U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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22 out of 40 correct (55.0%).

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  • What was the objective of the Committee for Public Information?
    It waged a national, coordinated speaking and propaganda campaign to build public support for the war effort during World War I.
  • What was the purpose of the Neutrality Acts in the 1930s?
    They were a series of acts which generally restricted or prohibited the United States to sell arms to either side in a foreign conflict. Some of the acts made small exceptions or addressed specific situations.
  • Which of the following sects won a large number of black converts in the antebellum South?
    The Baptists
  • 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 answer best describes the people known as English Dissenters in the 1600s?
    They were Christians who separated from the Church of England to form groups such as the Puritans, Quakers, Anabaptists, and Diggers.
  • 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.
  • Which of the following was a long-term consequence of the Panic of 1819?
    The crisis caused many to lose confidence in the national bank and the American System's economic policies. This created an opening that Jacksonian Democrats would exploit.
  • What was the substance of the Freeport Doctrine, articulated by Stephen A. Douglas in his debates with Abraham Lincoln?
    Douglas tried to finesse the issue of slavery in the territories, by supporting the Supreme Court while arguing that slavery could never be established in a territory if the residents refused to enforce its protections.
  • Scott Joplin was a famous composer of which music genre, in the early 1900s?
    Ragtime
  • The 1920s trial and execution of which two immigrant men is often used as an example of anti-immigrant sentiment and judicial overreach?
    Sacco and Vanzetti
  • What is the only Amendment to repeal another Amendment to the Constitution?
    The 21st Amendment
  • Who did Abraham Lincoln defeat to win reelection as President in 1864?
    George McClellan, a former Union general.
  • Which of the following was not a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Kennedy's resulting agreement with Khrushchev?
    The United States agreed to not intervene in the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia.
  • Which of the following was not a benefit provided by the first G.I. Bill, in 1944?
    Forgiveness of pre-war debts
  • Which of the following people did not help to write the Federalist Papers?
    Benjamin Franklin
  • In what year was the Treaty of Ghent signed (not the year it was ratified), ending the War of 1812?
    1814
  • What was Emily Post best known for?
    She was a notable writer of books on American etiquette.
  • What was a key argument advanced in the Massachusetts Circular Letter, in response to the Townshend Acts?
    The Townshend Acts were unconstitutional because the colony of Massachusetts was not represented in Parliament.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Which of the following woman was a lifelong friend of Susan B. Anthony and her partner in a number of campaigns and organizations.
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • What was an important long-term effect of the Loyalist emigration to Canada after the American Revolution?
    Canada had a significant influx of settlers who resisted integration with the United States, were favorable to Britain, and influenced future politics there.
  • What was the issue that caused the Teapot Dome scandal, during Warren Harding's Administration?
    Harding's Secretary of Interior, Albert Fall, leased government oil reserves to oil companies at very low cost, in return for bribes.
  • In what year was Medicare established?
    In 1965 as part of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
  • Which decentralized group emerged to protest the federal government's response to the 2008 financial crisis, the Administration of Barack Obama, and later the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
    The Tea Party movement
  • Bill Clinton signed which of the following trade agreements as President?
    The North American Free Trade Agreement
  • How many people died in the September 11 attacks?
    3,000
  • Who was the first President of the Tuskegee Institute?
    Booker T. Washington
  • What was Clara Barton best known for?
    She was the founder of the American Red Cross and a renowned nurse.
  • What was an important consequence of Nat Turner's rebellion for American slaves?
    Most Southern states greatly tightened their restrictions on slave gatherings and the right to become literate, to prevent future rebellions.
  • 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.
  • Which of the following was an important, immediate precursor to the Establishment clause in the First Amendment?
    The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
  • Which important poem, later becoming the national anthem, was written during the Battle of Baltimore?
    The Star-Spangled Banner
  • During which war or conflict did the Battle of the Alamo occur?
    The Texas Revolution
  • Which historian was responsible for popularizing the Frontier Thesis in American history, that the moving frontier line had been an essential driver of democracy?
    Frederick Jackson Turner
  • Which battle has been often known as the shot heard round the world?
    The Battles of Lexington and Concord
  • What was a commonly-used name for Lyndon Johnson's overall program as President?
    The Great Society
  • The Communist Revolution in China succeeded in replacing Chiang Kai-shek with Mao Zedong in which year, causing even more alarm in the United States?
    1949
  • What was the importance of the Stabilization Act of 1942?
    It controlled prices and wages to prevent inflation during the war.
  • Which of the following is a quote from the Declaration of Independence?
    "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..."
  • What does the Free Exercise clause of the Bill of Rights apply to?
    Congress may not prohibit the free exercise of any religion or religious belief.
  • Which of the following statements about the Roaring Twenties is inaccurate?
    A huge influx of postwar immigration from Europe helped influence the culture of cities like New York and Chicago in the 1920s.

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