U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 1
16 out of 40 correct (40.0%).
AlejandroHeredia
U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- Political History: 43.8% (14 out of 32)
- Military History: 30.0% (3 out of 10)
- Economic History: 46.7% (7 out of 15)
- Cultural History: 40.0% (4 out of 10)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 40.0% (4 out of 10)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Woodrow Wilson
- Baker v. Carr
- Wright brothers
- Pacific War
- Bataan Death March
- World War II
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Medicare (United States)
- Siege of Yorktown
- Treaty of Paris (1783)
- Motown
- Loyalist (American Revolution)
- John C. Calhoun
- Slavery in the United States
- Yellow journalism
- Joseph Pulitzer
- William Randolph Hearst
- Coal strike of 1902
- Theodore Roosevelt
- George Washington
- Continental Army
- Embargo Act of 1807
- Living Constitution
- 1953 Iranian coup d'état
- Cold War
- Sherman's March to the Sea
- American Civil War
- Mexican–American War
- Wilmot Proviso
- Jonathan Edwards (theologian)
- Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
- Second Bank of the United States
- Nicholas Biddle (banker)
- Great White Fleet
- Ironclad oath
- Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- John Winthrop
These questions were missed:
- What was not an immediate consequence of Sherman's March to the Sea?The Confederacy formally surrendered to the United States at the end of this campaign.
- What is another term associated with the Living Constitution?Loose constructionism
- What was George Washington's military strategy as commander of the Continental Army?Washington kept his army in one unit, and maneuvered frequently to avoid encirclement. His goal over time was to exhaust the British and win foreign recognition.
- Which of the following people was not a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution?Alexander Hamilton
- Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke for the final year of his Administration. Parts of which Constitutional Amendment address this situation?The 25th Amendment
- What was the most important short-term consequence of the Ironclad Oath, during Reconstruction?By requiring voters to swear they had never supported the Confederacy, it disqualified many white voters and enabled the Republicans to dominate Southern elections until the early 1870s.
- What was the key point made in the sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards?This sermon evoked numerous images of hell and the torment that awaited those who rejected God's grace.
- What events led to the Embargo Act of 1807?Britain and France seized numerous American ships as contraband of war, with each country trying to cut off trade to the other.
- All of the following statements about John Winthrop is accurate except for which one?He was an early advocate for government by consensus, and for greater democracy and expanded voting in the English colonies.
- The Wilmot Proviso is associated with the aftermath of which American war?The Mexican-American War
- Who was the third and final President of the Second Bank of the United States, who clashed frequently with Andrew Jackson?Nicholas Biddle
- In what year was Medicare established?In 1965 as part of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
- How did the Great White Fleet of the U.S. Navy become well-known?It undertook a circumnavigation of the globe, lasting over a year, in which it made goodwill stops in numerous foreign ports.
- Of the following politicians, which was the most outspoken defender of slavery?John C. Calhoun
- The era of yellow journalism commonly pitted which two publishers against each other for newspaper sales?Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
- Where did Orville and Wilber Wright fly their first airplane on December 17, 1903?Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
- What was notable about Theodore Roosevelt's involvement in the Coal Strike of 1902?It was the first labor action in which the federal government intervened as a relatively neutral mediator.
- Which of the following was not a reason for the CIA-orchestrated Iranian coup d'état in 1953?Iran's President, Mohammad Mosaddegh, had taken power in a coup d'etat of his own and had massacred over 10,000 Iranaians.
- Which of the following best describes the Bataan Death March in World War II?It was a forced march of American troops from Corregidor to a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1942.
- Which issue did the Baker v. Carr decision address?The drawing of Congressional districts
- Which issue did the Baker v. Carr decision address?The drawing of Congressional districts
- What was the most important consequence of the Siege of Yorktown?The British surrender effectively ended the Revolutionary War and led to the Treaty of Paris.
- In which city was the Motown record label established?Detroit
- Which of the following acts did not occur during the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson?The Sheppard-Towner Act, establishing federal funding for maternity and child care.
These questions were answered correctly:
- What right(s) is the 2nd Amendment written to protect?The right to bear arms (i.e. firearms).
- Allowing initiatives and referendums is an example of which governing ideal?Direct democracy
- What was the position of Frederick Douglass on women's suffrage?Douglass supported women's suffrage, but broke with many in the movement by supporting the ratification of the 15th Amendment, even though it did not include women.
- Who used the phrase Iron Curtain to describe the Soviet Union and its satellites in a speech they made in 1946, making the term well-known to the American public?Winston Churchill
- What was the primary reason that John F. Kennedy selected Lyndon Johnson as his running mate?Johnson was highly regarded by Southern Democrats, and Kennedy was fearful that a large number of Southern states would not otherwise support his ticket.
- Where did Robert E. Lee surrender his army in 1865, effectively ending the Civil War?Appomattox Court House, Virginia
- Who was the President when the Louisiana Purchase was made?Thomas Jefferson
- Which President was most influential in the development of the Interstate Highway System?Dwight Eisenhower
- Who became the first woman Chair of the Federal Reserve?Janet Yellen
- What right(s) is the 8th Amendment written to protect?It prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
- Which of the following ships was sunk by a German U-boat in World War I, inciting much American outrage?The Lusitania
- What was the most important legacy of Squanto's actions?His aid and intervention enabled the Plymouth Colony to survive its first winter and establish itself permanently in North America.
- What right(s) is the 6th Amendment written to protect?The right to certain protections in a criminal case, such as a speedy and fair trial, an impartial jury, and the right to call and challenge witnesses.
- Which political party did George Washington belong to?He did not belong to a political party, and he opposed their formation.
- Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln in 1865?Booth was a Confederate sympathizer who was enraged by the South's defeat, and more specifically by a speech Lincoln made after Lee's surrender, suggesting that freed slaves might have the right to vote.
- Who was the only Vice President of the Confederate States of America?Alexander Stephens
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