U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 2
20 out of 40 correct (50.0%).
ChazPackan
U.S. History Resources
Areas for improvement:
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 20.0% (2 out of 10)
- Political History: 48.4% (15 out of 31)
- Early and Antebellum America (1789-1860): 42.9% (6 out of 14)
- Black History: 33.3% (2 out of 6)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 42.9% (3 out of 7)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Slavery in the United States
- Reconstruction Era
- Bleeding Kansas
- Lecompton Constitution
- Spoils system
- Andrew Jackson
- The Impending Crisis of the South
- Slave Power
- Central Intelligence Agency
- 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
- 1953 Iranian coup d'état
- Cold War
- Know Nothing
- Order of the Star Spangled Banner
- American Civil War
- Border states (American Civil War)
- Reconstruction Acts
- Alaska Purchase
- Apollo program
- Granger Laws
- The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry
- Bison hunting
- Radical Republican
- Wade–Davis Bill
- Freedmen's Bureau
- Border Ruffian
- Bushwhacker
- Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
- John Tyler
- Williams v. Mississippi
- Jim Crow laws
- Literacy test
- Judith Sargent Murray
- First-wave feminism
- Pequot people
These questions were missed:
- Which early president is most closely associated with the begin of the "spoils system" in the federal government?Andrew Jackson
- How were bison most commonly hunted in pre-contact and prehistoric times?The Plains Indians generally set traps and used costumes or fires to herd the bison into them, or over the sides of cliffs.
- Which of the following was not a policy that was successfully advocated for by the Grange?Consistently high tariffs on imported manufactured goods.
- Which of the following was not a key element of the Reconstruction Acts, passed by the Republican Congress in 1867?No Southern state would be allowed to seat representatives in Congress until two years after their new state constitution was approved.
- Radical Republicans made this proposal in response to the "Ten percent" plan, which they saw as too lenient.The Wade-Davis Bill
- During the 1950s, the CIA was involved in a coup or rebellion in all of the following countries except which one?Greece
- The Lecompton Constitution, if approved, would have allowed slavery in which U.S. state?Kansas
- Which of the following points is not one that is made in Judith Sargent Murray's On the Equality of the Sexes, published in 1790?Voting is an expression of equality, and women cannot have equal respect until they also have the vote.
- 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.
- In which modern-day U.S. state were the Pequot people most numerous?Connecticut
- In 1841, shortly after he replaced William Henry Harrison, John Taylor's entire Cabinet resigned except for one person. Who was it?Daniel Webster
- 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.
- 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.
- Which of the following was not considered a "border state" during the Civil War?Tennessee
- What did the Supreme Court rule in the Williams v. Mississippi decision?It took a strict interpretation of the 15th Amendment which allowed states to require poll taxes and literacy tests.
- A "Border Ruffian" during the "Bleeding Kansas" struggle was most likely to become one of these during the Civil War?Bushwhacker
- Which incident most directly led to the creation of the Apollo Program's mission of putting a man on the moon?The launching of Yuri Gagarin into orbit by the Soviet Union, in 1961.
- What was the main argument against slavery made in The Impending Crisis of the South by Hinton Rowan Helper?Slavery was an inefficient practice and a barrier to industrialization and economic progress in the South, benefitting a tiny minority at the expense of the many.
- The Order of the Star Spangled Banner was a precursor to which political party?The Know Nothing Party
- What was the most important long-term legacy of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac?He was the commander who founded Fort Detroit, in 1701, and firmly established the French presence in Michigan.
These questions were answered correctly:
- What was a commonly-used name for Lyndon Johnson's overall program as President?The Great Society
- The Mississippi River played a key role in which Civil War battle?The Siege of Vicksburg
- What were the starting and ending points of Sherman's March to the Sea, in November-December 1865?Atlanta and Savannah
- Which of the following Christian sects did not see an increase in membership and prominence during the Second Great Awakening?Episcopalians
- What was the goal of the Boston Tea Party?To effect the repeal of the Tea Act by destroying any merchandise where the tea tax had been paid.
- Which of the following businessmen or scientists did not have a Jewish background?Nikola Tesla
- Which of the following was a key issue in the United States entry of the war against Germany?German U-boat attacks and a resumption of unrestricted U-boat warfare.
- Which of the following best describes the legal principle of coverture, as used in the United States?The principle in effect through the 19th century that a married woman could not own property, and acted solely under the legal authority of her husband.
- Which of the following people was killed in the Boston Massacre?Crispus Attucks
- Which two Congressional leaders were most responsible for drafting the Compromise of 1850?Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas
- Which of the following regulatory agencies was created under Lyndon Johnson's Administration?The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Which event made Pontiac a well known Ottawa leader?Pontiac led the Ottawa in a rebellion against the British and their colonists. The rebellion eventually spread from Michigan all the way into Pennsylvania.
- What does the Free Exercise clause of the Bill of Rights apply to?Congress may not prohibit the free exercise of any religion or religious belief.
- How many people died in the September 11 attacks?3,000
- Which of the following musicians was not influential in the early development and popularity of rock and roll, in the 1950s?Marvin Gaye
- What subject does the 11th Amendment deal with?It attempts to clarify under what circumstances a U.S. state can be subject to a lawsuit by the federal government or by citizens of a different state.
- Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the Dawes Act?Land allotments became a basis for modest Indian prosperity in the early 1900s.
- During which of the following time periods was flatboat traffic at its heaviest?The 1840s
- 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.
- What did the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, do when it was passed in 1935?It protected the right of workers to join a union, engage in collective bargaining, and to go on strike.
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