U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
20 out of 40 correct (50.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 16.7% (1 out of 6)
- Black History: 16.7% (1 out of 6)
- Military History: 37.5% (3 out of 8)
- Economic History: 46.7% (7 out of 15)
- Early and Antebellum America (1789-1860): 44.4% (4 out of 9)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- American Civil War
- Constitutional Convention (United States)
- Robert E. Lee
- Battle of Antietam
- Blackface
- Transcendentalism
- Border states (American Civil War)
- Indentured servant
- Alaska Purchase
- English Civil War
- California Gold Rush
- Seneca Falls Convention
- Lucretia Mott
- Abraham Lincoln
- Gettysburg Address
- Three-Fifths Compromise
- Cold War
- Bay of Pigs Invasion
- Rollback
- John Sevier
- Survival of the fittest
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Vivien Thomas
- Committee of Detail
- John Adams
- Harry S. Truman
- John L. Lewis
- Reconstruction Era
- Freedmen's Bureau
These questions were missed:
- The Freedmen's Bureau was in operation from 1865 until what year?1872
- 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 of the following statements about blackface, specifically in the 1830s and 40s, is inaccurate?Blackface generally provided an authentic look at the trials and travails of slavery.
- 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.
- Which American state is John Sevier most associated with the early settlement of?Tennessee
- How many times was Martin Luther King Jr. jailed during his life?29
- Which Amendment outlawed the poll tax as a condition for voting?The 24th Amendment
- In which of the following countries was rollback attempted during the Cold War?Cuba
- What was the purpose of the Committee of Detail at the Constitutional Convention?It wrote the first draft of the United States Constitution, based on agreements that had been reached during the first few weeks of the Convention.
- In the late 1800s, the term "survival of the fittest" was often used to express a particular philosophy about the winners and losers of capitalism and society. Which philosopher is most associated with this term?Herbert Spencer
- Which of the following was not considered a "border state" during the Civil War?Tennessee
- Which of the following was not an important long-term consequence of the Three-Fifths Compromise?The United Stated was unable to pass any laws banning the importation of slaves, due to the disproportionate representation of the South.
- Vivien Thomas was a pioneer in which area of medicine?Blue baby syndrome
- Which of the following was not a reason for Russia to sell Alaska?Russia was in the middle of a war with the Ottoman Empire and wanted to transfer troops out of Alaska.
- Which speaker preceded Abraham Lincoln before he made the Gettysburg Address?Edward Everett
- 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.
- Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the California Gold Rush?The gold rush made most of the new arrivals wealthy or at least somewhat prosperous, and gave California a reputation as a land of opportunity within the United States.
- Which event galvanized Lucretia Mott to help organize the Seneca Falls Convention?At the World's Anti-Slavery Convention, in 1840, Mott was excluded from participating on account of her status as a woman.
- Which of the following was not a key tenet of the transcendentalist movement?Individuals should actively engage in politics to drive a progressive agenda.
- Harry Truman's high-profile confrontation with which labor leader over a coal strike helped earn him a place of enmity among unions?John L. Lewis
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following was not a grievance in the Declaration of Independence?That the British had allied with the French without the colonists consent, and were requiring the colonies to accept French ships in their ports.
- The vast majority of Italian immigrants to the United States came from which region or city?Sicily and Southern Italy
- Which of the following laws was passed, in large part, in reaction to James Garfield's assassination?The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
- What is a unique legacy of the French colony in Louisiana?Louisiana is the only state that has parishes instead of counties.
- Which of the following decisions, by John Marshall, most directly acknowledged the implied powers of the federal government and strengthened their legal basis?McCulloch v. Maryland
- Historians estimate that about what percentage of white colonials supported the Patriot cause in the American Revolution?40-45 percent
- In what colony was the libel trial of John Peter Zenger held?New York
- Which famed attorney argued for the side of evolution and defended a science teacher in the Scopes Trial, in 1926?Clarence Darrow
- Which of the following is not a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald?The Sun Also Rises
- Which of the following was not a consequence of the headright system in Virginia?The headright system was used only in Virginia, because other colonies lacked sufficient land to implement it.
- Which Chief Justice is best known for handing down the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?Roger B. Taney
- Which of the following is not a song by Madonna?Time After Time
- Which of the following technologies was a critical part of the Waltham-Lowell manufacturing system?The power loom
- 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.
- Which person coined the term "Gilded Age" to describe the late 1800s?Mark Twain
- What was the primary reason for the creation of the Greenback during the Civil War, in spite of ingrained opposition to fiat currency?Banks and foreign governments would only lend to the United States at exorbitant interest rates, and the revenue from tariffs and excises was clearly insufficient to finance an army.
- In Lyndon Johnson's first election to the U.S. Senate, in 1948, what was his margin of victory in the decisive Democratic primary?87 votes
- Which answer best describes the term "forty-eighters"?It described Europeans, primarily Germans, who immigrated to the United States after a series of failed revolutions in Europe in 1848.
- 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 initial position of the United States towards the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, in 1893?Grover Cleveland was an anti-imperialist and was opposed to the coup. However, he was in the minority on this issue, and Hawaii was annexed in 1898 under President McKinley.
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