U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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24 out of 40 correct (60.0%).

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  • Which American country imported more slaves than any other during the course of the Atlantic slave trade?
    Brazil
  • Who were the "X", "Y", and "Z" in the XYZ Affair?
    Three French diplomats, working under Talleyrand, who demanded bribes before they would negotiate any diplomatic points.
  • During which decade did television become widespread, leading some to recall a Golden Age of Television?
    The 1930s
  • What were the Black Codes, during the Reconstruction Era?
    They were laws passed by various southern states that restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.
  • Which of the following events had not happened to Squanto before the arrival of the Puritans in 1620?
    He was briefly taken to the Virginia Colony on a provision ship bound for that location, before he escaped and made his way up the coastline back to Massachusetts.
  • What was a "Gibson Girl" around the turn of the 20th century?
    It was a cartoon series that semi-comically depicted a modern, confident, fashionable woman and her happenings, but did not involve her in the women's political movements of the time.
  • 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 statements about the First Transcontinental Railroad is accurate?
    The eastern and western halves met in Utah, where the Golden Spike was driven in 1869.
  • What was the significance of Harry Truman's Executive Order 9981 in the context of Jim Crow?
    It desegregated the United States armed forces.
  • What was the main point of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the late 1790s?
    That states had the right and duty to declare federal laws as unconstitutional if they did not follow the Constitution.
  • Which of the following states was not a part of the Northwest Territory, created by the Northwest Ordinance?
    Missouri
  • In which of the following conflicts did the United Nations intervene militarily?
    The Korean War
  • What was the most important consequence of the Free Soil Party?
    It established the anti-slavery positions on the western territories that would later became an essential part of the Republican platform.
  • In which city did the Haymarket Square bombing occur, in 1885?
    Chicago
  • In what region of what is now the United States did native tribes most commonly perform rain dances?
    The Southwest
  • What was the first railroad, in 1852, to reach the Ohio River from the Eastern Seaboard?
    The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

These questions were answered correctly:

  • What was the role and impact of Frederick Douglass on the Freedmen's Savings Bank?
    Douglass was the final President of this bank, being misled into assuming the role by its previous leadership, who had gutted its financial assets.
  • What is the significance of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, in 1973?
    It ruled that laws outlawing abortion were an unconstitutional violation of the 4th Amendment.
  • Which of the following books does the term muckraker reference?
    Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
  • All of the following measures, generally seen as circumventions of the 15th Amendment, were used except for which one?
    Requirements to show a state-issued ID card at the polls
  • What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, in 1961?
    It was a failed CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro, in the wake of his successful Revolution.
  • Which of the following people composed the words to "The Star Spangled Banner"?
    Francis Scott Key
  • What right(s) is the 8th Amendment written to protect?
    It prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
  • Duke Ellington's appearances at which club contributed to his national reputation?
    The Cotton Club
  • Which answer best describes the Tuskegee Institute?
    It was an important black college in the South that provided instruction on teaching, and on many practical skills and trades.
  • Who did William McKinley defeat in both the 1896 and 1900 Presidential elections?
    William Jennings Bryan
  • What, approximately, was the annual inflation rate in the United States when Gerald Ford began his Whip Inflation Now campaign?
    12 percent
  • A person from which of the following groups was least likely to support Jacksonian Democracy and universal white manhood suffrage?
    Business owners and bankers in New England.
  • Where did Robert E. Lee surrender his army in 1865, effectively ending the Civil War?
    Appomattox Court House, Virginia
  • Which attack caused the United States to enter World War II, in 1941?
    Pearl Harbor
  • Which of the following was not a consequence of the headright system in Virginia?
    The headright system was used only in Virginia, because other colonies lacked sufficient land to implement it.
  • What was the significance of Sally Hemings in the life of Thomas Jefferson?
    She was a slave who Jefferson had a relationship with, and likely fathered six children with.
  • What was a broad philosophical/political idea that guided the Virginia Plan?
    Each state should have representation in the national legislature in proportion to its population.
  • Which of the following businessmen or scientists did not have a Jewish background?
    Nikola Tesla
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Besides her work with Hull House, which of the following is not a cause that Jane Addams worked for in her life?
    Anti-immigration laws
  • What was the immediate short-term effect of the Missouri Compromise?
    Slavery receded as an important national issue until the late 1840s.
  • Construction on the National Road began in 1811. Much of the National Road's route was later replaced by which U.S. highway?
    U.S. Highway 40, running through Pennsylvania and Ohio.
  • Which of the following best describes the Battle of Midway in World War II?
    It was a decisive American naval victory against a Japanese fleet near Midway island in the central Pacific.

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