U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 2
18 out of 40 correct (45.0%).
ChazPackan
U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- Political History: 43.3% (13 out of 30)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 20.0% (1 out of 5)
- U.S. Presidents: 42.9% (3 out of 7)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 40.0% (4 out of 10)
- The U.S. Constitution: 0.0% (0 out of 3)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- First-wave feminism
- Dust Bowl
- Embargo Act of 1807
- John F. Kennedy
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Grover Cleveland
- Mugwump
- New Deal
- New Deal coalition
- Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Prohibition in the United States
- Powhatan
- Farmers' Alliance
- Minutemen
- French and Indian War
- George Washington
- Roaring Twenties
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Reconstruction Era
- Colfax massacre
- Mark Twain
- Dominion of New England
- Bleeding Kansas
- New England Confederation
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Eisenhower's farewell address
- American Civil War
- Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15
- Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- United States Constitution
- Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
These questions were missed:
- What describes George Washington's role in the French and Indian War?He commanded the Virginia Regiment, the primary fighting unit for that colony.
- 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.
- How long did the Dominion of New England survive before colonial opposition overturned the arrangement?3 years
- Which of the following was not a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Kennedy's resulting agreement with Khrushchev?The United States agreed to not intervene in the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia.
- Which of the following statements about the Roaring Twenties is inaccurate?A huge influx of postwar immigration from Europe helped influence the culture of cities like New York and Chicago in the 1920s.
- Which of the following voting groups is not generally considered to have been part of the New Deal Coalition?Rural farmers from the Northeast and New England
- Which of the following was not a consequence of the Embargo Act of 1807?Great Britain, hurt economically, changed its policies to respect the rights of neutral American ships.
- Which of the following policies was not a goal of the Farmer's Alliance?Increased pensions for veterans of the Civil War.
- What the primary purpose of the New England Confederation in the 1600s?It was a military alliance of several New England colonies, catalyzed by various conflicts with native Indian tribes.
- Which of the following was not a precedent for the creation of rapid deployment militia (minutemen) in New England?Militia had skirmished against the British in Boston during the turmoil over the Stamp Act in 1765.
- Which of the following was not a common rationale for Prohibition, or the banning of alcohol sales under the 18th Amendment?Urban Catholics believed that the quality of life and reputation of their neighborhoods would be improved under Prohibition.
- Which of the following books was not written by Mark Twain?The Turn of the Screw
- What was a mugwump, and how did they assist in the election of Grover Cleveland as President?The mugwumps were Republican voters who switched tickets to vote for Cleveland, due to his record of fighting corruption and bribery.
- To what extent did common farming practices contribute to the Dust Bowl?Widespread deep-plowing of the Plains topsoil had made the area much for susceptible to droughts, and to the formation of choking dust clouds.
- Which answer best describes what happened during the Colfax Massacre?It was the single worst instance of racial violence during Reconstruction -- in the wake of a contested gubernatorial election in Louisiana, up to 150 freedmen were killed in a massacre by white Democrats.
- Which of the following women was not a prominent advocate of increased women's rights?Martha Washington
- How many acres of land were distributed by Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15?400 thousand
- Which vent or Supreme Court case led to the passage of the 11th Amendment?Chisholm v. Georgia
- Which of the following statements about Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is not accurate?Abraham Lincoln later said to Stowe, "So this is the little lady who started this great war."
- Which of the following is not something that Dwight Eisenhower warned about in his Farewell Address?The danger of political polarization to paralyze the country at a future point.
- Which of the following language groups were the Powhatan a part of?Algonquian
- Which of the following individuals was not a strong advocate for the direct election of U.S. Senators, eventually required by the 17th Amendment?Elihu Root
These questions were answered correctly:
- What was the objective of the Committee for Public Information?It waged a national, coordinated speaking and propaganda campaign to build public support for the war effort during World War I.
- What was Wilma Rudolph best known for?She was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track at a single Olympics.
- Which event was most greatly sensationalized by publishers during the heyday of yellow journalism?The Spanish-American War
- Which British philosopher helped draft the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina? He was also an inspiration for later founding documents of the United States.John Locke
- Charles Lindberg was well-known during his life for all of the following things except which one?Late in his life, Lindberg became a prominent advocate against manned space travel and the Apollo program, saying that these programs wasted money and distracted from more important issues on Earth.
- Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the First Battle of Bull Run?The Confederate Army continued to move north, invading Maryland and causing panic in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania.
- Which of the following people were most responsible for initially developing the doctrine of Containment?George Kennan
- Which answer best describes Ronald Reagan's policies in the Cold War?Reagan increased defense spending and had the U.S. military take a more active role in world affairs, in an attempt to outspend the Soviet Union and strain its economy.
- Who is notable for having developed a written syllabary for the Cherokee language?Sequoyah
- Which answer best describes the Nullification Crisis, in 1832-33, and Andrew Jackson's role in it?South Carolina, led by John Calhoun, asserted that it could nullify the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832, and ignore those laws within its state. Jackson strongly disagreed, but a compromise tariff was passed.
- What was the most important consequence of the Siege of Yorktown?The British surrender effectively ended the Revolutionary War and led to the Treaty of Paris.
- 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.
- Which of the following works was a key part of Walt Whitman's creative output?Leaves of Grass
- Which political party did George Washington belong to?He did not belong to a political party, and he opposed their formation.
- Approximately how many slaves utilized the Underground Railroad to escape from the South?At least 30 thousand
- Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor?Samuel Gompers
- What was the most significant public policy or movement that Horace Mann was an advocate for?Free and universal public education
- How much did the Dow Jones Industrial Average decline over the two-day period of October 28-29, 1929?23 percent
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