U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 2
18 out of 40 correct (45.0%).
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U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- Political History: 37.9% (11 out of 29)
- Early and Antebellum America (1789-1860): 25.0% (3 out of 12)
- Ethnic History: 20.0% (1 out of 5)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 33.3% (2 out of 6)
- Black History: 33.3% (2 out of 6)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- American Civil War
- Pullman Strike
- Eugene V. Debs
- Tammany Hall
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Republican motherhood
- Immigration Act of 1924
- Royal Proclamation of 1763
- Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
- Border states (American Civil War)
- Great Famine (Ireland)
- Irish diaspora
- Cult of Domesticity
- United States presidential election, 1860
- Abraham Lincoln
- Atlantic slave trade
- Battle of Shiloh
- Compromise of 1850
- America First Committee
- Lend-Lease
- Civil Rights Act of 1968
- George Washington
- Executive privilege
- Chester A. Arthur
- Upton Sinclair
- Oregon Territory
- Nixon Doctrine
- Richard Nixon
- Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
- United States Constitution
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following is not a topic that Upton Sinclair covered in one of his muckraking novels?A political novel about a popular Senator who becomes President, then imposes fascist rule.
- What was an early use of executive privilege, by George Washington?Washington refused to provide documents to the House of Representatives that related to the negotiation of the Jay Treaty with Great Britain.
- Which treaty opened the way for the creation of Oregon Territory?The Oregon Treaty
- 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 vent or Supreme Court case led to the passage of the 11th Amendment?Chisholm v. Georgia
- Which of the following was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?The residents of Kansas were permitted to vote on whether to allow slavery.
- Which church, founded by Richard Allen in 1816, is the oldest independent Protestant denomination founded by black people in the world?The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Which of the following was not a consequence to the United States of the Great Famine and the Irish diaspora?The Democratic Party gained a significant bloc of support by attacking Irish immigrants, until it changed course after the Civil War.
- What was Chester A. Arthur's political experience before he assumed the Presidency of the United States?He was in charge of customs collections for the Port of New York.
- Which of the following was not an expectation of American women under the loosely defined "Republican motherhood" ideals of the early United States?Women had an obligation to be knowledgable about political issues, and to discuss with their husbands how the family should case its vote.
- What did the Nixon Doctrine state, in the context of the Cold War?It stated that the United States would assist in the defense and developments of allies and friends, but would not undertake all the defense of the free nations of the world.
- 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
- This leader of the Pullman Strike later ran for President five times.Eugene Debs
- Which of the following was not considered a "border state" during the Civil War?Tennessee
- In which area did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 increase the protections of the federal government?Housing
- What was the purpose of the Royal Proclamation of 1763?To prevent incidents with Britain's Indian allies, it forbade colonial settlement to the west of a north-south line which ran through the Appalachian range.
- 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.
- What was a long-term legacy of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?They were an early example of a written constitution in the colonies.
- 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.
- A person from which of the following regions was most likely to support the America First Committee and oppose the Lend-Lease Act, before Pearl Harbor?The Midwest
- Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the Battle of Shiloh, in 1862?The Confederates abandoned any hope of defeating the Union in the western theater, and transferred around 30,000 troops to Robert E. Lee in the east, hoping to win a decisive battle there.
- Tammany Hall is considered the most prominent example of which American phenomenon?The urban political machines of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which public figure was the subject of Walt Whitman's poem, "O Captain! My Captain!"?Abraham Lincoln
- How many articles are in the United States Constitution, not including the Preamble?Seven
- Which of the following agencies had the largest role in the creation of the internet?The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Jonathan Edwards was a key preacher in which religious movement?The First Great Awakening
- Which English settler did Pocahontas marry in the 17th century?John Rolfe
- 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.
- Who was the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River?Hernando de Soto
- Which of the following politicians was a strong supporter of the "Ten percent" plan?Abraham Lincoln
- Which of the following statements about sharecropping is inaccurate?Sharecropping was a system that only applied to black tenants.
- What describes George Washington's role in the French and Indian War?He commanded the Virginia Regiment, the primary fighting unit for that colony.
- What were the starting and ending points of Sherman's March to the Sea, in November-December 1865?Atlanta and Savannah
- Which of the following statements about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 is inaccurate?The law had a statute of limitations of seven years, after which an escaped slave was legally free from recapture.
- Article One of the Constitution establishes which branch of the national government?The Legislative Branch
- Which of the following was not an event that contributed to the First Red Scare, a period of anti-Communist frenzy after World War I.The assassination of the Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer, by a self-professed radical socialist.
- The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill, in 1937, would have increased the size of the Supreme Court to how many justices? It was widely seen as an attempt by Franklin Roosevelt to pack the court.Fifteen
- Several laws, not directly related to slavery, were passed early in the Civil War which had previously been blocked by Southern opposition. Which of the following is not one of those laws?The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
- Which answer best describes the Battle of Antietam?The Confederate Army, under Robert E. Lee, was moving north into Maryland in 1862. The Union Army met Lee and forced his Army to retreat.
- Which type of dwelling was most commonly used by the Sioux peoples?The tipi
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