U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
22 out of 40 correct (55.0%).
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U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- Cultural History: 27.3% (3 out of 11)
- Black History: 25.0% (2 out of 8)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 37.5% (3 out of 8)
- Early and Antebellum America (1789-1860): 50.0% (3 out of 6)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 25.0% (1 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Slavery in the United States
- Bleeding Kansas
- John Brown (abolitionist)
- Flatboat
- Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Indentured servant
- Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Woodrow Wilson
- Albany Plan
- Benjamin Franklin
- Patriot (American Revolution)
- Upton Sinclair
- American Equal Rights Association
- Pearl Street Station
- Thomas Edison
- Vivien Thomas
- Bebop
- Reconstruction Era
- Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Poll tax (United States)
- Literacy test
- Potlatch
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- Compromise of 1877
- Knights of Labor
These questions were missed:
- Vivien Thomas was a pioneer in which area of medicine?Blue baby syndrome
- During which decade did the Knights of Labor enjoy their largest membership as a labor union?The 1880s
- During which of the following time periods was flatboat traffic at its heaviest?The 1840s
- 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 influential black leaders was not born into slavery?W.E.B. Dubois
- What was the purpose of the American Equal Rights Association?To secure equal rights, and especially the right of suffrage, irrespective of race, color or sex.
- Which of the following statements about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 is inaccurate?The law had a statute of limitations of seven years, after which an escaped slave was legally free from recapture.
- Thomas Edison's company built the first power station in the United States, called what?Pearl Street Station
- Which of the following is not a topic that Upton Sinclair covered in one of his muckraking novels?A political novel about a popular Senator who becomes President, then imposes fascist rule.
- Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke for the final year of his Administration. Parts of which Constitutional Amendment address this situation?The 25th Amendment
- Before his capture of an arsenal in Virginia, how else did John Brown fight for the abolition of slavery?He had fought in some engagements in Kansas, and had killed five pro-slavery men in a massacre.
- Which of the following people was instrumental in presenting the Albany Plan, an early attempt at colonial unification?Benjamin Franklin
- Which of the following was not a feature of indentured servitude in the United States?About 80% of all white arrivals in the colonies before the American Revolution were indentured servants.
- Which of the following was not a feature of a native potlatch?Most potlatches included an elaborate rain dance.
- During the 19th century, which of the following statements about slavery is most accurate?Hundreds of thousands of slaves were sold and transported overland from the Upper South to the Deep South.
- Historians estimate that about what percentage of white colonials supported the Patriot cause in the American Revolution?40-45 percent
- 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
- Which of the following musicians is closely associated with the bebop style of jazz?Charlie Parker
These questions were answered correctly:
- 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.
- Who was the Governor of Virginia during Bacon's Rebellion?William Berkeley
- Which of the following women was the first to be elected to Congress, in either house?Jeanette Rankin
- All of the following groups opposed the American ratification of the Treaty of Versailles except for which one?Moderate Republicans
- 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
- Radical Republicans made this proposal in response to the "Ten percent" plan, which they saw as too lenient.The Wade-Davis Bill
- Which sect of English Dissenters did most settlers on the Mayflower come from?Brownists
- Which of the following people was not a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution?Alexander Hamilton
- Which political party did Thomas Jefferson and James Madison organize in the 1790s?The Democratic-Republican Party
- What was the objective of the Committee for Public Information?It waged a national, coordinated speaking and propaganda campaign to build public support for the war effort during World War I.
- Which of the following best describes the strategy and allegiance of the Iroquois Confederation in the struggles between the French and British?It was generally allied with the British and fought against the French and their Indian allies.
- What was the long-term effect of the Immigration Act of 1924 on American demographics?Immigration to the United States shrank across the board. The level of immigration from Italy and Eastern Europe was particularly targeted for reduction by the law.
- Which of the following Supreme Court cases upheld the validity of the 19th Amendment?Leser v. Garnett
- "The Gospel of Wealth", by Andrew Carnegie, is a foundational article on which topic or movement?Philanthropy
- Which of the following groups or individuals was most opposed to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?Northerners, and particularly abolitionists, because the enforcement mechanisms were much stricter than they had been previously, and because the recovery mechanism was rife for abuse and even kidnapping.
- Which of the following agencies had the largest role in the creation of the internet?The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Which of the following statements about lynching is inaccurate?Northern politicians made little attempt to enact federal legislation against lynching.
- Which historian was responsible for popularizing the Frontier Thesis in American history, that the moving frontier line had been an essential driver of democracy?Frederick Jackson Turner
- In order to prevent bank runs, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was created in 1933. What does this organization primarily do?It insures deposits at participating banks and supervises them for soundness. In the event of a failure, depositors receive insurance payouts directly from the FDIC.
- The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill, in 1937, would have increased the size of the Supreme Court to how many justices? It was widely seen as an attempt by Franklin Roosevelt to pack the court.Fifteen
- What describes George Washington's role in the French and Indian War?He commanded the Virginia Regiment, the primary fighting unit for that colony.
- At what point were the cliff dwellings of the Pueblo people, in the American southwest, abandoned by their occupants?Around 1300, due to climactic changes which reduced landfall and made the land too arid.
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