U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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  • Although Abraham Lincoln won a majority of the electoral vote in the 1860 election, he won only this percent of the popular vote.
    39.7 percent
  • What political party did Samuel Gompers, the founder of the American Federation of Labor, belong to?
    The Republican Party
  • What issue did Pinckney's Treaty address, in 1795?
    It was a treaty with Spain that clarified the borders of Florida.
  • What was the nature of the Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Reese, in 1876?
    That certain provisions of the Enforcement Acts, aimed at protecting black voting rights, exceeded the scope of the 15th Amendment.
  • Vivien Thomas was a pioneer in which area of medicine?
    Blue baby syndrome
  • 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.
  • What did the term "pet banks" refer to during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson?
    It referred to state banks which Jackson deposited federal funds into after withdrawing them from the Second Bank of the United States.
  • In which region of the country was opposition to the 16th Amendment, allowing for a federal income tax, the strongest?
    New England
  • What was a particularly unique belief of the Shakers, a Christian group that came to prominence during the Second Great Awakening?
    The Shakers believed that all forms of sexual intercourse were sinful and enforced the practice of celibacy in their communities.
  • Harry Truman's high-profile confrontation with which labor leader over a coal strike helped earn him a place of enmity among unions?
    John L. Lewis
  • Which Amendment outlawed the poll tax as a condition for voting?
    The 24th Amendment
  • Which Southern Congressman became well-known for beating Senator Charles Sumner almost to death with a cane on the Senate floor, in 1856?
    Preston Brooks
  • Approximately how many people migrated west on the Oregon Trail and its offshoots?
    400 thousand
  • A member of which of these groups was unlikely to vote for the Republican Party during the Gilded Age?
    Opponents of federal spending increases
  • All of the following proposals in Harry Truman's Fair Deal failed to pass in Congress except which one?
    Federal funding for slum clearance and the construction of public housing
  • Which answer best describes the Newburgh Conspiracy and George Washington's role in it?
    It was a movement within the Continental Army, after the war, to rise against the Continental Congress and replace it with one better able to pay the soldiers. Washington gave a speech opposing this movement strongly, and it collapsed.
  • Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the California Gold Rush?
    The gold rush made most of the new arrivals wealthy or at least somewhat prosperous, and gave California a reputation as a land of opportunity within the United States.
  • 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
  • Which politician was the acknowledged leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican Party?
    Roscoe Conkling
  • What was Emily Post best known for?
    She was a notable writer of books on American etiquette.
  • What was the primary goal of the Farmers' Holiday Association, active in the early 1930s?
    It attempted to coordinate the withholding of farm products from the market, in order to raise prices and slow the rate of farm foreclosures.

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  • What was a fear or concern that guided the introduction of the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention?
    Larger states would control the workings of the new federal government if proportional representation was used in the legislature.
  • Which of the following, from the point of view of the English Crown, was not a benefit of the proprietary colony?
    Such colonies allowed all colonists a voice in the local government, minimizing the chance of unrest.
  • What did the "Ten percent" plan for Reconstruction propose?
    A state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10% of it's 1860 voters had taken on oath of allegiance to the United States.
  • During the 19th century, which of the following statements about slavery is most accurate?
    Hundreds of thousands of slaves were sold and transported overland from the Upper South to the Deep South.
  • The Order of the Star Spangled Banner was a precursor to which political party?
    The Know Nothing Party
  • 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.
  • Robert La Follette Sr., a long-time progressive Republican, ran for President as a third-party candidate in which election? He received 17% of the nation's popular vote.
    1924
  • Which of the following was an important long-term consequence of Bacon's Rebellion, in 1676?
    Because many indentured servants had joined the rebellion, Virginia's planters came to rely more heavily on slaves and hardened the colony's racial lines.
  • The ostensible cause of Andrew Johnson's impeachment was his dismissal of which Cabinet member?
    Edwin Stanton
  • Which of the following was not a large source of labor in the Province of Maryland by the mid-1700s?
    Indian slaves
  • The Panic of 1873 led to which economic event?
    The Long Depression
  • "The Gospel of Wealth", by Andrew Carnegie, is a foundational article on which topic or movement?
    Philanthropy
  • Which of the following countries has NATO not intervened in militarily?
    Poland
  • 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.
  • John Marshall was one of the most important members of which early American political party?
    The Federalist Party
  • How did the Non-Intercourse Act change the Embargo Act of 1807?
    The Non-Intercourse Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those voyages bound for British or French ports.
  • 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.
  • 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 was not an important long-term consequence of the Three-Fifths Compromise?
    The United Stated was unable to pass any laws banning the importation of slaves, due to the disproportionate representation of the South.

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