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 groups was not generally considered to be a "hyphenated American" group in the early 1900s?
    Scottish-American
  • The term pow wow derives from which Indian group?
    The Narragansett
  • What was an important difference between the gang system and the task system on Southern plantations?
    The gang system was more regimented, more likely to use harsh overseers, and worked based on a schedule (usually sunrise to sunset) rather than a fixed set of tasks.
  • Henry Ford used all of the following methods to derive an advantage in producing the Model T except for which one?
    All Model T's were produced at a single factory in Detroit, in order to allow extremely precise management of the manufacturing process.
  • Which of the following people, with his adaption of "Jump Jim Crow", helped popularize blackface in the 1830s?
    Thomas D. Rice
  • Which of the following is not a movie that Marilyn Monroe appeared in?
    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • What was the earliest and most immediate effect of the original Sons of Liberty group and its agitation?
    The British repealed the Stamp Act, although they paired this action with the Declaratory Acts.
  • 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
  • Approximately how many years ago was the Chesapeake Bay first formed?
    10,000
  • 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.
  • Which of the following Christian sects did not see an increase in membership and prominence during the Second Great Awakening?
    Episcopalians
  • What was the importance of the Liberty Ship in World War II?
    It was a simple, standardized transport ship that was easy to construct. Enough could be produced to easily make up for losses from submarine warfare.
  • What was the general effect of the Glorious Revolution on the American colonies?
    The new monarchy in England was much less involved in colonial affairs, beginning an era known as "salutary neglect". The Dominion of New England was disbanded.
  • 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.
  • What did Jacob Riis seek to expose with his photojournalism in How the Other Half Lives?
    The conditions in the slums and tenements of New York, many of which were populated by recently arrived immigrants.
  • Which of the following was not a reason that the Second Bank of the United States was formed, in 1816?
    Regional private banks wanted a centralized banking authority to assist with financing and liquidity.
  • 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
  • The Liberator, an anti-slavery paper published by William Lloyd Garrison, ceased publication in 1865. Which magazine succeeded this paper?
    The Nation
  • Which of the following is not a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech?
    "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Which answer best describes the Triangular Trade of the 17th-19th centuries?
    It was the three-way trade between the Americas, Great Britain, and Africa that transported many slaves to what is now the United States.
  • What was the main point of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the late 1790s?
    That states had the right and duty to declare federal laws as unconstitutional if they did not follow the Constitution.
  • Which of the following women is not a notable alumnus of Spelman College, in Atlanta?
    Shirley Chisholm
  • 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 group did the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry advocate for politically?
    Farmers
  • Which answer best describes the organization of the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1860s?
    A large number of distinct groups and individuals perpetrated violence under the Klan's name, in a decentralized fashion.
  • 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.
  • What was a key distinction of a Crown colony in British North America?
    Crown colonies were ruled by a governor who was directly appointed by the monarch.
  • Under what circumstances was the Province of New Jersey founded?
    New Jersey was initially part of New Amsterdam, but was taken by the English along with New York and parceled out as a separate colony.
  • 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 of the following companies was broken up by the Supreme Court, on the grounds that it was a monopoly, under the Sherman Antitrust Act?
    Standard Oil
  • What was James Buchanan's position in the last months of his term, after the Southern states began to secede?
    Buchanan stated that secession was illegal, but that going to war to stop it was also illegal.
  • Charles Drew was a pioneer in which area of medicine?
    Blood banks and transfusions
  • Which of the following statements/essays on women's rights was written by Judith Sargent Murray?
    On the Equality of the Sexes
  • Which of the following was not a consequence of the Embargo Act of 1807?
    Great Britain, hurt economically, changed its policies to respect the rights of neutral American ships.
  • Which of the following was an important, immediate precursor to the Establishment clause in the First Amendment?
    The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
  • Which of the following is not a change in immigration policy that began with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965?
    It rescinded a provision prohibiting the immigration of homosexuals to the United States.
  • Which answer best describes what the Coffin Handbills were?
    They were a series of attacks by supporters of John Quincy Adams in 1828, that accused Andrew Jackson of numerous murders and bloodthirsty military actions during his rise from obscurity to national prominence.
  • 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.
  • All of the following people, except which one, have been charged under the Espionage Act of 1917?
    Smedley Butler
  • Who was the first colonial figure to grow tobacco as a cash crop?
    John Rolfe

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