U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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21 out of 40 correct (52.5%).

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  • Which war or conflict did the XYZ Affair most directly lead to?
    The Quasi-War
  • The term pow wow derives from which Indian group?
    The Narragansett
  • What was a long-term legacy of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
    They were an early example of a written constitution in the colonies.
  • Which of the following is not something that was agreed to at the Tehran Conference in late 1943?
    The division of Germany into four occupation zones, which later coalesced into East Germany and West Germany.
  • Which of the following was not a program implemented by the Freedman's Bureau during Reconstruction?
    It helped freed slaves who wished to leave the South, migrate to other regions of the country.
  • Who was the main European combatant of the colonies during King William's War?
    France
  • Which organization, founded in 1890, healed the schism that had emerged in the women's movement over the 15th Amendment? Susan B. Anthony was an early President.
    The National American Woman Suffrage Association
  • Which of the following states was Jaques Marquette most instrumental in the early exploration of?
    Louisiana
  • Which answer best describes what happened during the Colfax Massacre?
    It was the single worst instance of racial violence during Reconstruction -- in the wake of a contested gubernatorial election in Louisiana, up to 150 freedmen were killed in a massacre by white Democrats.
  • Does the judicial philosophy of strict constructionism give more credence to "enumerated powers" or "implied powers"?
    It believes that many implied powers are unconstitutional or non-existent, and favors enumerated powers.
  • What was an objection by the Federalist Party to the Louisiana Purchase?
    The Federalists argued that it was unconstitutional for the United States to acquire any additional territory that it did not possess in 1789.
  • What is a unique legacy of the French colony in Louisiana?
    Louisiana is the only state that has parishes instead of counties.
  • Which historian is most responsible for popularizing the term "Social Darwinism", decades after that ideology enjoyed its greatest popularity under a various terminology.
    Richard Hofstadter
  • Which of the following was not an aspect of the "Cult of Domesticity", a term used to describe social norms for women in the mid-1800s?
    A good woman would do whatever it took to maintain the financial solvency of a home, even it meant working as a teacher or a local seamstress.
  • Which of the following influential black leaders was not born into slavery?
    W.E.B. Dubois
  • Which of the following was not a common rationale for Prohibition, or the banning of alcohol sales under the 18th Amendment?
    Urban Catholics believed that the quality of life and reputation of their neighborhoods would be improved under Prohibition.
  • Which answer most accurately describes the colonists' position on the English Civil War?
    The Puritan colonies of New England were more likely to support the Parliamentarians, while the Anglican colonies such as Virginia were more aligned with the Royalists.
  • All of the following musicians are not generally associated with jazz except which one?
    Chuck Berry
  • 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.

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  • Which of the following acts was forbidden under the Sedition Act of 1918, with violations punishable by 5-20 years in prison?
    It forbade the use of disloyal or abusive language about the United States government, flag, or military during World War I.
  • Ida Tarbell became a well known muckraker for her book attacking which American business magnate?
    John D. Rockefeller
  • 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.
  • A "fallen woman" was a euphemism for what, in the early 1900s?
    A prostitute
  • 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 did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
    It provided for mechanisms to enforce the 15th Amendment and outlawed requirements such as literacy tests as prerequisites for voting.
  • What was the purpose of the Hampton Roads Conference, in 1865?
    It was an inconclusive meeting between Abraham Lincoln and members of Jefferson Davis's Cabinet, before the war ended, in which they discussed possible peace terms.
  • What was an important long-term consequence of the Panic of 1907?
    Many bankers and businessmen advocated for the creation of the Federal Reserve System to prevent a similar financial panic in the future.
  • Which of the following was not a consequence of tobacco's supremacy in colonial Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland?
    Large tobacco growers tried to buy additional land in Pennsylvania, coming into conflict with the Quaker settlers of that region.
  • 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.
  • All of the following actresses were associated with the flapper lifestyle except for which one?
    Katharine Hepburn
  • What did the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 most closely deal with?
    It created the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided for new regulations of the stock market.
  • What was not an immediate consequence of Sherman's March to the Sea?
    The Confederacy formally surrendered to the United States at the end of this campaign.
  • Which state was admitted to the United States as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
    California
  • To prevent the succession of this border state and the blocking of federal troops, Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and had several prominent politicians arrested without trial.
    Maryland
  • What was the primary environmental hazard that Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, advocated against?
    The use of pesticides
  • Which speaker preceded Abraham Lincoln before he made the Gettysburg Address?
    Edward Everett
  • A person from which of the following groups was least likely to support Jacksonian Democracy and universal white manhood suffrage?
    Business owners and bankers in New England.
  • Which of the following people, with his adaption of "Jump Jim Crow", helped popularize blackface in the 1830s?
    Thomas D. Rice
  • What did the Wade-Davis Bill propose for Reconstruction?
    No Southern state could be readmitted until a majority of its voters took the Ironclad Oath, stating they had never supported the Confederacy.
  • Which of the following was not a poem written by Edgar Allen Poe?
    The Scarlet Letter

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