U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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  • Which of the following was an important, immediate precursor to the Establishment clause in the First Amendment?
    The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
  • What did the Roosevelt Corollary of Theodore Roosevelt do?
    It stated that the United States would intervene directly in conflicts between European and Latin American countries, rather than having the Europeans press their claims directly.
  • In its purer forms, a proponent of Social Darwinism would believe all of the following statements except which one?
    Social instincts such as "sympathy" and "moral sentiments" also evolved through natural selection.
  • What was an important long-term consequence of the Panic of 1907?
    Many bankers and businessmen advocated for the creation of the Federal Reserve System to prevent a similar financial panic in the future.
  • Who was the first American woman to travel to outer space?
    Sally Ride
  • Which of the following was not a reason that the Second Bank of the United States was formed, in 1816?
    Regional private banks wanted a centralized banking authority to assist with financing and liquidity.
  • Which country was defeated first -- Germany or Japan?
    Germany surrendered in May 1945, while Japan formally surrendered on September 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay.
  • Which answer best describes the foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt?
    Roosevelt actively engaged the United States in foreign affairs, particularly in Latin America. He was an imperialist and supervised the build-up of the American Navy.
  • Which of the following musicians was not influential in the early development and popularity of rock and roll, in the 1950s?
    Marvin Gaye
  • Which of the following acts did not create a military draft?
    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
  • Which of the following did not contribute to the decline of the Chautauqua companies, who had provided entertainment, lectures, and shows to small towns and rural areas of the United States?
    World War II
  • Which of the following best describes the formation of Massachusetts Bay Colony?
    It was a separate colony from Plymouth Colony, established around modern-day Boston in 1628. The two colonies eventually merged into Massachusetts.
  • 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.
  • To what extent did the FBI investigate Martin Luther King Jr. during his life, at the behest of J. Edgar Hoover?
    King was repeatedly investigated by the FBI throughout his life, in an attempt to discredit his movement. He also received threats from that organization.
  • Who was the first notable person to use the city on a hill metaphor to describe the United States, the English colonies, or a specific one of those colonies?
    John Winthrop
  • 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.
  • What was the immediate short-term effect of the Missouri Compromise?
    Slavery receded as an important national issue until the late 1840s.
  • 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 individual, Secretary of State at the time, was most responsible for negotiating the purchase of Alaska?
    William Seward
  • 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.
  • 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 did the Supreme Court's Engel v. Vitale decision do?
    It ruled that public schools could not require their students to say a prayer.
  • In what region of the country did the Salish peoples live?
    The Northwest
  • What is another term associated with the Living Constitution?
    Loose constructionism
  • The Constitution required 36 "guilty" votes in the Senate to remove Andrew Johnson from office on impeachment charges. How many Senators voted for conviction?
    35
  • Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke for the final year of his Administration. Parts of which Constitutional Amendment address this situation?
    The 25th Amendment
  • Douglas MacArthur is most associated with the invasion and liberation of which region during World War II?
    The Philippines
  • Andrew Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act, but his most frequent clashes with Congress came over which issue?
    Reconstruction

These questions were answered correctly:

  • In which of the following industries did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?
    Steel
  • Which answer best describes the political ideals of Jacksonian Democracy and Andrew Jackson?
    Supported the expansion of the vote, opposed to monopolies and elites, and supported more Western settlement. Ignored the issue of slavery in the name of unity.
  • 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 woman was a lifelong friend of Susan B. Anthony and her partner in a number of campaigns and organizations.
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • What was George Marshall most noted for in World War II?
    He was the United States Army Chief of Staff throughout World War II.
  • Which answer best describes the Siege of Vicksburg?
    The Union Army, under Ulysses Grant, captured the last remaining Confederate foothold on the Mississippi River, in 1863.
  • In which city was the Motown record label established?
    Detroit
  • 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.
  • Which territory was acquired by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase?
    The Mississippi River and its entire western watershed/drainage basin.
  • 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
  • Which of the following songs was not sung by Michael Jackson?
    True Blue
  • In what year was Medicare established?
    In 1965 as part of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

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