the arrival of Europeans?Bananas
- What was the period of Parliamentarian rule in England, between 1648-1660, called?The Interregnum
- Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the Battle of Shiloh, in 1862?The Confederates abandoned any hope of defeating the Union in the western theater, and transferred around 30,000 troops to Robert E. Lee in the east, hoping to win a decisive battle there.
- What was the term "coffin ship" created to describe in the 1800s?Ships which sailed to the United States from Ireland with immigrants and did not provide adequate food or living space -- leading to mortality rates of around 30%.
- About how many workers died during the American construction of the Panama Canal, between 1904-1914?5,500
These questions were answered correctly:
- How many children did George Washington have?None
- What was the main issue motivating the leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion?It was a protest against the federal taxation of distilled spirits, which were central to the economy of western Pennsylvania.
- What was the first engagement of the Civil War, commonly accepted as having started the war?The Battle of Fort Sumter
- 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 Liberal Republican Party was founded for all of the following reasons except which one?It advocated the passage of a constitutional amendment, limiting the President to two terms in office.
- What was Omar Bradley most noted for in World War II?He was a five-star General who commanded all U.S. ground forces in Western Europe.
- Who did Abraham Lincoln defeat to win reelection as President in 1864?George McClellan, a former Union general.
- Which famed attorney argued for the side of evolution and defended a science teacher in the Scopes Trial, in 1926?Clarence Darrow
- What was the main point of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the late 1790s?That states had the right and duty to declare federal laws as unconstitutional if they did not follow the Constitution.
- All of the following musical terms are associated with slaves and other workers in the antebellum South except for which one?Blues
- A person from which of the following regions was most likely to support the America First Committee and oppose the Lend-Lease Act, before Pearl Harbor?The Midwest
- Which Southern Congressman became well-known for beating Senator Charles Sumner almost to death with a cane on the Senate floor, in 1856?Preston Brooks
- What was not an immediate consequence of Sherman's March to the Sea?The Confederacy formally surrendered to the United States at the end of this campaign.
- 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
- What was Chester A. Arthur's political experience before he assumed the Presidency of the United States?He was in charge of customs collections for the Port of New York.
- In which of the following states did Algonquian peoples not live in around the time of first contact with Europeans?South Carolina
- What did the Supreme Court rule in the Williams v. Mississippi decision?It took a strict interpretation of the 15th Amendment which allowed states to require poll taxes and literacy tests.
- Which answer best describes the political background of James Monroe?Monroe was a former anti-federalist who more or less continued the legacy of Jefferson and Madison.
- 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 was the issue at stake that gave rise to the Little Rock Nine and the intervention of the U.S. Army?Little Rock Central High school refused to integrate, in defiance of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
- Which of the following clauses was not a part of the Missouri Compromise?No free state would be admitted in the future, without a slave state being admitted simultaneously to keep an equal balance between free and slave states, and vice versa.
- What, approximately, was the annual inflation rate in the United States when Gerald Ford began his Whip Inflation Now campaign?12 percent
- Which answer best describes the status of the Wampanoag Indians today?The Wampanoag were nearly exterminated in various wars with the Pilgrims, and only around 2,000 survive today.
- Which event galvanized Lucretia Mott to help organize the Seneca Falls Convention?At the World's Anti-Slavery Convention, in 1840, Mott was excluded from participating on account of her status as a woman.
- Jonathan Edwards was a key preacher in which religious movement?The First Great Awakening
- Estevanico was a member of Pánfilo de Narváez's 1527 expedition. What is noteworthy about him?He survived the expedition and was one of the first Africans to set foot in North America.
- Which of the following was not an important long-term consequence of the Three-Fifths Compromise?The United Stated was unable to pass any laws banning the importation of slaves, due to the disproportionate representation of the South.
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