U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

The final score on this quiz is a 4

28 out of 40 correct (70.0%).

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  • The Wilmot Proviso is associated with the aftermath of which American war?
    The Mexican-American War
  • What was the first engagement of the Civil War, commonly accepted as having started the war?
    The Battle of Fort Sumter
  • Polish immigrants made up a significant part of the work force in all of the following industries except which one?
    Textile manufacturing
  • The trial of John Peter Zenger is considered to be on important influence on the passage of which Constitutional Amendment?
    The 1st Amendment (freedom of the press)
  • Which of the following is not a defiant behavior (by the standards of the time) that was associated with flappers in the 1920s?
    Growing long, freely-flowing hair
  • 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.
  • What does the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?
    It protects the rights of states and individuals, by reserving for them those rights which are not granted to the United States government.
  • To what extent did the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 change the previous Agricultural Adjustment Act?
    Due to a Supreme Court challenge of the initial law, the second law replaced the method of funding the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Other aspects remained largely the same.
  • Which of the following statements about the First Transcontinental Railroad is accurate?
    The eastern and western halves met in Utah, where the Golden Spike was driven in 1869.
  • Which future President was wounded at the Battle of Trenton?
    James Monroe
  • Langston Hughes wrote all of the following poems except which one?
    A Raisin in the Sun
  • 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.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • Which person was often ranked as the wealthiest African-American in the 1990s and 2000s, on the strength of their talk show empire?
    Oprah Winfrey
  • 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.
  • To what extent did the FBI investigate Martin Luther King Jr. during his life, at the behest of J. Edgar Hoover?
    King was repeatedly investigated by the FBI throughout his life, in an attempt to discredit his movement. He also received threats from that organization.
  • Who was the President when the Louisiana Purchase was made?
    Thomas Jefferson
  • Which of the following states does not have a border on the Mississippi River?
    Nebraska
  • The Ku Klux Klan experienced a revival in the 1920s. Which of the following was not advocated for by the Klan during this period?
    Believing the Democratic Party had become too infused with foreigners, the Klan worked for the election of Republicans, in contrast to its role in the 1870s.
  • Which of the following statements is not accurate about James K. Polk's election as President in 1844?
    He had made a reputation as a notable Democratic opponent of Andrew Jackson in the 1830s.
  • Which of the following people did not become highly wealthy by leading a company that was associated with the Information Age?
    Tim Berners-Lee
  • What was a lasting geographical consequence of the Quaternary Glaciation?
    The resulting glaciers formed the Great Lakes in the middle of North America.
  • Which of the following is a legacy of John Marshall's time on the Supreme Court?
    Marshall established the Supreme Court as a powerful American institution, the Court having been considered a minor body under the three previous Chief Justices.
  • Which of the following people or movements is not associated with Black Power?
    Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Which of the following statements about sharecropping is inaccurate?
    Sharecropping was a system that only applied to black tenants.
  • 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.
  • Ida B. Wells was best known as an advocate against what practice?
    Lynching
  • What was the last major battle of the Pacific Theatre in World War II?
    Okinawa
  • Which answer best describes the Battle of Shiloh?
    The Union Army was encamped in southern Tennessee, in 1862, and preparing to move into Mississippi. The Confederates preemptively attacked. The Union won.
  • The Mississippian cultures shared all of the following characteristics except which one?
    A highly developed system of writing that later fell into disuse.
  • Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in the Cabinet, under Franklin Roosevelt, serving 12 years as the Secretary of which Department?
    The Department of Labor
  • The Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal relief program that did which of the following?
    It hired young men who were out of work, and engaged them in rural projects to related to the conservation and development of natural resources.
  • What was the main issue motivating the leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion?
    It was a protest against the federal taxation of distilled spirits, which were central to the economy of western Pennsylvania.
  • Which of the following albums was not performed by Marvin Gaye?
    Sex Machine
  • What was the purpose of the Continental Association, created in 1774?
    It was an association tasked with managing and enforcing the colonial boycott of British goods, which began late in 1774.
  • During its peak, areas with substantial incidents of lynching were correlated with each of the following factors except which one?
    The African American population was relatively small and isolated.
  • In the context of Reconstruction, which answer best describes who the Redeemers were?
    White supremacist southerners who sought to return control of state governments and federal representatives to themselves, and to limit the civil rights of former slaves and other free blacks.
  • 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
  • Which of the following groups was never a part of the Iroquois Confederation?
    Wyandot
  • Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the Battle of Shiloh, in 1862?
    The Confederates abandoned any hope of defeating the Union in the western theater, and transferred around 30,000 troops to Robert E. Lee in the east, hoping to win a decisive battle there.
  • Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the Battle of Shiloh, in 1862?
    The Confederates abandoned any hope of defeating the Union in the western theater, and transferred around 30,000 troops to Robert E. Lee in the east, hoping to win a decisive battle there.

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