U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
22 out of 40 correct (55.0%).
JesseNoland
U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- Cultural History: 36.4% (4 out of 11)
- Black History: 33.3% (2 out of 6)
- Women's History: 0.0% (0 out of 3)
- Political History: 55.6% (15 out of 27)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 42.9% (3 out of 7)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Miles Davis
- World War II
- George Marshall
- Charles Coughlin
- World War I
- United States declaration of war on Germany (1917)
- Frederick Douglass
- Women's suffrage in the United States
- Abraham Lincoln
- Walt Whitman
- Corwin Amendment
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Frances Perkins
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Reconstruction Era
- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Black Codes (United States)
- Andrew Carnegie
- The Gospel of Wealth
- Bison hunting
- Cliff dwelling
- Northwest Ordinance
- Slavery in the United States
- Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
- Coverture
- Cold War
- Rollback
- Bay of Pigs Invasion
- Ku Klux Klan
These questions were missed:
- Which public figure was the subject of Walt Whitman's poem, "O Captain! My Captain!"?Abraham Lincoln
- 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
- What was George Marshall most noted for in World War II?He was the United States Army Chief of Staff throughout World War II.
- What was the position of Frederick Douglass on women's suffrage?Douglass supported women's suffrage, but broke with many in the movement by supporting the ratification of the 15th Amendment, even though it did not include women.
- What was the most important long-term legacy of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac?He was the commander who founded Fort Detroit, in 1701, and firmly established the French presence in Michigan.
- A person in which of the following groups was most likely to support the U.S. entry into World War I?Businessmen in the Northeast
- Which of the following is not a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald?The Sun Also Rises
- How were bison most commonly hunted in pre-contact and prehistoric times?The Plains Indians generally set traps and used costumes or fires to herd the bison into them, or over the sides of cliffs.
- What did the Corwin Amendment state and what was its purpose?It was proposed shortly before the inauguration of President Lincoln, and would have forbidden any additional Constitutional Amendments to restrict slavery where it already existed. It was an 11th hour attempt at compromise before the Civil War.
- What was an important short-term consequence of the Black Codes?Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment.
- Which of the following best describes the legal principle of coverture, as used in the United States?The principle in effect through the 19th century that a married woman could not own property, and acted solely under the legal authority of her husband.
- 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.
- Leading radio stations began to pull the once-popular broadcasts of Father Charles Coughlin, in the late 1930s, after he began expressing which type of views?Anti-semitism and support for Germany and Italy
- Which answer best describes the organization of the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1860s?A large number of distinct groups and individuals perpetrated violence under the Klan's name, in a decentralized fashion.
- "The Gospel of Wealth", by Andrew Carnegie, is a foundational article on which topic or movement?Philanthropy
- At what point were the cliff dwellings of the Pueblo people, in the American southwest, abandoned by their occupants?Around 1300, due to climactic changes which reduced landfall and made the land too arid.
- Miles Davis was a famous musician in the 1950s and afterwards in what genre?Jazz
- In which of the following countries was rollback attempted during the Cold War?Cuba
These questions were answered correctly:
- The Nye Committee, the talk radio programs of Father Charles Coughlin, and the speech War is a Racket by Smedley Butler all helped build support for which political position?Isolationism
- Who was the first President of the Tuskegee Institute?Booker T. Washington
- In 1948, the Progressive Party broke with Harry Truman over his policy toward the Soviet Union, and nominated which man for President?Henry Wallace
- Which answer best describes the Nullification Crisis, in 1832-33, and Andrew Jackson's role in it?South Carolina, led by John Calhoun, asserted that it could nullify the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832, and ignore those laws within its state. Jackson strongly disagreed, but a compromise tariff was passed.
- Andrew Jackson won a plurality of the popular vote in the 1824 Presidential election. Which two opponents did he accuse of stealing that election in a "corrupt bargain"?John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
- The War Production Board was in charge of all of the following during World War II except what?Production of films and speeches aimed at improving civilian morale.
- Which of the following musicians was not influential in the early development and popularity of rock and roll, in the 1950s?Marvin Gaye
- What was the basic strategy of the Normandy landings, in 1944?The operation used a combination of amphibious landings and paratroopers to take the Normandy coastline, and use it as a base for further operations against Germany.
- Who was the first President of the Republic of Texas?Sam Houston
- Which of the following does the "Corrupt Bargain" refer to, in its early 19th century usage?The alliance between supporters of John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to elect Adams in the 1824 election. Andrew Jackson had won a plurality of electoral votes, but not a majority, and lost the final vote in the House of Representatives.
- What was the main issue motivating the leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion?It was a protest against the federal taxation of distilled spirits, which were central to the economy of western Pennsylvania.
- Which of the following was not an impact on American religious practice that resulted from the Second Great Awakening?A more clear separation that emerged between religious revivals, and the social and political movements of the times.
- Which of the following is not a quotation from the Gettysburg Address?"With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us strive on to finish the work we are in"
- Who used the phrase Iron Curtain to describe the Soviet Union and its satellites in a speech they made in 1946, making the term well-known to the American public?Winston Churchill
- Which of the following was a key issue in the United States entry of the war against Germany?German U-boat attacks and a resumption of unrestricted U-boat warfare.
- What was the importance of the Liberty Ship in World War II?It was a simple, standardized transport ship that was easy to construct. Enough could be produced to easily make up for losses from submarine warfare.
- Who was the only Vice President of the Confederate States of America?Alexander Stephens
- What was significant about the National Road, on which construction began in 1811?It was the first major initiative taken by the federal government to build a highway.
- Which of the following was not a key element of the Waltham-Lowell manufacturing system, in the early 1800s?The mills allowed their employees a high level of personal freedom compared to the farms, demanding only that they show up on time and work around 80 hours per week.
- What was the immediate trigger for the Panic of 1873?Jay Cooke & Company, a large bank, owned significant bonds in the Northern Pacific Railroad and was unable to sell them. When the railroad ran into problems, Cooke's firm went bankrupt and triggered a banking panic.
- What was the long-term effect of the Immigration Act of 1924 on American demographics?Immigration to the United States shrank across the board. The level of immigration from Italy and Eastern Europe was particularly targeted for reduction by the law.
- Which of the following countries did not participate heavily in the Atlantic slave trade?Italy
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