U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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15 out of 40 correct (37.5%).

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  • Who was Jamestown, Virginia named after?
    King James I of England
  • Which of the following Indian tribes was not forced to participate in the Trail of Tears?
    The Iroquois
  • Which event was most greatly sensationalized by publishers during the heyday of yellow journalism?
    The Spanish-American War
  • Which of the following directly posits that that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years?
    Moore's Law
  • 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
  • Which acts/policy of John Adams were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison) opposed to?
    The Alien and Sedition Acts
  • Although the words were written in 1814, "The Star Spangled Banner" did not become the official national anthem of the United States until what year?
    1931
  • Which answer best describes what "personal liberty laws" were in the 19th century?
    They were laws passed by many Northern states to counter the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850, for example by allowing jury trials for escaped slaves and forbidding state authorities from cooperating in their capture.
  • Swing music, played by musicians such as Benny Goodman, came to prominence in the latter part of which decade?
    The 1930s
  • 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 states became an important destination for Swedish and Norwegian immigrants in the late 19th century?
    Minnesota
  • In what year was the United States Constitution written?
    1787
  • How did Benjamin Franklin first become prominent in Pennsylvania?
    He became well-known as the author and publisher of Poor Richard's Almanack which contained stories, facts, and proverbs.
  • 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"
  • 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.
  • Charles Lindberg was well-known during his life for all of the following things except which one?
    Late in his life, Lindberg became a prominent advocate against manned space travel and the Apollo program, saying that these programs wasted money and distracted from more important issues on Earth.
  • Which of the following was not a party that ran a prominent candidate (over 10% of the popular vote) in the 1860 Presidential election?
    The Know Nothing Party
  • What is the significance of Levittown, New York?
    It was a planned suburb built in the late 1940s that became a model for thousands of similar communities in the U.S.
  • What was an important long-term consequence of Marbury v. Madison?
    It established the power of judicial review for the Supreme Court.
  • How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?
    They passed the Coercive Acts, known to the colonists as the Intolerable Acts, punishing the colonies and specifically Massachusetts in various ways. They also passed the Quebec Act.
  • Which of the following movements was created, in no small part, in reaction to the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision?
    The Moral Majority
  • Why was the United States Constitution written?
    The first government after independence, the Articles of Confederation, was widely considered to be weak and ineffective.
  • 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.
  • Who was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence?
    Thomas Jefferson
  • What did the Banking Act of 1933 most closely deal with?
    It established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and required the separation of commercial and investment banking ("Glass-Steagall").

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  • 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.
  • Who was the only President of the Confederate States of America?
    Jefferson Davis
  • Who was the first woman justice on the United States Supreme Court?
    Sandra Day O'Connor
  • What did the "Ten percent" plan for Reconstruction propose?
    A state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10% of it's 1860 voters had taken on oath of allegiance to the United States.
  • Which of the following answers best describes the political views of Thomas Jefferson?
    Jefferson believed in state and individual rights and a limited federal government, and was a central figure in the Democratic-Republican Party.
  • On what date was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
    July 4, 1776
  • What was a fear or concern that guided the introduction of the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention?
    Larger states would control the workings of the new federal government if proportional representation was used in the legislature.
  • In which of the following conflicts did the United Nations intervene militarily?
    The Korean War
  • The "melting pot" is a metaphor that applies to which of the following?
    The assimilation of immigrants from numerous backgrounds into a cohesive American society. Especially used in the early 1900s.
  • 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".
  • 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)
  • What labor law was passed, over Harry Truman's veto, in reaction to the wave of strikes that occurred in 1945-46?
    The Taft-Hartley Act
  • Who was the President when the Louisiana Purchase was made?
    Thomas Jefferson
  • What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory best known for?
    A fire on March 25, 1911 that killed 146 workers.
  • Who made a return to normalcy (from things such as World War I and the turmoil of 1919) the centerpiece of their 1920 Presidential campaign?
    Warren Harding

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