U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

The final score on this quiz is a 3

21 out of 40 correct (52.5%).

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  • 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.
  • 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
  • Which of the following was not a political consequence of the Battle of Little Bighorn?
    The U.S. was unable to mount any significant military excursions into Montana until 1881.
  • What was the term "coffin ship" created to describe in the 1800s?
    Ships which sailed to the United States from Ireland with immigrants and did not provide adequate food or living space -- leading to mortality rates of around 30%.
  • 38 Sioux were hanged in what town in 1862? It marked the largest mass execution in United States history.
    Mankato, Minnesota
  • Which of the following groups was never a part of the Iroquois Confederation?
    Wyandot
  • What did the Currency Act do, and why did it become a grievance in the colonies?
    It restricted the colonies from paying British merchants with paper money backed by the various colonies, causing deflation and economic troubles, because such money almost always depreciated in relation to the British pound.
  • Which of the following musicians is closely associated with the bebop style of jazz?
    Charlie Parker
  • What was a typical working week, in hours, for the women who worked in the Lowell mills in the 1830s and 40s?
    75 hours
  • What was the outcome of King Philip's War for the English and the Wampanoag in New England?
    Several hundred English settlers were killed, while the Wampanoag were almost annihilated. Many Indian survivors were sold into slavery.
  • The hogan was a primary dwelling of which native group?
    The Navajo
  • Which of the following was not a common argument made by the "free silver" movement?
    Free silver would eliminate the federal debt by allowing the government to quickly repay its creditors.
  • Which of the following people were not present at the Constitutional Convention?
    John Adams
  • Although Abraham Lincoln won a majority of the electoral vote in the 1860 election, he won only this percent of the popular vote.
    39.7 percent
  • The Nye Committee, the talk radio programs of Father Charles Coughlin, and the speech War is a Racket by Smedley Butler all helped build support for which political position?
    Isolationism
  • What were some elements of the "Square Deal" proposed by Theodore Roosevelt?
    Regulatory programs aimed at the "three C's": conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.
  • Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the California Gold Rush?
    The gold rush made most of the new arrivals wealthy or at least somewhat prosperous, and gave California a reputation as a land of opportunity within the United States.
  • Which of the following politicians was a strong supporter of the "Ten percent" plan?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • The Farmer's Alliance most directly led to the founding of which political party?
    The People's Party

These questions were answered correctly:

  • What is Christopher Columbus most noteworthy for?
    He sailed from Spain and landed in the Caribbean in 1492, making Europeans aware of the "New World".
  • Which of the following women was a prominent and influential opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment?
    Phyllis Schlafly
  • Miles Davis was a famous musician in the 1950s and afterwards in what genre?
    Jazz
  • What was Emily Post best known for?
    She was a notable writer of books on American etiquette.
  • Which future state was closely associated with the opening of new territory for white settlement and "land runs" in the late 19th century?
    Oklahoma
  • What was Hiram Rhodes Revels best known for?
    He was the first black man to become a United States Senator.
  • To finance the Civil War, the United States issued Greenbacks as currency. Which of the following was used to back this currency?
    They were backed by the United States government, but not by any precious metal
  • The 22nd Amendment states that a President cannot be elected to more than two terms, and limits their total time in office to this number of years, allowing for the case where a President serves a partial term.
    8 years
  • Which of the following was not an aspect of the "Cult of Domesticity", a term used to describe social norms for women in the mid-1800s?
    A good woman would do whatever it took to maintain the financial solvency of a home, even it meant working as a teacher or a local seamstress.
  • What was the primary goal of the Farmers' Holiday Association, active in the early 1930s?
    It attempted to coordinate the withholding of farm products from the market, in order to raise prices and slow the rate of farm foreclosures.
  • Which answer best describes the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?
    This law allowed some illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship and increased the measures and funding for future immigration enforcement.
  • Which state was admitted to the United States as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
    California
  • What was the term carpetbagger used to describe in the years after the Civil War?
    It was an epithet for northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction to run for elected office, often being assured of victory due to Republican control of the area.
  • Which of the following was not an important consequence of the Erie Canal?
    New Orleans suffered a steep downtown in its fortunes, as Midwesterners turned almost exclusively to the Great Lakes and Erie Canal route for long-distance trade.
  • What was the position of George Washington on indentured servitude?
    Washington purchased the contracts for indentured servants at various times, and even posted rewards for the return of runaways.
  • Hernando de Soto was the first European to cross the Mississippi. What else was he known for?
    He participated with Pizarro in the conquest of the Incas in Peru.
  • Which civil rights organization did Martin Luther King Jr. help establish? He was the first President of this organization.
    The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
  • Which answer best describes the Monroe Doctrine?
    It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention.
  • In Lyndon Johnson's first election to the U.S. Senate, in 1948, what was his margin of victory in the decisive Democratic primary?
    87 votes
  • All of the following musical terms are associated with slaves and other workers in the antebellum South except for which one?
    Blues
  • Which of the following Democratic politicians did not come from the conservative Bourbon Democrat wing?
    William Jennings Bryan

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