U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 2
20 out of 40 correct (50.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Cultural History: 33.3% (4 out of 12)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 28.6% (2 out of 7)
- Women's History: 0.0% (0 out of 3)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 33.3% (2 out of 6)
- Black History: 25.0% (1 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Mississippi River
- New Deal
- Securities Exchange Act of 1934
- Battle of Trenton
- Flatboat
- Constitutional Convention (United States)
- United States Constitution
- Stonewall riots
- Hernando de Soto
- Thomas Jefferson
- Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
- James Madison
- Earl Warren
- Albany Plan
- Benjamin Franklin
- Freddie Stowers
- World War II
- War Production Board
- Prince Hall
- Gertrude Stein
- Ernest Hemingway
- Northwest Ordinance
- Slavery in the United States
- People's Party (United States)
- Farmers' Alliance
- Memphis riots of 1866
- Grace Hopper
- Gibson Girl
These questions were missed:
- What was a key objective of George Washington when he made his attack that resulted in the Battle of Trenton?Washington hoped that a successful attack and victory against the British would slow their advance and galvanize his own troops and supporters, who were despondent after a series of defeats.
- What was Prince Hall best known for during the Revolutionary period?He was a prominent African-American freemason who created a black mason hall and is a father of Black Freemasonry.
- Who was the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River?Hernando de Soto
- In what year was the United States Constitution written?1787
- The Farmer's Alliance most directly led to the founding of which political party?The People's Party
- Ernest Hemingway first became well-known for his novel The Sun Also Rises portraying the Lost Generation after World War I. Where does much of this novel take place?Spain
- Which of the following is not a notable contribution of Grace Hopper to computing technology?She was a key early employee of IBM and helped with the development of mainframe computing.
- Which of the following statements about Earl Warren is inaccurate?He had long been on the conservative end of the Republican Party, and he surprised many with the direction of his decisions as the Supreme Court Chief Justice.
- In which city did the Stonewall Riots occur? They are commonly seen as a turning point in the history of gay activism.New York
- The War Production Board was in charge of all of the following during World War II except what?Production of films and speeches aimed at improving civilian morale.
- Gertrude Stein left the United States in 1903 to live in which foreign city?Paris
- During which of the following time periods was flatboat traffic at its heaviest?The 1840s
- What was a "Gibson Girl" around the turn of the 20th century?It was a cartoon series that semi-comically depicted a modern, confident, fashionable woman and her happenings, but did not involve her in the women's political movements of the time.
- Which of the following people was instrumental in presenting the Albany Plan, an early attempt at colonial unification?Benjamin Franklin
- What was the most important immediate consequence of the Memphis Riots of 1866?It built support for the Radical Republicans in the 1866 elections, and contributed to the passage of the 14th Amendment.
- 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.
- What did the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 most closely deal with?It created the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided for new regulations of the stock market.
- Which of the following states does not have a border on the Mississippi River?Nebraska
- 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.
- Freddie Stowers, a black soldier, received a Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I. In what year was his medal awarded?1991
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which man was best known for founding Standard Oil and building it into an oil industry giant?John D. Rockefeller
- Which of the following was not a factor in reducing the prosperity of poor whites in the South during the antebellum period and immediately after?Poor whites were heavily taxed by Southern state governments to pay for infrastructure projects and slave patrols.
- The Erie Canal connects which two cities in New York?Buffalo and Albany
- Which of the following acts was forbidden under the Sedition Act of 1918, with violations punishable by 5-20 years in prison?It forbade the use of disloyal or abusive language about the United States government, flag, or military during World War I.
- Which of the following issues weighed on Jimmy Carter's popularity, and greatly assisted the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980?The Iran Hostage Crisis, and Carter's inability to resolve it before the 1980 election, led to a huge loss of popularity.
- Under what circumstances was the importation of slaves into the United States abolished?It was outlawed in 1808 by federal law -- the earliest date allowed by the Constitution.
- What did the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, do when it was passed in 1935?It protected the right of workers to join a union, engage in collective bargaining, and to go on strike.
- 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 a change in immigration policy that began with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965?It rescinded a provision prohibiting the immigration of homosexuals to the United States.
- To prevent the succession of this border state and the blocking of federal troops, Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and had several prominent politicians arrested without trial.Maryland
- What was the motive for Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination of John F. Kennedy?There was no clear motive, and the Warren Commission determined that Oswald acted alone, although many theories have proliferated.
- The ostensible cause of Andrew Johnson's impeachment was his dismissal of which Cabinet member?Edwin Stanton
- Who was the first colonial figure to grow tobacco as a cash crop?John Rolfe
- Which of the following people were most responsible for initially developing the doctrine of Containment?George Kennan
- Which of the following people was not a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution?Alexander Hamilton
- What does the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?It protects the rights of states and individuals, by reserving for them those rights which are not granted to the United States government.
- Which of the following groups was never a part of the Iroquois Confederation?Wyandot
- Which answer best describes the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?This law allowed some illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship and increased the measures and funding for future immigration enforcement.
- In 1948, the Dixiecrats broke with Harry Truman over his desegregation of the Armed Forces, and other issues, and nominated which man for President?Strom Thurmond
- What was James K. Polk's position on the idea of Manifest Destiny?Polk was proponent of this idea, and oversaw a huge expansion in the territory of the United States.
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