U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 2
17 out of 40 correct (42.5%).
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Areas for improvement:
- The Postwar and Modern Age (1945-present): 16.7% (1 out of 6)
- Political History: 48.0% (12 out of 25)
- Military History: 20.0% (1 out of 5)
- Women's History: 28.6% (2 out of 7)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 28.6% (2 out of 7)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Slavery in the United States
- First-wave feminism
- Victoria Woodhull
- Cotton gin
- Eli Whitney
- September 11 attacks
- War Powers Resolution
- Richard Nixon
- Combined oral contraceptive pill
- Cowboy
- Cattle drives in the United States
- The Impending Crisis of the South
- Samuel Morse
- Electrical telegraph
- Margaret Sanger
- Internal improvements
- American System (economic plan)
- Andrew Jackson
- Fallen woman
- Harlem Renaissance
- James Monroe
- Battle of Trenton
- Duke Ellington
- History of the Poles in the United States
- Ward heeler
- Katharine Graham
- Agricultural Adjustment Act
- New Deal
- Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
- Black church
- Underground Railroad
- Wampanoag people
- King Philip's War
- Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Morehouse College
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following individuals is not an alumnus of Morehouse College, an all-black college founded during Reconstruction?Jesse Jackson
- 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.
- Polish immigrants made up a significant part of the work force in all of the following industries except which one?Textile manufacturing
- All of the following statements about a ward heeler is accurate except for which one?Ward heelers were usually high-ranking members in their party, and might be groomed to run for public office themselves.
- What was Andrew Jackson's position on "internal improvements", or federal infrastructure spending in modern terms?Jackson believed that, by and large, such spending was an avenue for corruption and disproportionately benefited elite business interests.
- How many people died in the September 11 attacks?3,000
- Who is most credited with developing the telegraph within the United States.Samuel Morse
- Which American Indian tribe was nearly destroyed in King Philip's War, starting in 1676?The Wampanoag
- To what extent did the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 change the previous Agricultural Adjustment Act?Due to a Supreme Court challenge of the initial law, the second law replaced the method of funding the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Other aspects remained largely the same.
- What was the main argument against slavery made in The Impending Crisis of the South by Hinton Rowan Helper?Slavery was an inefficient practice and a barrier to industrialization and economic progress in the South, benefitting a tiny minority at the expense of the many.
- Which future President was wounded at the Battle of Trenton?James Monroe
- A "fallen woman" was a euphemism for what, in the early 1900s?A prostitute
- What was Katharine Graham best known for?She was the editor of Washington Post for two decades, including the time when the Watergate Scandal occurred.
- What is notable about Victoria Woodhull?She was the first woman candidate for President of the United States.
- What is notable about Victoria Woodhull?She was the first woman candidate for President of the United States.
- Which of the following organizations is a legacy of Margaret Sanger's activism?Planned Parenthood
- The 22nd Amendment states that a President cannot be elected to more than two terms, and limits their total time in office to this number of years, allowing for the case where a President serves a partial term.8 years
- Which of the following societal trends did not rapidly follow the approval of The Pill (the birth control pill) in 1960?Every state legalized the use of the pill for married and unmarried women by 1965.
- Which answer best describes the War Powers Resolution, which was passed over Richard Nixon's veto?It requires the President to obtain Congressional approval for any action where United States Armed Forces are engaged for 60 days or more.
- What was the most important long-term effect of Eli Whitney's cotton gin in the South?It greatly increased the demand for slaves in the Deep South, made its economy dependent on cotton, and ended any momentum towards the abolition of slavery in the region.
- Duke Ellington's appearances at which club contributed to his national reputation?The Cotton Club
- Approximately how many slaves utilized the Underground Railroad to escape from the South?At least 30 thousand
- All of the following writers are associated with the Harlem Renaissance except which one?Alice Walker
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following people wrote The Feminine Mystique? This book is commonly credited as a milestone in the feminist movement.Betty Friedan
- The site of which future city did Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet not pass through during their 1673 expedition?Minneapolis, Minnesota
- What was the key point made in the sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards?This sermon evoked numerous images of hell and the torment that awaited those who rejected God's grace.
- 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.
- What right(s) is the 9th Amendment written to protect?Just because certain individual rights are protected in the Constitution, it does not mean that other rights are denied.
- Robert Fulton achieved fame for his innovations in which area?Steamboats
- Which answer best describes the "Bank War" of Andrew Jackson, while President?Andrew Jackson opposed the Second Bank of the United States and attempted to end its federal charter, which was scheduled to expire in 1836.
- Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Cabinet of George Washington?James Madison served as the Attorney General
- Jonathan Edwards was a key preacher in which religious movement?The First Great Awakening
- What was the outcome of King Philip's War for the English and the Wampanoag in New England?Several hundred English settlers were killed, while the Wampanoag were almost annihilated. Many Indian survivors were sold into slavery.
- Which answer best describes the political ideals of Jacksonian Democracy and Andrew Jackson?Supported the expansion of the vote, opposed to monopolies and elites, and supported more Western settlement. Ignored the issue of slavery in the name of unity.
- Which of the following was not a policy advocated for at some time by the Women's Christian Temperance Union?The restriction of immigration to the United States, particularly by non-Protestants.
- 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
- Andrew Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act, but his most frequent clashes with Congress came over which issue?Reconstruction
- During its peak, areas with substantial incidents of lynching were correlated with each of the following factors except which one?The African American population was relatively small and isolated.
- What was a key distinction of a Crown colony in British North America?Crown colonies were ruled by a governor who was directly appointed by the monarch.
- Which of the following countries did not participate heavily in the Atlantic slave trade?Italy
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