U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
19 out of 40 correct (47.5%).
JayWolfson
U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- Economic History: 26.7% (4 out of 15)
- Political History: 42.3% (11 out of 26)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 16.7% (1 out of 6)
- Black History: 42.9% (3 out of 7)
- Military History: 42.9% (3 out of 7)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- American Civil War
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Long Depression
- Waltham-Lowell system
- Power loom
- Slavery in the United States
- Caning of Charles Sumner
- Second Great Awakening
- Wampanoag people
- Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Enrollment Act
- Article Two of the United States Constitution
- United States Constitution
- Article Four of the United States Constitution
- Article Five of the United States Constitution
- Article One of the United States Constitution
- Article Three of the United States Constitution
- Article Six of the United States Constitution
- Article Seven of the United States Constitution
- Woodrow Wilson
- Hyphenated American
- Cliff dwelling
- Battle of Shiloh
- House of Burgesses
- Virginia Company
- Civil Rights Act of 1968
- Post–World War II baby boom
- Jim Crow laws
- Literacy test
- Williams v. Mississippi
- Reconstruction Era
- Wade–Davis Bill
- People's Party (United States)
- Farmers' Alliance
- Robert E. Lee
- Farmers' Holiday Association
- Great Depression
These questions were missed:
- Which President said, "If I can catch any man with a hyphen in this great contest I will know that I have got an enemy of the Republic." about "hyphenated Americans"?Woodrow Wilson
- What was the first battle in which Robert E. Lee served as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?The Seven Days Battles
- What was not a reason that the House of Burgesses was established in Virginia?The legislature was meant to replace the colonial governor, after a serious of ineffective leaders and near revolts.
- At the height of the postwar Baby Boom, in the late 1950s, the fertility rate per woman reached which point (vs. 1.9 in 2014)?3.7
- Which of the following was not a way to avoid military service someone enrolled by the Enrollment Act and drafted?Someone from a border state, (Missouri, Kentucky, etc.) could declare that they wished to remain neutral and avoid service, in order to avoid political backlash in those areas.
- 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 Amendment lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18?The 26th Amendment
- 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.
- 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
- Which of the following factors did not contribute to an influx of farmers to the Great Plains, many of whom would later become the backbone of the Farmer's Alliance and populist movement?Prime farmland in California and Oregon was largely occupied by the 1870s, and younger settlers began to move east towards Montana and Colorado.
- How many articles are in the United States Constitution, not including the Preamble?Seven
- Which of the following influential black leaders was not born into slavery?W.E.B. Dubois
- Which of the following is not a book or article written by W.E.B. Dubois?Montage of a Dream Deferred
- What was the primary goal of the Farmers' Holiday Association, active in the early 1930s?It attempted to coordinate the withholding of farm products from the market, in order to raise prices and slow the rate of farm foreclosures.
- Which of the following technologies was a critical part of the Waltham-Lowell manufacturing system?The power loom
- 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 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.
- Which of the following religious groups does not trace its roots, at least somewhat, to the Second Great Awakening?The Quakers
- In which area did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 increase the protections of the federal government?Housing
- Which Europeans did the Wampanoag tribe have the most early contact with?Puritan settlers to New England
- 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.
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following groups was not generally considered to be a "hyphenated American" group in the early 1900s?Scottish-American
- What was a typical working week, in hours, for the women who worked in the Lowell mills in the 1830s and 40s?75 hours
- Which of the following animals did the Apache use to transport loads, as of the time that the Spanish came into contact with them?Dogs
- Miles Davis was a famous musician in the 1950s and afterwards in what genre?Jazz
- Jane Addams was best known as a pioneer of which movement?The settlement house movement
- Who was the Governor of Virginia during Bacon's Rebellion?William Berkeley
- How many children did George Washington have?None
- Which of the following was a key motivation in the founding of Maryland?It was established by the English Lord Baltimore, a Catholic, as a haven for Catholics during the European wars of religion, such as the Thirty Years War.
- Who was the first President of the Tuskegee Institute?Booker T. Washington
- The main branch of the Oregon Trail began in which town?Independence, Missouri
- Which of the following is not considered to be an implied power under the Constitution, under mainstream definitions?The power of Congress to merge the United States with other countries, such as Canada, under a new Constitution.
- All of the following answers about John Brown are accurate except for which one?Brown succeeded in capturing several plantations and in building a small force of around 200 men.
- What was the most important long-term legacy of the Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison?It is one of the few detailed sources on the debates which led to the U.S. Constitution, and on particular sections and clauses therein.
- In Lyndon Johnson's first election to the U.S. Senate, in 1948, what was his margin of victory in the decisive Democratic primary?87 votes
- During the 1950s, the CIA was involved in a coup or rebellion in all of the following countries except which one?Greece
- 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.
- What was the issue that caused the Teapot Dome scandal, during Warren Harding's Administration?Harding's Secretary of Interior, Albert Fall, leased government oil reserves to oil companies at very low cost, in return for bribes.
- All of the following musicians are not generally associated with jazz except which one?Chuck Berry
- The Electoral College deadlock between Thomas Jefferson and which other person led to the passage of the 12th Amendment?Aaron Burr
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