U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
20 out of 40 correct (50.0%).
JohnDonihoo
U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- Political History: 40.7% (11 out of 27)
- Early and Antebellum America (1789-1860): 44.4% (4 out of 9)
- The Postwar and Modern Age (1945-present): 25.0% (1 out of 4)
- American Indian History: 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- Ethnic History: 33.3% (1 out of 3)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Reconstruction Era
- Republic of Texas
- Crédit Mobilier of America scandal
- Treaty of Paris (1898)
- Spanish–American War
- Five Civilized Tribes
- Progressive Era
- Lochner v. New York
- National Road
- Political boss
- Northwest Ordinance
- Apollo program
- Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Black Codes (United States)
- Mississippian culture
- Underground Railroad
- Black church
- 1967 Detroit riot
- Long hot summer of 1967
- Burned-over district
- Mormonism
- World War II
- Tehran Conference
- Kellogg–Briand Pact
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- John Foster Dulles
- New Look (policy)
- Cold War
- Continental Association
- Congregational church
- Freedmen's Bureau
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following Native American nations was not a part of the "Five Civilized Tribes"?The Osage
- Which of the following statements about the Northwest Ordinance is inaccurate?It allowed each state in the Northwest Territory to vote on whether slavery would be permitted.
- Which of the following is not something that was agreed to at the Tehran Conference in late 1943?The division of Germany into four occupation zones, which later coalesced into East Germany and West Germany.
- The Puritans in New England were broadly part of which Christian church?The Congregational Church
- What was significant about the National Road, on which construction began in 1811?It was the first major initiative taken by the federal government to build a highway.
- Which person, serving as Ulysses Grant's Vice President, had their political career ruined by the Crédit Mobilier scandal?Schuyler Colfax
- What was an important short-term consequence of the Black Codes?Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment.
- The Supreme Court's Lochner v. New York decision began the Lochner era, in which the Supreme Court regularly stuck down which types of laws?Laws that regulated the working hours and conditions of employees.
- The Mississippian cultures shared all of the following characteristics except which one?A highly developed system of writing that later fell into disuse.
- Approximately how many slaves utilized the Underground Railroad to escape from the South?At least 30 thousand
- Which incident most directly led to the creation of the Apollo Program's mission of putting a man on the moon?The launching of Yuri Gagarin into orbit by the Soviet Union, in 1961.
- Which of the following individuals was not considered a "political boss" of an urban political machine?Al Smith
- 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
- The Freedmen's Bureau was in operation from 1865 until what year?1872
- Which of the following was not a policy advocated by the nationalist faction of the Republic of Texas?Unification with the Southern states of the United States, but not with the country as a whole.
- Which of the following people was not associated with the New Look national security policy in the 1950s?Dean Acheson
- Which term was used as a nickname for the area of western New York where Mormonism was founded?The Burned-Over District
- Which city saw the worst rioting, in terms of lives lost and property destruction, during the disorders of 1967?Detroit
- Which of the following was not a tactic used by the Continental Association to enforce its boycott, between 1774 and the outbreak of fighting in 1775?Exports from the colonies to Britain, Ireland, or the British West Indies were immediately cut off.
- What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact attempt to end? War
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following statements about sharecropping is inaccurate?Sharecropping was a system that only applied to black tenants.
- 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.
- Which of the following is not an important long-term consequence of the Progressive Era?The United States joined the League of Nations and became a central actor in international affairs.
- The Union victory in which battle emboldened Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?Antietam
- Which civil rights organization did Martin Luther King Jr. help establish? He was the first President of this organization.The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
- Which mistaken impression did Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15 lead to?That the United States intended to distribute 40 acres of farm land to each freed slave.
- 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.
- 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.
- The creation of Brook Farm, a communal farm in Massachusetts, was inspired by which religious or social movement?Transcendentalism
- How many acres of land were distributed by Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15?400 thousand
- Which of the following statements about the life of Walter Raleigh is inaccurate?He was the first leader of the Jamestown Colony in what is now Virginia.
- 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.
- How many articles are in the United States Constitution, not including the Preamble?Seven
- Which of the following statements about hobos is not accurate?Unlike tramps, hobos rarely tried to find work unless compelled by force or arrest.
- 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 was Sarah Josepha Hale best known for in the antebellum era?She was the editor of Godey's Lady's Book, a popular women's magazine, and an advocate for the creation of Thanksgiving.
- Which answer best describes the political ideals of Jacksonian Democracy and Andrew Jackson?Supported the expansion of the vote, opposed to monopolies and elites, and supported more Western settlement. Ignored the issue of slavery in the name of unity.
- Which of the following was a theological issue that Anne Hutchinson and the Puritans disagreed on?Hutchinson supported a "covenant of grace", while the Puritans supported a "covenant of works".
- Which of the following statements about blackface, specifically in the 1830s and 40s, is inaccurate?Blackface generally provided an authentic look at the trials and travails of slavery.
- Polish immigrants made up a significant part of the work force in all of the following industries except which one?Textile manufacturing
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