U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
22 out of 40 correct (55.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- American Indian History: 28.6% (2 out of 7)
- Cultural History: 40.0% (4 out of 10)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 42.9% (3 out of 7)
- The Pre-Contact Era (through 1513): 0.0% (0 out of 2)
- U.S. Presidents: 50.0% (2 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- War of 1812
- Tenskwatawa
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- James Madison
- Thomas Jefferson
- John Adams
- Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
- Hobo
- Great Depression
- Greenback (money)
- American Civil War
- Iroquois
- Continental Association
- Mississippian culture
- Northwest Ordinance
- Slavery in the United States
- Women's suffrage in the United States
- Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- King William's War
- Andrew Jackson
- Coffin Handbills
- Anne Hutchinson
- Kansas–Nebraska Act
- Missouri Compromise
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Specie Circular
- Bleeding Kansas
- Barbed wire
- Marshall Plan
- Cold War
These questions were missed:
- Which answer best describes what the Coffin Handbills were?They were a series of attacks by supporters of John Quincy Adams in 1828, that accused Andrew Jackson of numerous murders and bloodthirsty military actions during his rise from obscurity to national prominence.
- Which of the following is not a book or article written by W.E.B. Dubois?Montage of a Dream Deferred
- Which of the following women was not an important women's suffrage advocate in the final years before the 19th Amendment?Aimee Semple McPherson
- What was the effect that the Specie Circular had on western prices?It caused western land prices to significantly decline.
- 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 politician, who later opposed secession, was one of the only prominent Southerners to oppose the repeal of the Missouri Compromise during the Kansas-Nebraska debates in 1854?Sam Houston
- What was the ultimate outcome of the "Bleeding Kansas" struggle in the 1850s?Kansas was not admitted until the secession of the Southern states began, in spite of submitting three potential state Constitutions to the U.S. Congress.
- Under the Marshall Plan, named for George Marshall, the United States provided this amount of economic aid to Western Europe. The amount would be much higher if adjusted for inflation.$13 billion
- Who was the main European combatant of the colonies during King William's War?France
- How did the Northwest Ordinance come to effect the debate about slavery in the United States?It set the Ohio River as a boundary between free and slave states, and foreshadowed future debates over the expansion of slavery.
- 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.
- To finance the Civil War, the United States issued Greenbacks as currency. Which of the following was used to back this currency?They were backed by the United States government, but not by any precious metal
- The Mississippian cultures shared all of the following characteristics except which one?A highly developed system of writing that later fell into disuse.
- Which acts/policy of John Adams were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison) opposed to?The Alien and Sedition Acts
- Which of the following statements about the introduction of barbed wire to the west is inaccurate?Barbed wire made it economical for cattle ranching to spread to areas that were densely populated, allowing the practice to take a firm hold in the Midwest.
- What was the purpose of the Continental Association, created in 1774?It was an association tasked with managing and enforcing the colonial boycott of British goods, which began late in 1774.
- What was Tecumseh's strategy during the War of 1812?Tecumseh allied his forces with British, believing that a British victory would help restrict western settlement.
- Which of the following statements about hobos is not accurate?Unlike tramps, hobos rarely tried to find work unless compelled by force or arrest.
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following societal trends did not rapidly follow the approval of The Pill (the birth control pill) in 1960?Every state legalized the use of the pill for married and unmarried women by 1965.
- Who was the first black politician to win a state in the Presidential primary elections, for either party?Jesse Jackson
- 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 a restriction placed on the conduct or privileges of most slaves?Slaves were not permitted to celebrate major holidays such as Christmas.
- What was the final outcome of the Pequot War in the Connecticut Colony?The Pequot were nearly annihilated, and the few survivors were made into slaves. The position of Connecticut Colony was largely secure thereafter.
- Which future Supreme Court justice agued for Brown in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case?Thurgood Marshall
- The Nye Committee, the talk radio programs of Father Charles Coughlin, and the speech War is a Racket by Smedley Butler all helped build support for which political position?Isolationism
- Which of the following was not a reason that the Second Bank of the United States was formed, in 1816?Regional private banks wanted a centralized banking authority to assist with financing and liquidity.
- What was a fear or concern that guided the introduction of the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention?Larger states would control the workings of the new federal government if proportional representation was used in the legislature.
- 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.
- Which Founding Father and longest-surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence also helped create the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad?Charles Carroll of Carrollton
- This man was the first Whig to win a Presidential election, in 1840.William Henry Harrison
- The Exodusters were a group of blacks who left the South immediately after Reconstruction ended. Which state did they primarily migrate to?Kansas
- Which of the following individuals was a strong opponent of eugenics during the height of its popularity in the early 1900s?William Jennings Bryan
- Which of the following best describes the legal principle of coverture, as used in the United States?The principle in effect through the 19th century that a married woman could not own property, and acted solely under the legal authority of her husband.
- A "Border Ruffian" during the "Bleeding Kansas" struggle was most likely to become one of these during the Civil War?Bushwhacker
- A person from which of the following groups was least likely to be a "war hawk" in the run-up to the War of 1812?New England merchants who feared a loss of trade from reduced shipping.
- Which Amendment was passed in response to concerns that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was unconstitutional.The 14th Amendment
- A member of which of these groups was unlikely to vote for the Republican Party during the Gilded Age?Opponents of federal spending increases
- 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 of the following points is not one that is made in Judith Sargent Murray's On the Equality of the Sexes, published in 1790?Voting is an expression of equality, and women cannot have equal respect until they also have the vote.
- Which of the following was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?The residents of Kansas were permitted to vote on whether to allow slavery.
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