U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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19 out of 40 correct (47.5%).

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  • Which of the following decisions, by John Marshall, most directly acknowledged the implied powers of the federal government and strengthened their legal basis?
    McCulloch v. Maryland
  • In order to prevent bank runs, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was created in 1933. What does this organization primarily do?
    It insures deposits at participating banks and supervises them for soundness. In the event of a failure, depositors receive insurance payouts directly from the FDIC.
  • Overall, how did the American public feel about Andrew Johnson's impeachment?
    Johnson was not a popular President, but most people opposed his impeachment.
  • 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.
  • Which of the following best describes the role of Chester Nimitz, a U.S. commander during World War II?
    He was a Fleet Admiral in the Pacific and devised and executed a large part of the island-hopping strategy there.
  • Which early political party was most likely to use the term "strict constructionism" in relation to the Constitution?
    The Democratic-Republican Party
  • Which of the following societal trends was not a factor in the Harlem Renaissance?
    The state of New York and the federal government created extensive programs in the 1920s to fund artists of all backgrounds.
  • Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the Dawes Act?
    Land allotments became a basis for modest Indian prosperity in the early 1900s.
  • Which answer best describes the Battle of Antietam?
    The Confederate Army, under Robert E. Lee, was moving north into Maryland in 1862. The Union Army met Lee and forced his Army to retreat.
  • Which of the following was not a large source of labor in the Province of Maryland by the mid-1700s?
    Indian slaves
  • Which answer best describes what the Coffin Handbills were?
    They were a series of attacks by supporters of John Quincy Adams in 1828, that accused Andrew Jackson of numerous murders and bloodthirsty military actions during his rise from obscurity to national prominence.
  • At the height of the postwar Baby Boom, in the late 1950s, the fertility rate per woman reached which point (vs. 1.9 in 2014)?
    3.7
  • Joseph McCarthy's fruitless and unpopular investigation of which agency or organization led to his political downfall and eventual censure?
    The U.S. Army
  • Which of the following was not a reason for the CIA-orchestrated Iranian coup d'état in 1953?
    Iran's President, Mohammad Mosaddegh, had taken power in a coup d'etat of his own and had massacred over 10,000 Iranaians.
  • How much money, worth nearly $10 billion when adjusted for inflation, did the U.S. spend on building the Panama Canal?
    $375 million
  • What was the purpose of the Enrollment Act, during the Civil War?
    It was a military draft, implemented to replace the losses that the Union Army suffered during the first two years of the war.
  • 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.
  • Freddie Stowers, a black soldier, received a Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I. In what year was his medal awarded?
    1991
  • Which of the following was not an event that contributed to the First Red Scare, a period of anti-Communist frenzy after World War I.
    The assassination of the Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer, by a self-professed radical socialist.
  • Which of the following statements about blackface, specifically in the 1830s and 40s, is inaccurate?
    Blackface generally provided an authentic look at the trials and travails of slavery.
  • What was a broad philosophical/political idea that guided the Virginia Plan?
    Each state should have representation in the national legislature in proportion to its population.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Which type of dwelling was most commonly used by the Sioux peoples?
    The tipi
  • 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.
  • Which politician, who later opposed secession, was one of the only prominent Southerners to oppose the repeal of the Missouri Compromise during the Kansas-Nebraska debates in 1854?
    Sam Houston
  • What was an important early political issue that rested upon conflicting interpretations of the Necessary and Proper Clause of the Constitution?
    Whether the First Bank of the United States, i.e. a national bank, was allowed by the Constitution.
  • Which of the following is not a movie that Marilyn Monroe appeared in?
    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • What is a unique legacy of the French colony in Louisiana?
    Louisiana is the only state that has parishes instead of counties.
  • What was the last major battle of the Pacific Theatre in World War II?
    Okinawa
  • In its purer forms, a proponent of Social Darwinism would believe all of the following statements except which one?
    Social instincts such as "sympathy" and "moral sentiments" also evolved through natural selection.
  • In what year was the United States Constitution written?
    1787
  • The People's Party, also known as the Populist Party, drew its strongest support from which constituency?
    Farmers
  • Margaret Mead, an anthropologist, studied the sexual behavior of people in which foreign location? Her work was controversial and seen by many as undermining the values of monogamy.
    Samoa
  • Which of the following Christian sects did not see an increase in membership and prominence during the Second Great Awakening?
    Episcopalians
  • Which of the following tactics was not used to disenfranchise blacks during and after the end of Reconstruction?
    The encouragement of black migration to the north, so that fewer could vote in Southern elections.
  • What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s position on the Vietnam War?
    King was an early and outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War.
  • Which incident most directly led to the creation of the Apollo Program's mission of putting a man on the moon?
    The launching of Yuri Gagarin into orbit by the Soviet Union, in 1961.
  • "The Gospel of Wealth", by Andrew Carnegie, is a foundational article on which topic or movement?
    Philanthropy
  • Which of the following Democratic politicians did not come from the conservative Bourbon Democrat wing?
    William Jennings Bryan
  • What does the Free Exercise clause of the Bill of Rights apply to?
    Congress may not prohibit the free exercise of any religion or religious belief.
  • Which of the following unions was largely started due to a dispute with the Knights of Labor, and that group's loss of popularity in the late 1880s?
    The American Federation of Labor

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