U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
18 out of 40 correct (45.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Political History: 43.3% (13 out of 30)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 16.7% (1 out of 6)
- Early and Antebellum America (1789-1860): 36.4% (4 out of 11)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 28.6% (2 out of 7)
- Military History: 33.3% (2 out of 6)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Reconstruction Era
- Cold War
- Truman Doctrine
- Fort Detroit
- War of 1812
- Erie Canal
- Second Bank of the United States
- United States presidential election, 1860
- Abraham Lincoln
- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Black Codes (United States)
- Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Atlantic slave trade
- Lucretia Mott
- Seneca Falls Convention
- Susan B. Anthony
- Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Women's suffrage in the United States
- Emma Goldman
- Jacques Marquette
- American Civil War
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Battle of Antietam
- Salem witch trials
- Navajo people
- Hogan
- Pearl S. Buck
- Dominion of New England
- Pinckney's Treaty
- History of rail transport in the United States
- Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
- Freedmen's Bureau
- Northwest Ordinance
- World War II
- Yalta Conference
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following women did not heavily advocate for women's suffrage in the United States?Emma Goldman
- Which of the following Generals was most closely associated with the military campaigns which forced a number of Indian tribes to leave Ohio.Anthony Wayne
- Which individual, Governor of New York and one-time failed Presidential candidate, provided the funding and political backing for the Erie Canal?Dewitt Clinton
- According to most estimates, about how many slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas over the duration of the Atlantic slave trade?12-15 million
- Which of the following is not something that was agreed to at the Yalta Conference in 1945?All parties agreed to establish a war crimes tribunal at Nuremberg after the surrender of Germany.
- How many people were killed as a result of the Salem witch trials?20
- 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
- Which of the following was not a reason that the Second Bank of the United States was formed, in 1816?Regional private banks wanted a centralized banking authority to assist with financing and liquidity.
- What was an important short-term consequence of the Black Codes?Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment.
- 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
- In which region of the country was opposition to the 16th Amendment, allowing for a federal income tax, the strongest?New England
- The hogan was a primary dwelling of which native group?The Navajo
- What issue did Pinckney's Treaty address, in 1795?It was a treaty with Spain that clarified the borders of Florida.
- What did the Truman Doctrine state, in the context of the Cold War?It stated that it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures, with implicit reference to the Soviet Union and communism.
- How long did the Dominion of New England survive before colonial opposition overturned the arrangement?3 years
- Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and Hepburn Act's regulation of the nation's railroads?The Interstate Commerce Commission fended off calls for railroad nationalization during World War I, arguing that its own regulation of the railroads was sufficient.
- What was the latest struggle in which Fort Detroit played a significant role?The War of 1812
- Which of the following states was Jaques Marquette most instrumental in the early exploration of?Louisiana
- The Freedmen's Bureau was in operation from 1865 until what year?1872
- The Union victory in which battle emboldened Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?Antietam
- Which event galvanized Lucretia Mott to help organize the Seneca Falls Convention?At the World's Anti-Slavery Convention, in 1840, Mott was excluded from participating on account of her status as a woman.
- Which of the following statements about Susan B. Anthony is not historically accurate?Anthony was an honorary guest when the 19th Amendment was passed by the U.S. House and Senate.
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following groups was not generally considered to be a "hyphenated American" group in the early 1900s?Scottish-American
- What was Wilma Rudolph best known for?She was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track at a single Olympics.
- During the rationing in World War II, the production of civilian automobiles was completely halted, and most consumers were limited to this amount of gasoline per week.3-4 gallons
- Which issue did the Baker v. Carr decision address?The drawing of Congressional districts
- What was a commonly-used name for Lyndon Johnson's overall program as President?The Great Society
- 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.
- What events led to the Embargo Act of 1807?Britain and France seized numerous American ships as contraband of war, with each country trying to cut off trade to the other.
- What was an important long-term effect of the Comstock Law, passed in 1873?By limiting the dissemination of materials on sexuality and specifically birth control, the law likely delayed the widespread use of it for many years.
- Which answer best describes a muckraker?Muckraker was the name for a number of investigative journalists who dedicated themselves to exposing corruption in government and business.
- Tammany Hall is considered the most prominent example of which American phenomenon?The urban political machines of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- What was Emily Post best known for?She was a notable writer of books on American etiquette.
- Who was the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River?Hernando de Soto
- What, approximately, was the annual inflation rate in the United States when Gerald Ford began his Whip Inflation Now campaign?12 percent
- In which city did the Haymarket Square bombing occur, in 1885?Chicago
- Which President said, "If I can catch any man with a hyphen in this great contest I will know that I have got an enemy of the Republic." about "hyphenated Americans"?Woodrow Wilson
- What was the effect that the Specie Circular had on western prices?It caused western land prices to significantly decline.
- What was a mugwump, and how did they assist in the election of Grover Cleveland as President?The mugwumps were Republican voters who switched tickets to vote for Cleveland, due to his record of fighting corruption and bribery.
- What was Tecumseh's strategy during the War of 1812?Tecumseh allied his forces with British, believing that a British victory would help restrict western settlement.
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