U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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21 out of 40 correct (52.5%).

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  • Which of the following women was not influential in the field of home economics?
    Myra Bradwell
  • The Union victory in which battle emboldened Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
    Antietam
  • What issue did Pinckney's Treaty address, in 1795?
    It was a treaty with Spain that clarified the borders of Florida.
  • Which war or conflict did the XYZ Affair most directly lead to?
    The Quasi-War
  • 38 Sioux were hanged in what town in 1862? It marked the largest mass execution in United States history.
    Mankato, Minnesota
  • Which of the following factors did not contribute to an influx of farmers to the Great Plains, many of whom would later become the backbone of the Farmer's Alliance and populist movement?
    Prime farmland in California and Oregon was largely occupied by the 1870s, and younger settlers began to move east towards Montana and Colorado.
  • What percentage of public libraries in the United States are estimated to have been founded by women's clubs around the turn of the 20th century?
    75-80 percent
  • The United Nations Charter was drafted in 1945 in which city?
    San Francisco
  • What is the significance of Levittown, New York?
    It was a planned suburb built in the late 1940s that became a model for thousands of similar communities in the U.S.
  • Approximately how long ago did the Rocky Mountains form?
    Around 60 million years ago, during the Laramide orogeny.
  • What was Elizabeth Freeman most noted for?
    She won her freedom in the Massachusetts Supreme Court, in 1781, in a decision that implicitly ended slavery in that state.
  • What was the stance of William Pitt during the turmoil which preceded the American Revolution?
    William Pitt was perhaps the most prominent British politician to call for reconciliation with the colonies and a granting of more rights.
  • Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature?
    Edith Wharton
  • The Clayton Antitrust Act strengthened or created protections against monopolistic practices in all of the following areas except which one?
    Leveraged buyouts of any type, where the purchasing company did not substantial assets or an existing line of business
  • What was the position of George Washington on indentured servitude?
    Washington purchased the contracts for indentured servants at various times, and even posted rewards for the return of runaways.
  • About what percentage of white arrivals to the colonies before the American Revolution came as indentured servants?
    50 percent
  • What was the primary goal of the Farmers' Holiday Association, active in the early 1930s?
    It attempted to coordinate the withholding of farm products from the market, in order to raise prices and slow the rate of farm foreclosures.
  • Which of the following did the Social Purity Movement attempt to combat?
    Prostitution, also known as "the social evil".
  • What did the Roosevelt Corollary of Theodore Roosevelt do?
    It stated that the United States would intervene directly in conflicts between European and Latin American countries, rather than having the Europeans press their claims directly.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Under what circumstances was the importation of slaves into the United States abolished?
    It was outlawed in 1808 by federal law -- the earliest date allowed by the Constitution.
  • Which of the following is a distinctive feature of ragtime music?
    Syncopated beats, usually played on piano.
  • What was the most important immediate consequence of the Memphis Riots of 1866?
    It built support for the Radical Republicans in the 1866 elections, and contributed to the passage of the 14th Amendment.
  • 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.
  • Janet Reno was the first woman to serve in which Cabinet position?
    Attorney General
  • 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
  • Which of the following clauses was not a part of the Missouri Compromise?
    No free state would be admitted in the future, without a slave state being admitted simultaneously to keep an equal balance between free and slave states, and vice versa.
  • The Farmer's Alliance most directly led to the founding of which political party?
    The People's Party
  • What was the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, thereby making it effective on August 18, 1920?
    Tennessee
  • William Randolph Hearst consistently made enormous profits from his ownership of which women's magazine, purchased in 1911?
    Good Housekeeping
  • In what city was Jane Addams's Hull House located?
    Chicago
  • Which of the following Native American nations was not a part of the "Five Civilized Tribes"?
    The Osage
  • The Supreme Court overturned Munn v. Illinois in 1886 with Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois. Which federal law was most directly passed in response to this case?
    The Interstate Commerce Act
  • To what extent did the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 change the previous Agricultural Adjustment Act?
    Due to a Supreme Court challenge of the initial law, the second law replaced the method of funding the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Other aspects remained largely the same.
  • 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.
  • Which of the following people had been approached by John Brown about his raid and declined to participate?
    Frederick Douglass
  • 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.
  • What was Sarah Josepha Hale best known for in the antebellum era?
    She was the editor of Godey's Lady's Book, a popular women's magazine, and an advocate for the creation of Thanksgiving.
  • 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.
  • Which answer best describes the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?
    This law allowed some illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship and increased the measures and funding for future immigration enforcement.
  • After serving as President for the duration of Zachary Taylor's term, Millard Fillmore ran for President in 1856 on which party's ticket?
    The Know Nothing Party

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