U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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  • Which famous abolitionist published The Liberator from 1831 until the end of the Civil War?
    William Lloyd Garrison
  • 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.
  • At what point were the cliff dwellings of the Pueblo people, in the American southwest, abandoned by their occupants?
    Around 1300, due to climactic changes which reduced landfall and made the land too arid.
  • Which of the following states does not have a border on the Mississippi River?
    Nebraska
  • 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.
  • What was the nature of the law that was upheld in Munn v. Illinois?
    The Court upheld a law setting maximum rates that private companies could charge for the storage and transport of agricultural products, mainly aimed at grain elevators and railroads.
  • Immigrants from which of the following ethnicities did not provide a significant portion of the membership to the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union?
    Swedish
  • What subject does the 11th Amendment deal with?
    It attempts to clarify under what circumstances a U.S. state can be subject to a lawsuit by the federal government or by citizens of a different state.
  • The ostensible cause of Andrew Johnson's impeachment was his dismissal of which Cabinet member?
    Edwin Stanton
  • Which historian is most responsible for popularizing the term "Social Darwinism", decades after that ideology enjoyed its greatest popularity under a various terminology.
    Richard Hofstadter
  • What was the position of George Washington on indentured servitude?
    Washington purchased the contracts for indentured servants at various times, and even posted rewards for the return of runaways.
  • Which answer best describes the relationship between the Bill of Rights and the laws of each state?
    The Bill of Rights was only applicable to the federal government until the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868.
  • 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.
  • Under what circumstances was the Province of New Jersey founded?
    New Jersey was initially part of New Amsterdam, but was taken by the English along with New York and parceled out as a separate colony.
  • What was a lasting geographical consequence of the Quaternary Glaciation?
    The resulting glaciers formed the Great Lakes in the middle of North America.
  • Dorothea Dix inspired the passage of federal legislation to fund the construction of insane asylums, but the proposed law was vetoed by which President?
    Franklin Pierce
  • Polish immigrants made up a significant part of the work force in all of the following industries except which one?
    Textile manufacturing
  • Pearl Buck won a Pulitzer Prize and was the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. Her novels generally took place in which country?
    China

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Which of the following is not the name of a beach that was used during the Normandy landings?
    Silver
  • Which of the following was not something that Andrew Carnegie devoted significant philanthropic resources to?
    Parochial schools and churches
  • Which of the following autobiographical works, published in 1969, made Maya Angelou a well-known author?
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • Which of the following individuals was not considered a "political boss" of an urban political machine?
    Al Smith
  • What did the Corwin Amendment state and what was its purpose?
    It was proposed shortly before the inauguration of President Lincoln, and would have forbidden any additional Constitutional Amendments to restrict slavery where it already existed. It was an 11th hour attempt at compromise before the Civil War.
  • Which of the following groups or organizations was not closely associated with the Redeemer movement that forced Republicans and blacks out of the Southern political process.
    The National Rifle Association
  • Who is notable for having developed a written syllabary for the Cherokee language?
    Sequoyah
  • What were the effects of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?
    It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression.
  • The Order of the Star Spangled Banner was a precursor to which political party?
    The Know Nothing Party
  • What was another name for the 21st Rule in the House of Representatives, which applied to slavery?
    The Gag Rule
  • A member of which of these groups was unlikely to vote for the Democratic Party during the Gilded Age?
    Union veterans
  • Which of the following was not a feature of the Gilded Age?
    Advancements in working conditions and worker safety, and a reduction of fatalities on railroads and in coal mines.
  • Which religious minority did the Maryland Toleration Act, passed in 1649, most directly benefit?
    Catholics
  • The Supreme Court's Lochner v. New York decision began the Lochner era, in which the Supreme Court regularly stuck down which types of laws?
    Laws that regulated the working hours and conditions of employees.
  • The People's Party, also known as the Populist Party, drew its strongest support from which constituency?
    Farmers
  • What was a key argument advanced in the Massachusetts Circular Letter, in response to the Townshend Acts?
    The Townshend Acts were unconstitutional because the colony of Massachusetts was not represented in Parliament.
  • Approximately how many Americans took the pledge of the American Temperance Society to abstain from drinking distilled beverages, in first 10 years after that group's founding in 1826?
    1.5 million
  • Which of the following best describes the doctrine of Containment, during the Cold War?
    The United States would defend any countries which bordered the Soviet bloc to stop the further spread of communism. The United States would not invade countries which were already in the Iron Curtain.
  • 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
  • What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
    It provided for mechanisms to enforce the 15th Amendment and outlawed requirements such as literacy tests as prerequisites for voting.
  • Which of the following was not a legacy of the cowboy culture that built up around the American cattle drives in the 1800s?
    Cowboys often raced horses to pass the time while the cattle rested, and helped develop the races into a popular national sport.
  • All of the following measures, generally seen as circumventions of the 15th Amendment, were used except for which one?
    Requirements to show a state-issued ID card at the polls

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