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:
- Political History: 53.6% (15 out of 28)
- The Postwar and Modern Age (1945-present): 20.0% (1 out of 5)
- Economic History: 55.6% (10 out of 18)
- Military History: 50.0% (3 out of 6)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 40.0% (2 out of 5)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- The Federalist Papers
- American Civil War
- Battle of Fort Sumter
- Pacific War
- World War II
- Bataan Death March
- Wilmot Proviso
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Thurgood Marshall
- Combined oral contraceptive pill
- Korean War
- United Nations
- American Anti-Slavery Society
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Electrical telegraph
- Samuel Morse
- North American fur trade
- Woodrow Wilson
- Atlantic slave trade
- Palmer Raids
- Confederate States of America
- United States Constitution
- First Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Establishment Clause
- Wampanoag people
- Information Age
- Robert Fulton
- Massachusetts Circular Letter
- Andrew Johnson
- Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following agencies had the largest role in the creation of the internet?The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Which of the following was an important, immediate precursor to the Establishment clause in the First Amendment?The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
- 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 of the following best describes the Bataan Death March in World War II?It was a forced march of American troops from Corregidor to a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1942.
- In which of the following conflicts did the United Nations intervene militarily?The Korean War
- Which of the following societal trends did not rapidly follow the approval of The Pill (the birth control pill) in 1960?Every state legalized the use of the pill for married and unmarried women by 1965.
- What was the primary purpose of the Federalist Papers?To build support for the ratification of the United States Constitution, and to explain its advantages vis a vis the Articles of Confederation.
- Who was the only Vice President of the Confederate States of America?Alexander Stephens
- What was the first engagement of the Civil War, commonly accepted as having started the war?The Battle of Fort Sumter
- Which of the following people was a founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society?William Lloyd Garrison
- Which future Supreme Court justice agued for Brown in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case?Thurgood Marshall
- Under what circumstances was the importation of slaves into the United States abolished?It was outlawed in 1808 by federal law -- the earliest date allowed by the Constitution.
- Which of the following acts did not occur during the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson?The Sheppard-Towner Act, establishing federal funding for maternity and child care.
- Overall, how did the American public feel about Andrew Johnson's impeachment?Johnson was not a popular President, but most people opposed his impeachment.
- Which answer best describes the status of the Wampanoag Indians today?The Wampanoag were nearly exterminated in various wars with the Pilgrims, and only around 2,000 survive today.
- Who is most credited with developing the telegraph within the United States.Samuel Morse
- Which of the following individuals was a key author of the Massachusetts Circular Letter?Samuel Adams
- Did the Wilmot Proviso ever become law?No, it was rejected and never became law, although the Civil War made it a moot point.
- Which of the following statements about the North American fur trade is not accurate?The fur trade was in decline by the mid 1700s.
- On which river did Robert Fulton help to build a successful steamboat line, proving the benefits of the technology?The Hudson River
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which event, near the end of 1786, built support for the Constitutional Convention?Shays' Rebellion
- In what year was the colony at Jamestown, Virginia settled?1607
- What is the Bill of Rights, in the context of the United States Constitution?Ten Amendments that limit the power of the federal government and protect individual liberty, or the rights of states.
- Which of the following people wrote The Feminine Mystique? This book is commonly credited as a milestone in the feminist movement.Betty Friedan
- What does the term Jim Crow refer to?The set of laws and social customs that kept Southern blacks in segregated housing, schools, and classified them as second-class citizens.
- What was the political motivation, mixed with mental instability, that led Leon Czolgosz to assassinate William McKinley?Anarchism
- What right(s) is the 3rd Amendment written to protect?The right to be free from the quartering of soldiers in one's home.
- Which answer best describes the Battle of Gettysburg?The Confederate Army was moving into Pennsylvania, and the Union Army met and defeated it in a three day battle, in 1863.
- 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
- What did "starving time" refer to, in the context of the Jamestown colony?The winter of 1609-1610 when around 75% of the settlers died, for lack of provisions.
- What was the term Hooverville created to describe?It was a name for the shantytowns which emerged or grew larger during the Great Depression while Hoover was President.
- What was not an immediate consequence of Sherman's March to the Sea?The Confederacy formally surrendered to the United States at the end of this campaign.
- Which of the following was not a difficulty that Lincoln faced during the Civil War?Dealing with the consequences of a naval blockade from Great Britain, due to that country's support of the Confederacy.
- 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.
- Which of the following states became an important destination for Swedish and Norwegian immigrants in the late 19th century?Minnesota
- Abraham Lincoln established his career in Illinois, but in which state was he born?Kentucky
- The 20th Amendment moved the Presidential inauguration to which date, beginning in 1937?January 20th
- Which of the following sects won a large number of black converts in the antebellum South?The Baptists
- Mark Twain's book, Life on the Mississippi, deals with his experiences as what?A steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River
- What right(s) is the 4th Amendment written to protect?The right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
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