U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
20 out of 40 correct (50.0%).
ThomasStoelting
U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- Black History: 22.2% (2 out of 9)
- Early and Antebellum America (1789-1860): 28.6% (2 out of 7)
- Cultural History: 45.5% (5 out of 11)
- Ethnic History: 40.0% (2 out of 5)
- The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945): 33.3% (1 out of 3)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Reconstruction Era
- Brook Farm
- Transcendentalism
- Slavery in the United States
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Irish diaspora
- Great Famine (Ireland)
- William McKinley
- Assassination of William McKinley
- History of the Poles in the United States
- Ironclad oath
- Panic of 1873
- Long Depression
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937
- Prince Hall
- America First Committee
- Wade–Davis Bill
- Blues
- Field holler
- Call and response
- Richard Nixon
- Comprehensive Child Development Bill of 1972
- Exodusters
- Second Great Migration (African American)
- Panama Canal
- Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Freedmen's Bureau
- Hernando de Soto
- Emma Willard
- Harriet Tubman
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following things did Harriet Tubman not do after the Civil War began?She became a school teacher of freedmen and black children in the Reconstruction era South.
- What would the Comprehensive Child Development Bill of 1972 have provided federal funding for, had it not been vetoed by Richard Nixon?A national day care system
- The Freedmen's Bureau was in operation from 1865 until what year?1872
- At the end of the Civil War, a little over 90% of black Americans lived in the South. What was this percentage after the Second Great Migration ended, around 1970?53 percent
- Which of the following people was not a supporter of the America First Committee, an organization opposed to U.S. entry into World War II, during the 1940-1941 period?Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
- How much money, worth nearly $10 billion when adjusted for inflation, did the U.S. spend on building the Panama Canal?$375 million
- Hernando de Soto was the first European to cross the Mississippi. What else was he known for?He participated with Pizarro in the conquest of the Incas in Peru.
- All of the following musical terms are associated with slaves and other workers in the antebellum South except for which one?Blues
- 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 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.
- The creation of Brook Farm, a communal farm in Massachusetts, was inspired by which religious or social movement?Transcendentalism
- Which school, the first in the United States for women's higher education, did Emma Willard start in 1814?Troy Female Seminary
- Which of the following Supreme Court cases upheld the validity of the 19th Amendment?Leser v. Garnett
- The Exodusters were a group of blacks who left the South immediately after Reconstruction ended. Which state did they primarily migrate to?Kansas
- The Panic of 1873 led to which economic event?The Long Depression
- What was the most important short-term consequence of the Ironclad Oath, during Reconstruction?By requiring voters to swear they had never supported the Confederacy, it disqualified many white voters and enabled the Republicans to dominate Southern elections until the early 1870s.
- Which of the following was not a consequence to the United States of the Great Famine and the Irish diaspora?The Democratic Party gained a significant bloc of support by attacking Irish immigrants, until it changed course after the Civil War.
- 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 events most directly led to prejudice against Poles in the United States, at least for a time?The Assassination of William McKinley
- Which of the following influential black leaders was not born into slavery?W.E.B. Dubois
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which answer best describes the economic policies of Janet Yellen in her first years as Chair of the Federal Reserve?Yellen kept interest rates low and phased out quantitative easing, and waited for further signs of recovery from the 2008 financial crisis.
- What was the purpose of the Royal Proclamation of 1763?To prevent incidents with Britain's Indian allies, it forbade colonial settlement to the west of a north-south line which ran through the Appalachian range.
- Which of the following was not a policy that was successfully advocated for by the Grange?Consistently high tariffs on imported manufactured goods.
- 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.
- What were the views of Roger Williams on American Indians and slavery?Williams was an early abolitionist, and also an advocate of fair dealings with the New England Indian tribes.
- Which event made Pontiac a well known Ottawa leader?Pontiac led the Ottawa in a rebellion against the British and their colonists. The rebellion eventually spread from Michigan all the way into Pennsylvania.
- Which of the following is not a quotation from the Declaration of Sentiments?"He has subjected her to taxation without the right of representation in the legislature."
- All of the following states joined the Confederacy after the Battle of Fort Sumter except for which one?Texas
- 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
- Which answer best describes the response of Herbert Hoover to the Great Depression?Hoover increased spending on public works programs, but also increased taxes to avoid a federal deficit.
- The Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education allowed federal courts to require school districts to bus students to achieve racial balance. In what year was the case decided?1971
- The People's Party, also known as the Populist Party, drew its strongest support from which constituency?Farmers
- Polish immigrants made up a significant part of the work force in all of the following industries except which one?Textile manufacturing
- The Federal Trade Commission was created as a progressive reform under which President?Woodrow Wilson
- All of the following actresses were associated with the flapper lifestyle except for which one?Katharine Hepburn
- Which city saw the worst rioting, in terms of lives lost and property destruction, during the disorders of 1967?Detroit
- What group did the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry advocate for politically?Farmers
- Which of the following is not a movie that Marilyn Monroe appeared in?Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Which of the following mythical things was Francisco Vázquez de Coronado searching for on his expedition?The Seven Cities of Gold
- 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
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