U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 3
21 out of 40 correct (52.5%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Political History: 46.2% (12 out of 26)
- Economic History: 43.8% (7 out of 16)
- U.S. Presidents: 37.5% (3 out of 8)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 33.3% (2 out of 6)
- Black History: 25.0% (1 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Treaty of Paris (1898)
- Spanish–American War
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Douglas MacArthur
- Bonus Army
- Jonathan Edwards (theologian)
- Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
- Frances Perkins
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- James Monroe
- Holding company
- Ironclad oath
- Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Reconstruction Era
- Black Codes (United States)
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Abraham Lincoln
- American Civil War
- American Federation of Labor
- First-wave feminism
- Victoria Woodhull
- Kansas–Nebraska Act
- Missouri Compromise
- John Peter Zenger
- Richard Nixon
- Comprehensive Child Development Bill of 1972
- Virginia Plan
- Constitutional Convention (United States)
- Exodusters
- St. Augustine, Florida
- George F. Kennan
- Containment
- Cold War
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following areas did not become a United States territory or protectorate for some amount of time as a result of the Spanish-American War and the Treaty of Paris?Santo Domingo
- Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is not accurate?The Proclamation immediately freed about 500 thousand slaves from Confederate states, who had either escaped or lived in areas that the Union had captured.
- What was the American Federation of Labor's basic strategy during the first years of its existence?The AFL formed as an association of trade unions, and strictly limited its focus to bargaining for better wages and working conditions for its own members, avoiding partisan politics.
- Which answer best describes the political background of James Monroe?Monroe was a former anti-federalist who more or less continued the legacy of Jefferson and Madison.
- Which general was ordered to clear the Bonus Army from Washington D.C.?Douglas MacArthur
- What was an important short-term consequence of the Black Codes?Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment.
- What was a key element of the Virginia Plan, as it was initially presented to the Constitutional Convention?The Virginia Plan called for a bicameral legislature with membership apportioned according to population, which would benefit populous states like Virginia.
- The Exodusters were a group of blacks who left the South immediately after Reconstruction ended. Which state did they primarily migrate to?Kansas
- When did holding companies first emerge in the United States?Holding companies were primarily an innovation of the 1880s and 90s, as a way to get around antitrust laws.
- In Lyndon Johnson's first election to the U.S. Senate, in 1948, what was his margin of victory in the decisive Democratic primary?87 votes
- In what colony was the libel trial of John Peter Zenger held?New York
- What would the Comprehensive Child Development Bill of 1972 have provided federal funding for, had it not been vetoed by Richard Nixon?A national day care system
- Which of the following people were most responsible for initially developing the doctrine of Containment?George Kennan
- What was the key point made in the sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards?This sermon evoked numerous images of hell and the torment that awaited those who rejected God's grace.
- What is notable about Victoria Woodhull?She was the first woman candidate for President of the United States.
- 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.
- Which politician, who later opposed secession, was one of the only prominent Southerners to oppose the repeal of the Missouri Compromise during the Kansas-Nebraska debates in 1854?Sam Houston
- Which of the following statements about St. Augustine, Florida is not true?It was the original capital of Florida when it became a state, in 1845.
- 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
These questions were answered correctly:
- 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.
- Which of the following technologies was a critical part of the Waltham-Lowell manufacturing system?The power loom
- Which of the following episodes in Europe most heavily contributed to the immigration of Jewish people to the United States, in the late 19th century?The assassination of Tsar Alexander II and a resulting wave of anti-Jewish violence in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland (all part of the Russian Empire at that time).
- Who was the Governor of Virginia during Bacon's Rebellion?William Berkeley
- Who is notable for having developed a written syllabary for the Cherokee language?Sequoyah
- Which of the following statements about blackface, specifically in the 1830s and 40s, is inaccurate?Blackface generally provided an authentic look at the trials and travails of slavery.
- Which of the following agencies had the largest role in the creation of the internet?The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- What was the immediate short-term effect of the Missouri Compromise?Slavery receded as an important national issue until the late 1840s.
- Which future President was wounded at the Battle of Trenton?James Monroe
- Which country was defeated first -- Germany or Japan?Germany surrendered in May 1945, while Japan formally surrendered on September 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay.
- Joseph McCarthy's fruitless and unpopular investigation of which agency or organization led to his political downfall and eventual censure?The U.S. Army
- 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
- Henry Ford used all of the following methods to derive an advantage in producing the Model T except for which one?All Model T's were produced at a single factory in Detroit, in order to allow extremely precise management of the manufacturing process.
- Which of the following was not a reason for Russia to sell Alaska?Russia was in the middle of a war with the Ottoman Empire and wanted to transfer troops out of Alaska.
- What law or decision effectively caused the repeal of the Missouri Compromise?The Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Did the Wilmot Proviso ever become law?No, it was rejected and never became law, although the Civil War made it a moot point.
- Leading radio stations began to pull the once-popular broadcasts of Father Charles Coughlin, in the late 1930s, after he began expressing which type of views?Anti-semitism and support for Germany and Italy
- Which President said, "If I can catch any man with a hyphen in this great contest I will know that I have got an enemy of the Republic." about "hyphenated Americans"?Woodrow Wilson
- A "fallen woman" was a euphemism for what, in the early 1900s?A prostitute
- All of the following writers are associated with the Harlem Renaissance except which one?Alice Walker
- Which of the following was not a consequence of Prohibition under the 18th Amendment?The number of Americans who drank actually increased.
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