U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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  • Which answer best describes the "Bank War" of Andrew Jackson, while President?
    Andrew Jackson opposed the Second Bank of the United States and attempted to end its federal charter, which was scheduled to expire in 1836.
  • 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 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.
  • 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 Chief Justice is best known for handing down the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?
    Roger B. Taney
  • Who were the "X", "Y", and "Z" in the XYZ Affair?
    Three French diplomats, working under Talleyrand, who demanded bribes before they would negotiate any diplomatic points.
  • Who was the first colonial figure to grow tobacco as a cash crop?
    John Rolfe
  • What was the main point of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the late 1790s?
    That states had the right and duty to declare federal laws as unconstitutional if they did not follow the Constitution.
  • What right(s) is the 4th Amendment written to protect?
    The right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
  • Which public figure was the subject of Walt Whitman's poem, "O Captain! My Captain!"?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • What was the key outcome of the Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?
    A bicameral legislature would be created, with states represented in one house based on population (The House of Representatives), and in the other on an equal basis (The Senate).
  • How many people were killed as a result of the Salem witch trials?
    20
  • Article Three of the Constitution establishes which branch of the national government?
    The Judicial Branch
  • Which British philosopher helped draft the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina? He was also an inspiration for later founding documents of the United States.
    John Locke
  • Which global event loomed as a specter for southern slaveowners throughout the 19th century, in the context of the executions of Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner?
    The Haitian Revolution of Toussaint Louverture
  • Which of the following was not a feature of indentured servitude in the United States?
    About 80% of all white arrivals in the colonies before the American Revolution were indentured servants.
  • 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.
  • What was the first railroad, in 1852, to reach the Ohio River from the Eastern Seaboard?
    The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
  • Which of the following people had been approached by John Brown about his raid and declined to participate?
    Frederick Douglass
  • Which of the following language groups were the Powhatan a part of?
    Algonquian

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Which of the following best describes the life of Booker T. Washington?
    He was a black community and educational leader, and founded the Tuskegee Institute.
  • What was a key objective of George Washington when he made his attack that resulted in the Battle of Trenton?
    Washington hoped that a successful attack and victory against the British would slow their advance and galvanize his own troops and supporters, who were despondent after a series of defeats.
  • Which of the following was not a policy advocated for at some time by the Women's Christian Temperance Union?
    The restriction of immigration to the United States, particularly by non-Protestants.
  • Which of the following best describes the Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II?
    It was the invasion of a Pacific island by Marines in 1942, the first in a long series of "island-hopping" maneuvers.
  • Which of the following was not a feature of the Great Depression in the United States?
    Massive inflation as the government printed money to counteract the effects of falling employment.
  • Which Chief Justice is best known for handing down the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?
    Roger B. Taney
  • What name is commonly given to the widespread transfer of animals, plants, people, culture, and diseases between the Old World and New World after 1492?
    The Columbian Exchange
  • Bootlegger and gangster Al Capone was sentenced to prison for which of the following?
    Tax evasion
  • Which of the following states does not have a border on the Mississippi River?
    Nebraska
  • Which person led Al-Qaeda at the time that it perpetrated the September 11 attacks?
    Osama Bin Laden
  • Which of the following was not a reason that colonists generally opposed the Dominion of New England?
    Governor Andros signed peace treaties with multiple Indian tribes which the colonists felt were too generous.
  • In what region of the country did the Salish peoples live?
    The Northwest
  • Of the following politicians, which was the most outspoken defender of slavery?
    John C. Calhoun
  • 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
  • From which country did most of the September 11 attack perpetrators come from?
    Saudi Arabia
  • What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 do?
    It increased the fine for harboring a fugitive slave to $1,000, and required only a sworn affidavit for recovering an escaped slave (or a free black that a bounty hunter had accused of such).
  • Which of the following answers best describes the religious views of Thomas Jefferson?
    Jefferson was a member of the Episcopal Church, but was more generally a deist who often challenged religious traditions and hierarchy.
  • The United States military suffered more fatalities fighting against a rebellion in this territory, obtained from Spain, than it did in the Spanish-American War itself.
    The Philippines
  • What was the motive for Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination of John F. Kennedy?
    There was no clear motive, and the Warren Commission determined that Oswald acted alone, although many theories have proliferated.
  • Article Two of the Constitution establishes which branch of the national government?
    The Executive Branch

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