U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
26 out of 40 correct (65.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- The Postwar and Modern Age (1945-present): 42.9% (3 out of 7)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 50.0% (3 out of 6)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 50.0% (4 out of 8)
- American Indian History: 50.0% (1 out of 2)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Labor Management Relations Act of 1947
- Strike wave of 1945-1946
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- James Madison
- John Adams
- Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
- Thomas Jefferson
- North American fur trade
- Woodrow Wilson
- Cattle drives in the United States
- Continental Association
- Massachusetts Circular Letter
- Ironclad oath
- John Foster Dulles
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- New Look (policy)
- Cold War
- Nixon Doctrine
- Richard Nixon
- American Civil War
- Slavery in the United States
- Counterculture of the 1960s
- Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
- United States Constitution
- Oregon Trail
These questions were missed:
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- Which of the following statements about the North American fur trade is not accurate?The fur trade was in decline by the mid 1700s.
- What is an accepted estimate for the percentage of people who died while attempting the Oregon Trail?4 percent
- Which of the following people was not closely associated with the 1960s counterculture?Jack Kerouac
- Which of the following individuals was a key author of the Massachusetts Circular Letter?Samuel Adams
- What was the most important short-term consequence of the Ironclad Oath, during Reconstruction?By requiring voters to swear they had never supported the Confederacy, it disqualified many white voters and enabled the Republicans to dominate Southern elections until the early 1870s.
- 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.
- About how many slaves lived in the United States at the start of the Civil War?7 million
- What did the Nixon Doctrine state, in the context of the Cold War?It stated that the United States would assist in the defense and developments of allies and friends, but would not undertake all the defense of the free nations of the world.
- Which vent or Supreme Court case led to the passage of the 11th Amendment?Chisholm v. Georgia
- Which of the following factors did not contribute to the extensive cattle economy and cattle drives of Texas and the West?Freed slaves provided a cheap, reliable source of labor for herding and tending to cattle.
- Which of the following people was not associated with the New Look national security policy in the 1950s?Dean Acheson
These questions were answered correctly:
- 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.
- What was a key argument advanced in the Massachusetts Circular Letter, in response to the Townshend Acts?The Townshend Acts were unconstitutional because the colony of Massachusetts was not represented in Parliament.
- Which of these documents was Thomas Jefferson the chief author of?The Declaration of Independence
- 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 significance of Harry Truman's Executive Order 9981 in the context of Jim Crow?It desegregated the United States armed forces.
- Which of the following was not a key tenet of the transcendentalist movement?Individuals should actively engage in politics to drive a progressive agenda.
- 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
- Which of the following autobiographical works, published in 1969, made Maya Angelou a well-known author?I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Which of the following was not a consequence of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?The Democratic-Republican Party strongly reacted against this law as an unconstitutional overreach in power by the federal government.
- How many people were killed as a result of the Salem witch trials?20
- Which war precipitated the proposal of the Albany Plan, a proposed unification of the colonies for mutual defense?The French and Indian War
- Which war or conflict did the XYZ Affair most directly lead to?The Quasi-War
- What did Jacob Riis seek to expose with his photojournalism in How the Other Half Lives?The conditions in the slums and tenements of New York, many of which were populated by recently arrived immigrants.
- Which of the following statements about hobos is not accurate?Unlike tramps, hobos rarely tried to find work unless compelled by force or arrest.
- Approximately how many slaves utilized the Underground Railroad to escape from the South?At least 30 thousand
- Edgar Allen Poe is often considered a pioneer of what genre or literary technique?Detective fiction
- What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?It provided for mechanisms to enforce the 15th Amendment and outlawed requirements such as literacy tests as prerequisites for voting.
- In what year was the United States Constitution written?1787
- Does the judicial philosophy of strict constructionism give more credence to "enumerated powers" or "implied powers"?It believes that many implied powers are unconstitutional or non-existent, and favors enumerated powers.
- 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 future President was wounded at the Battle of Trenton?James Monroe
- What was Hiram Rhodes Revels best known for?He was the first black man to become a United States Senator.
- What was the issue that caused the Teapot Dome scandal, during Warren Harding's Administration?Harding's Secretary of Interior, Albert Fall, leased government oil reserves to oil companies at very low cost, in return for bribes.
- Who was the President when the Louisiana Purchase was made?Thomas Jefferson
- How much money, worth nearly $10 billion when adjusted for inflation, did the U.S. spend on building the Panama Canal?$375 million
- Abraham Lincoln established his career in Illinois, but in which state was he born?Kentucky
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