U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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17 out of 40 correct (42.5%).

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These questions were missed:

  • What was the purpose of the Enrollment Act, during the Civil War?
    It was a military draft, implemented to replace the losses that the Union Army suffered during the first two years of the war.
  • Under what circumstances was the Central Intelligence Agency founded?
    It was established in 1947, consolidating other intelligence departments which had operated during World War II.
  • 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.
  • Bootlegger and gangster Al Capone was sentenced to prison for which of the following?
    Tax evasion
  • For approximately how long have people lived on the American continent?
    15,000 years
  • What was the nature of the Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Reese, in 1876?
    That certain provisions of the Enforcement Acts, aimed at protecting black voting rights, exceeded the scope of the 15th Amendment.
  • Which of the following is not a quotation from the Gettysburg Address?
    "With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us strive on to finish the work we are in"
  • 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
  • In which region did American Indians construct totem poles?
    The Pacific Northwest
  • Which answer best describes the early life of Theodore Roosevelt?
    Roosevelt grew up in an upper-class family in New York City, and traveled abroad frequently as a youth.
  • Which of the following tactics was not used to disenfranchise blacks during and after the end of Reconstruction?
    The encouragement of black migration to the north, so that fewer could vote in Southern elections.
  • Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is not accurate?
    The Proclamation immediately freed about 500 thousand slaves from Confederate states, who had either escaped or lived in areas that the Union had captured.
  • Which general was ordered to clear the Bonus Army from Washington D.C.?
    Douglas MacArthur
  • What is an accepted estimate for the percentage of people who died while attempting the Oregon Trail?
    4 percent
  • Article Three of the Constitution establishes which branch of the national government?
    The Judicial Branch
  • The People's Party, also known as the Populist Party, drew its strongest support from which constituency?
    Farmers
  • What was James K. Polk's position on the idea of Manifest Destiny?
    Polk was proponent of this idea, and oversaw a huge expansion in the territory of the United States.
  • Which of the following groups was most opposed to the New Deal?
    Business owners and managers
  • Which of the following was not an aspect of the Jim Crow system?
    The gerrymandering of electoral districts that were nearly all black, so that the black vote could be channeled to a few token seats in most legislatures.
  • Which of the following was not an impact on American religious practice that resulted from the Second Great Awakening?
    A more clear separation that emerged between religious revivals, and the social and political movements of the times.
  • Which of the following statements about Susan B. Anthony is not historically accurate?
    Anthony was an honorary guest when the 19th Amendment was passed by the U.S. House and Senate.
  • Which of the following answers best describes the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
    It was an act that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, for example in public facilities or accommodations, or in employment.
  • The Supreme Court's Lochner v. New York decision began the Lochner era, in which the Supreme Court regularly stuck down which types of laws?
    Laws that regulated the working hours and conditions of employees.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • This leader of the Pullman Strike later ran for President five times.
    Eugene Debs
  • Which of the following best describes the role of Chester Nimitz, a U.S. commander during World War II?
    He was a Fleet Admiral in the Pacific and devised and executed a large part of the island-hopping strategy there.
  • The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill, in 1937, would have increased the size of the Supreme Court to how many justices? It was widely seen as an attempt by Franklin Roosevelt to pack the court.
    Fifteen
  • What did the Copperhead faction advocate for during the Civil War?
    Copperheads were anti-war Democrats who demanded immediate peace with the Confederacy.
  • Which of the following ships was sunk by a German U-boat in World War I, inciting much American outrage?
    The Lusitania
  • Who was the Vice President under Ronald Reagan, succeeding him as President in 1989?
    George H.W. Bush
  • What right(s) is the 8th Amendment written to protect?
    It prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
  • Which answer best describes the judicial positions of Sandra Day O'Connor?
    O'Connor was a moderate conservative on the Court who sometimes acted as the swing vote in important cases.
  • Which of the following was not a key goal of second-wave feminism?
    The passage of a women's suffrage Amendment to protect the right of women to vote.
  • Which President is most closely associated with the New Deal?
    Franklin Roosevelt
  • 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.
  • Who was the first President of the Tuskegee Institute?
    Booker T. Washington
  • Which of the following is not considered to be an implied power under the Constitution, under mainstream definitions?
    The power of Congress to merge the United States with other countries, such as Canada, under a new Constitution.
  • What was the term used for people who opposed the ratification of the Constitution?
    Anti-Federalists
  • Which type of dwelling was most commonly used by the Sioux peoples?
    The tipi
  • Which historian was responsible for popularizing the Frontier Thesis in American history, that the moving frontier line had been an essential driver of democracy?
    Frederick Jackson Turner
  • In 1948, the Progressive Party broke with Harry Truman over his policy toward the Soviet Union, and nominated which man for President?
    Henry Wallace

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