U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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17 out of 40 correct (42.5%).

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  • 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
  • What was Andrew Jackson's position on "internal improvements", or federal infrastructure spending in modern terms?
    Jackson believed that, by and large, such spending was an avenue for corruption and disproportionately benefited elite business interests.
  • Which of the following was not a program implemented by the Freedman's Bureau during Reconstruction?
    It helped freed slaves who wished to leave the South, migrate to other regions of the country.
  • Which of the following language groups were the Powhatan a part of?
    Algonquian
  • Which answer best describes the early life of Lyndon Johnson?
    Johnson was born in poverty in the Texas hill country, west of Austin.
  • Which of the following was not a part of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, outlining his vision of the post-World War I world?
    The limitation of the German Army to 100,000 men after the war, and the imposition of substantial reparations to be paid by Germany to the victories allies.
  • What did the Supreme Court's Engel v. Vitale decision do?
    It ruled that public schools could not require their students to say a prayer.
  • The Erie Canal connects which two cities in New York?
    Buffalo and Albany
  • In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression, passed the...
    Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
  • How did Rutherford B. Hayes ultimately respond to the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
    After a few weeks, Hayes dispatched federal troops to several cities in order to put down the strikes, so that the nation's rail traffic could begin to move again.
  • What, approximately, was the annual inflation rate in the United States when Gerald Ford began his Whip Inflation Now campaign?
    12 percent
  • Which of the following individuals was not considered a "political boss" of an urban political machine?
    Al Smith
  • What did the Wilmot Proviso attempt to do?
    It would have prohibited slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War.
  • From which country did most of the September 11 attack perpetrators come from?
    Saudi Arabia
  • At what point were the cliff dwellings of the Pueblo people, in the American southwest, abandoned by their occupants?
    Around 1300, due to climactic changes which reduced landfall and made the land too arid.
  • 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
  • What was Omar Bradley most noted for in World War II?
    He was a five-star General who commanded all U.S. ground forces in Western Europe.
  • Which General served as the Military Governor during most of the Occupation of Japan?
    Douglas MacArthur
  • Which city in the United States was a primary destination for Polish immigrants in the 19th century?
    Chicago
  • Which of the following states became an important destination for Swedish and Norwegian immigrants in the late 19th century?
    Minnesota
  • The 1920s trial and execution of which two immigrant men is often used as an example of anti-immigrant sentiment and judicial overreach?
    Sacco and Vanzetti
  • Which of the following was not a poem written by Edgar Allen Poe?
    The Scarlet Letter
  • What was the immediate trigger for the Panic of 1873?
    Jay Cooke & Company, a large bank, owned significant bonds in the Northern Pacific Railroad and was unable to sell them. When the railroad ran into problems, Cooke's firm went bankrupt and triggered a banking panic.

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.
  • What was the motive for Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination of John F. Kennedy?
    There was no clear motive, and the Warren Commission determined that Oswald acted alone, although many theories have proliferated.
  • 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.
  • What was not a reason that the House of Burgesses was established in Virginia?
    The legislature was meant to replace the colonial governor, after a serious of ineffective leaders and near revolts.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Which of the following was a theological issue that Anne Hutchinson and the Puritans disagreed on?
    Hutchinson supported a "covenant of grace", while the Puritans supported a "covenant of works".
  • Which of the following songs was not sung by Michael Jackson?
    True Blue
  • Which historian is most responsible for popularizing the term "Social Darwinism", decades after that ideology enjoyed its greatest popularity under a various terminology.
    Richard Hofstadter
  • Which future state was closely associated with the opening of new territory for white settlement and "land runs" in the late 19th century?
    Oklahoma
  • The Lecompton Constitution, if approved, would have allowed slavery in which U.S. state?
    Kansas
  • Which of the following statements about the Appalachian Mountains is accurate?
    The Appalachians were once as high as the Rocky Mountains are today.
  • Of the following politicians, which was the most outspoken defender of slavery?
    John C. Calhoun
  • What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 do?
    It increased the fine for harboring a fugitive slave to $1,000, and required only a sworn affidavit for recovering an escaped slave (or a free black that a bounty hunter had accused of such).
  • Which of the following woman was a lifelong friend of Susan B. Anthony and her partner in a number of campaigns and organizations.
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • 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 company introduced Barbie to the American market in 1959?
    Mattel

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