U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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18 out of 40 correct (45.0%).

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  • Which Amendment gave Washington D.C. the right to vote in Presidential elections?
    The 23rd Amendment
  • What is significant about the Boston Manufacturing Company in American industrial history?
    It built the first integrated spinning and weaving factory in the world to manufacture textiles.
  • What was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition?
    It affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict.
  • How did the Great White Fleet of the U.S. Navy become well-known?
    It undertook a circumnavigation of the globe, lasting over a year, in which it made goodwill stops in numerous foreign ports.
  • 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
  • Which best describes George Washington's attitude to the new United States Constitution and its ratification?
    Washington actively supported the new Constitution and pushed hard for its ratification.
  • Which answer best describes the political background of James Monroe?
    Monroe was a former anti-federalist who more or less continued the legacy of Jefferson and Madison.
  • Which of the following statements/essays on women's rights was written by Judith Sargent Murray?
    On the Equality of the Sexes
  • What was the American Federation of Labor's basic strategy during the first years of its existence?
    The AFL formed as an association of trade unions, and strictly limited its focus to bargaining for better wages and working conditions for its own members, avoiding partisan politics.
  • Which of the following policies was not a goal of the Farmer's Alliance?
    Increased pensions for veterans of the Civil War.
  • Myra Bradwell became the first American woman to enter this profession, when the Illinois and United States Supreme Courts ruled in her favor in 1890 and 1892.
    She was the nation's first female lawyer.
  • What was James Buchanan's position in the last months of his term, after the Southern states began to secede?
    Buchanan stated that secession was illegal, but that going to war to stop it was also illegal.
  • Which of the following political offices did Jefferson Davis hold before he became President of the Confederate States of America?
    He was a Senator from Mississippi.
  • Which of the following answers best describes Cahokia?
    It was a large settlement on the banks of the Mississippi River which held up to 40,000 people and had several large mounds which still exist.
  • The Mississippian cultures shared all of the following characteristics except which one?
    A highly developed system of writing that later fell into disuse.
  • Aimee Semple McPherson was well known for all of the following things except which one?
    She was one of the first nationally-known evangelicals to extensively preach and campaign on behalf of conservative Republican politicians.
  • How much did the Dow Jones Industrial Average decline over the two-day period of October 28-29, 1929?
    23 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.
  • What was Elizabeth Freeman most noted for?
    She won her freedom in the Massachusetts Supreme Court, in 1781, in a decision that implicitly ended slavery in that state.
  • Which answer best describes the Siege of Vicksburg?
    The Union Army, under Ulysses Grant, captured the last remaining Confederate foothold on the Mississippi River, in 1863.
  • To what degree has the Commerce Clause been a source of contention in American politics since the ratification of the Constitution?
    The Commerce Clause has been a central part of many Supreme Court decisions, both in the early days of the United States and in more recent times, and its exact scope is fiercely debated.
  • What was the first railroad, in 1852, to reach the Ohio River from the Eastern Seaboard?
    The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

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  • 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
  • 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
  • The main branch of the Oregon Trail began in which town?
    Independence, Missouri
  • What was a lasting geographical consequence of the Quaternary Glaciation?
    The resulting glaciers formed the Great Lakes in the middle of North America.
  • Which issue caused the women's suffrage movement to split into the National and American Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA and AWSA), in 1869?
    One side supported the voting protections of the 15th Amendment, while the other opposed them because they did not extend to women.
  • Which of the following was not a key difference between the First and Second Continental Congress?
    The First Continental Congress advocated for rapprochement with Britain and issued an apology for colonial excesses. The Second Congress produced the Declaration of Independence.
  • 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.
  • What did the Judiciary Act of 1801 do?
    It reorganized the federal court system by creating new courts and changing how vacancies would be filled. This allowed for several appointments to be made by John Adams in the final days of his Administration.
  • What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 do?
    It increased the fine for harboring a fugitive slave to $1,000, and required only a sworn affidavit for recovering an escaped slave (or a free black that a bounty hunter had accused of such).
  • Which of the following groups was never a part of the Iroquois Confederation?
    Wyandot
  • What did the Wilmot Proviso attempt to do?
    It would have prohibited slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
  • 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 Open-Door Policy, announced in 1899, was designed to protect American business interests in which country or region?
    China
  • What was the primary reason for the creation of the Greenback during the Civil War, in spite of ingrained opposition to fiat currency?
    Banks and foreign governments would only lend to the United States at exorbitant interest rates, and the revenue from tariffs and excises was clearly insufficient to finance an army.
  • Which of the following technologies was a critical part of the Waltham-Lowell manufacturing system?
    The power loom
  • Which of the following influential black leaders was not born into slavery?
    W.E.B. Dubois
  • Which of the following Confederate states was exempted from the Emancipation Proclamation, since most of it was already under Union control in late 1862?
    Tennessee
  • The Mapp v. Ohio decision strengthened the protections of which Amendment?
    The 4th Amendment

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