U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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23 out of 40 correct (57.5%).

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  • What did the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, do when it was passed in 1935?
    It protected the right of workers to join a union, engage in collective bargaining, and to go on strike.
  • Which of the following acts did not occur during the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson?
    The Sheppard-Towner Act, establishing federal funding for maternity and child care.
  • What was a common term, beginning in the 1890s, for women who sought higher education and increased personal autonomy.
    New Woman
  • Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the success of the Model T and other automobiles?
    Ford became such a dominant carmaker that it was eventually broken up under the federal antitrust laws, becoming the second prominent company to undergo that fate, after Standard Oil.
  • What was the most important long-term legacy of the Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison?
    It is one of the few detailed sources on the debates which led to the U.S. Constitution, and on particular sections and clauses therein.
  • Which of the following Confederate generals did not play an important role in the First Battle of Bull Run?
    Robert E. Lee
  • What was Abraham Lincoln's political experience before he was President?
    He served for one term in the House of Representatives, over a decade before he was elected President. He also served a few years in the Illinois General Assembly.
  • Ernest Hemingway first became well-known for his novel The Sun Also Rises portraying the Lost Generation after World War I. Where does much of this novel take place?
    Spain
  • 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 was a common nickname for the 51st U.S. Congress, which served while Benjamin Harrison was President?
    The Billion-Dollar Congress
  • What was the term scalawag invented to describe? It was chiefly used by Southern opponents during Reconstruction.
    It referred to native Southern whites who supported black suffrage, northern transplants, and Republican politics in general.
  • Who was the main European combatant of the colonies during King William's War?
    France
  • Which of the following was not a consequence to the United States of the Great Famine and the Irish diaspora?
    The Democratic Party gained a significant bloc of support by attacking Irish immigrants, until it changed course after the Civil War.
  • What was the period of Parliamentarian rule in England, between 1648-1660, called?
    The Interregnum
  • 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.
  • Vivien Thomas was a pioneer in which area of medicine?
    Blue baby syndrome
  • What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact attempt to end?
    War

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Who was the author of Common Sense, a pamphlet published in early 1776 which advocated for independence from Great Britain?
    Thomas Paine
  • Which civil rights organization did Martin Luther King Jr. help establish? He was the first President of this organization.
    The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
  • Which political party did George Washington belong to?
    He did not belong to a political party, and he opposed their formation.
  • Which of the following Native American nations was not a part of the "Five Civilized Tribes"?
    The Osage
  • Which General served as the Military Governor during most of the Occupation of Japan?
    Douglas MacArthur
  • Radical Republicans made this proposal in response to the "Ten percent" plan, which they saw as too lenient.
    The Wade-Davis Bill
  • Which answer best describes the Tuskegee Institute?
    It was an important black college in the South that provided instruction on teaching, and on many practical skills and trades.
  • Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in the Cabinet, under Franklin Roosevelt, serving 12 years as the Secretary of which Department?
    The Department of Labor
  • Which of the following is not an important long-term consequence of the Progressive Era?
    The United States joined the League of Nations and became a central actor in international affairs.
  • What describes George Washington's role in the French and Indian War?
    He commanded the Virginia Regiment, the primary fighting unit for that colony.
  • The Liberal Republican Party was founded for all of the following reasons except which one?
    It advocated the passage of a constitutional amendment, limiting the President to two terms in office.
  • Which of the following was not an expectation of American women under the loosely defined "Republican motherhood" ideals of the early United States?
    Women had an obligation to be knowledgable about political issues, and to discuss with their husbands how the family should case its vote.
  • Which of the following factors did not contribute to the extensive cattle economy and cattle drives of Texas and the West?
    Freed slaves provided a cheap, reliable source of labor for herding and tending to cattle.
  • What type of Christian sect did William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, belong to and attempt to incorporate into his colony?
    Quaker
  • Which answer best describes the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?
    This law allowed some illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship and increased the measures and funding for future immigration enforcement.
  • Janet Reno was the first woman to serve in which Cabinet position?
    Attorney General
  • Which of the following people or movements is not associated with Black Power?
    Martin Luther King Jr.
  • 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 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 was the political motivation behind the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, which killed 168 people?
    It was motivated by extremist anti-government sentiment.
  • In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression, passed the...
    Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
  • In what region of what is now the United States did native tribes most commonly perform rain dances?
    The Southwest
  • What was Oberlin College noteworthy for in the 19th century?
    It was the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students.

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