U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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19 out of 40 correct (47.5%).

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  • What was the central rationale of George W. Bush for the Iraq War?
    Bush argued that Iraq had repeatedly violated UN resolutions relating to chemical and biological weapons.
  • What was significant about the Tom Thumb?
    It was the first railroad locomotive to be powered by a steam engine.
  • All of the following groups opposed the American ratification of the Treaty of Versailles except for which one?
    Moderate Republicans
  • What did the Banking Act of 1933 most closely deal with?
    It established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and required the separation of commercial and investment banking ("Glass-Steagall").
  • Which of the following influential black leaders was not born into slavery?
    W.E.B. Dubois
  • Which city was Al Capone's liquor empire based out of?
    Chicago
  • Which of the following was not a policy advocated for at some time by the Women's Christian Temperance Union?
    The restriction of immigration to the United States, particularly by non-Protestants.
  • Which of the following songs was not sung by Michael Jackson?
    True Blue
  • Which of the following states does not have a border on the Mississippi River?
    Nebraska
  • 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.
  • Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the First Battle of Bull Run?
    The Confederate Army continued to move north, invading Maryland and causing panic in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania.
  • Which organization, founded in 1890, healed the schism that had emerged in the women's movement over the 15th Amendment? Susan B. Anthony was an early President.
    The National American Woman Suffrage Association
  • Louis Armstrong was a versatile, multi-talented musician during his 40 years or more in the public eye, but he is most associated with playing which instrument?
    The trumpet
  • Which answer best describes the early life of Lyndon Johnson?
    Johnson was born in poverty in the Texas hill country, west of Austin.
  • What is the only Amendment to repeal another Amendment to the Constitution?
    The 21st Amendment
  • How many people died in the September 11 attacks?
    3,000
  • Construction on the National Road began in 1811. Much of the National Road's route was later replaced by which U.S. highway?
    U.S. Highway 40, running through Pennsylvania and Ohio.
  • Which answer best describes what the Palmer Raids were?
    They were a series of raids by the Department of Justice in 1919 and 1920 designed to arrest and deport radical leftists and anarchists.
  • Which General served as the Military Governor during most of the Occupation of Japan?
    Douglas MacArthur
  • 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 areas did not become a United States territory or protectorate for some amount of time as a result of the Spanish-American War and the Treaty of Paris?
    Santo Domingo

These questions were answered correctly:

  • What did the epithet of "Slave Power" refer to in the antebellum era?
    It was a term used by Free Soilers, and then Republicans, to refer to the upper-class of the South which dominated that region's politics and advocated for the expansion of slavery.
  • William Tweed is best known for leading which faction or organization as "Boss Tweed"?
    Tammany Hall
  • Title IX as an anti-gender discrimination amendment which applies to which type of organization or institution?
    Educational institutions
  • What was Alfred Thayer Mahan best known for?
    He was a naval theorist who emphasized the importance of sea power in various historical conflicts, and helped stir the United States to drastically increase the size of the Navy in the early 1900s.
  • Which of the following did not occur as part of the New Deal?
    The Judicial Procedures Reform Act was passed, increasing the size of the Supreme Court and allowing Franklin Roosevelt to make new appointments.
  • Andrew Jackson first came to national attention during the War of 1812, for leading the United States to victory in which battle?
    The Battle of New Orleans
  • Which of the following was an important, immediate precursor to the Establishment clause in the First Amendment?
    The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
  • What was the most important long-term consequence of the Adams-Onís Treaty?
    Florida became an American possession instead of a Spanish one, which cleared the way to eventual statehood.
  • What was the worst single battle of the Civil War, in terms of casualties suffered by both sides?
    The Battle of Gettysburg
  • Who was the first notable person to use the city on a hill metaphor to describe the United States, the English colonies, or a specific one of those colonies?
    John Winthrop
  • Radical Republicans made this proposal in response to the "Ten percent" plan, which they saw as too lenient.
    The Wade-Davis Bill
  • Which of the following industries did Thomas Edison have the greatest impact on?
    Electrical utilities
  • What was a speakeasy in the 1920s?
    A secret establishment that sold alcoholic beverages in defiance of Prohibition.
  • Which of the following was a common trade for the Jewish immigrants who arrived in the United States in large numbers, beginning in the 1880s?
    Many went into tailoring or became seamstresses in the clothing industry.
  • Which answer best describes the Nullification Crisis, in 1832-33, and Andrew Jackson's role in it?
    South Carolina, led by John Calhoun, asserted that it could nullify the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832, and ignore those laws within its state. Jackson strongly disagreed, but a compromise tariff was passed.
  • What was the final outcome of the Pequot War in the Connecticut Colony?
    The Pequot were nearly annihilated, and the few survivors were made into slaves. The position of Connecticut Colony was largely secure thereafter.
  • Which of the following answers best describes the New Deal?
    The New Deal was a serious of laws and policies passed under Franklin Roosevelt's Administration that increased the involvement of the federal government in the American economy.
  • In order to prevent bank runs, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was created in 1933. What does this organization primarily do?
    It insures deposits at participating banks and supervises them for soundness. In the event of a failure, depositors receive insurance payouts directly from the FDIC.
  • Which of the following movements was created, in no small part, in reaction to the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision?
    The Moral Majority

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