U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 5
29 out of 40 correct (72.5%).
MichaelGuarnieri
U.S. History Resources
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
- Slavery in the United States
- Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
- United States Constitution
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Blackface
- McCulloch v. Maryland
- John Marshall
- Squanto
- KDKA (AM)
- Atlantic slave trade
- Missouri Compromise
- American Enlightenment
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following people, with his adaption of "Jump Jim Crow", helped popularize blackface in the 1830s?Thomas D. Rice
- Which Congressman made an initial proposal that would have imposed harsh restrictions on slavery in Missouri, before the Missouri Compromise was reached?James Tallmadge
- Which of the following statements about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 is inaccurate?The law had a statute of limitations of seven years, after which an escaped slave was legally free from recapture.
- What right(s) is the 7th Amendment written to protect?It guarantees the right to a trial by jury for any non-trivial ($20 or more) civil case, and respects that jury's findings.
- 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.
- How many times was Martin Luther King Jr. jailed during his life?29
- Which of the following was not a legacy of American Enlightenment thought in the 1700s?An increased respect for a government by consent of the governed and the social contract, influenced by Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan and Jacques Rousseau.
- Which of the following statements about Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is not accurate?Abraham Lincoln later said to Stowe, "So this is the little lady who started this great war."
- KDKA made radio history with its broadcast of the 1920 election returns on November 2, 1920 from which city?Pittsburgh
- Which of the following decisions, by John Marshall, most directly acknowledged the implied powers of the federal government and strengthened their legal basis?McCulloch v. Maryland
- Approximately how many slaves were imported into the United States over the duration of the slave trade?650 thousand
These questions were answered correctly:
- To what degree has the Commerce Clause been a source of contention in American politics since the ratification of the Constitution?The Commerce Clause has been a central part of many Supreme Court decisions, both in the early days of the United States and in more recent times, and its exact scope is fiercely debated.
- The 1800 Census counted 5,308,483 people living in the United States. Thomas Jefferson won the 1800 Presidential Election. How many popular votes did he receive?41,330
- 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.
- What did the Wade-Davis Bill propose for Reconstruction?No Southern state could be readmitted until a majority of its voters took the Ironclad Oath, stating they had never supported the Confederacy.
- Andrew Jackson first came to national attention during the War of 1812, for leading the United States to victory in which battle?The Battle of New Orleans
- What was an important difference between the gang system and the task system on Southern plantations?The gang system was more regimented, more likely to use harsh overseers, and worked based on a schedule (usually sunrise to sunset) rather than a fixed set of tasks.
- Which two Congressional leaders were most responsible for drafting the Compromise of 1850?Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas
- Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the Dawes Act?Land allotments became a basis for modest Indian prosperity in the early 1900s.
- Which sect of English Dissenters did most settlers on the Mayflower come from?Brownists
- Louis Armstrong was a versatile, multi-talented musician during his 40 years or more in the public eye, but he is most associated with playing which instrument?The trumpet
- Which school, the first in the United States for women's higher education, did Emma Willard start in 1814?Troy Female Seminary
- Which of the following was not a key element of the Reconstruction Acts, passed by the Republican Congress in 1867?No Southern state would be allowed to seat representatives in Congress until two years after their new state constitution was approved.
- 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.
- Which speaker preceded Abraham Lincoln before he made the Gettysburg Address?Edward Everett
- Which colony did the people on the Mayflower form?Plymouth Colony
- Which of the following statements about the Northwest Ordinance is inaccurate?It allowed each state in the Northwest Territory to vote on whether slavery would be permitted.
- Margaret Mead, an anthropologist, studied the sexual behavior of people in which foreign location? Her work was controversial and seen by many as undermining the values of monogamy.Samoa
- How many whites were killed before the arrest and execution of Denmark Vesey, in 1822, for fomenting a slave uprising?0
- What was the primary objective of the Selma to Montgomery marches?The passage of a Voting Rights Act
- Which of the following was a controversy related to the Free Exercise clause in the First Amendment?Whether Congress had the power to restrict polygamy, a religious practice, among Mormons in U.S. states and territories.
- Which of the following people did not have a large influence on the American Enlightenment?Samuel Johnson
- 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 blackface is inaccurate?Blackface was rarely performed outside of the United States, and was generally looked down upon in Canada and Europe.
- Which of the following people were not present at the Constitutional Convention?John Adams
- The Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education allowed federal courts to require school districts to bus students to achieve racial balance. In what year was the case decided?1971
- In the late 1800s, the term "survival of the fittest" was often used to express a particular philosophy about the winners and losers of capitalism and society. Which philosopher is most associated with this term?Herbert Spencer
- Which of the following is not a notable case of attorney Clarence Darrow?He defended future heavyweight champion Jess Willard on murder charges, resulting from the death of his opponent in a boxing match.
- Which of the following was not an element of the Dawes Act, in 1887?Any remaining land in a reservation after allotments were finished would remain in the hands of the tribe in question, to manage as the tribe deemed fit.
- What was the most important long-term legacy of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac?He was the commander who founded Fort Detroit, in 1701, and firmly established the French presence in Michigan.
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