U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 5
29 out of 40 correct (72.5%).
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At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Panic of 1819
- Algonquian peoples
- World War II
- Rationing in the United States
- Ration stamp
- Katharine Graham
- Battle of Shiloh
- American Civil War
- George Washington
- Executive privilege
- Spelman College
- Sons of Liberty
- Stamp Act 1765
- Selma to Montgomery marches
- Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Loyalist (American Revolution)
These questions were missed:
- What was the earliest and most immediate effect of the original Sons of Liberty group and its agitation?The British repealed the Stamp Act, although they paired this action with the Declaratory Acts.
- Which of the following Supreme Court cases upheld the validity of the 19th Amendment?Leser v. Garnett
- What was Katharine Graham best known for?She was the editor of Washington Post for two decades, including the time when the Watergate Scandal occurred.
- What was an early use of executive privilege, by George Washington?Washington refused to provide documents to the House of Representatives that related to the negotiation of the Jay Treaty with Great Britain.
- Which of the following women is not a notable alumnus of Spelman College, in Atlanta?Shirley Chisholm
- During the rationing in World War II, the production of civilian automobiles was completely halted, and most consumers were limited to this amount of gasoline per week.3-4 gallons
- In which of the following states did Algonquian peoples not live in around the time of first contact with Europeans?South Carolina
- Historians estimate that about what percentage of white colonials supported the Loyalist cause in the American Revolution?5 percent
- Which of the following answers best describes the cause of the Panic of 1819?Speculation in public lands by banks and individuals created a real estate bubble, and the Second Bank of the United States overcorrected by instituting tight lending practices.
- Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the Battle of Shiloh, in 1862?The Confederates abandoned any hope of defeating the Union in the western theater, and transferred around 30,000 troops to Robert E. Lee in the east, hoping to win a decisive battle there.
- What was the primary objective of the Selma to Montgomery marches?The passage of a Voting Rights Act
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following was not a grievance in the Declaration of Independence?That the British had allied with the French without the colonists consent, and were requiring the colonies to accept French ships in their ports.
- Which Amendment lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18?The 26th Amendment
- Myra Bradwell became the first American woman to enter this profession, when the Illinois and United States Supreme Courts ruled in her favor in 1890 and 1892.She was the nation's first female lawyer.
- Which of the following Generals was most closely associated with the military campaigns which forced a number of Indian tribes to leave Ohio.Anthony Wayne
- Approximately how many American workers were involved in a strike during the first year after World War II ended, making labor relations a key political issue?5 million
- What was the primary goal of the Farmers' Holiday Association, active in the early 1930s?It attempted to coordinate the withholding of farm products from the market, in order to raise prices and slow the rate of farm foreclosures.
- In the context of Reconstruction, which answer best describes who the Redeemers were?White supremacist southerners who sought to return control of state governments and federal representatives to themselves, and to limit the civil rights of former slaves and other free blacks.
- 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.
- The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill, in 1937, would have increased the size of the Supreme Court to how many justices? It was widely seen as an attempt by Franklin Roosevelt to pack the court.Fifteen
- Estevanico was a member of Pánfilo de Narváez's 1527 expedition. What is noteworthy about him?He survived the expedition and was one of the first Africans to set foot in North America.
- What caused the large scale riots in New York City from July 13-16, 1863?The United States instituted a new wave of conscription that was deeply unpopular in New York's Irish/immigrant community.
- All of the following countries participated in the U.S. coalition which defeated Iraq in the 1990-91 Gulf War except for which one?Germany
- Which of the following animals did the Apache use to transport loads, as of the time that the Spanish came into contact with them?Dogs
- Which of the following was not a difficulty that Lincoln faced during the Civil War?Dealing with the consequences of a naval blockade from Great Britain, due to that country's support of the Confederacy.
- 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
- A series of bank runs during the 1930s culminated in the Emergency Banking Act of 1933, in the opening days of Roosevelt's term, after this many states suspended banking operations.36
- The Virginia House of Burgesses operated from 1619 until what year?1776
- What was Prince Hall best known for during the Revolutionary period?He was a prominent African-American freemason who created a black mason hall and is a father of Black Freemasonry.
- Approximately what percentage of known lynching victims in the United States were black?73 percent
- In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression, passed the...Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
- According to most estimates, about how many slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas over the duration of the Atlantic slave trade?12-15 million
- What was the immediate trigger for the Panic of 1873?Jay Cooke & Company, a large bank, owned significant bonds in the Northern Pacific Railroad and was unable to sell them. When the railroad ran into problems, Cooke's firm went bankrupt and triggered a banking panic.
- Which of the following was not an important long-term consequence of the Three-Fifths Compromise?The United Stated was unable to pass any laws banning the importation of slaves, due to the disproportionate representation of the South.
- Which of the following people was instrumental in presenting the Albany Plan, an early attempt at colonial unification?Benjamin Franklin
- The site of which future city did Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet not pass through during their 1673 expedition?Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Which of the following clauses was not a part of the Missouri Compromise?No free state would be admitted in the future, without a slave state being admitted simultaneously to keep an equal balance between free and slave states, and vice versa.
- Which event galvanized Lucretia Mott to help organize the Seneca Falls Convention?At the World's Anti-Slavery Convention, in 1840, Mott was excluded from participating on account of her status as a woman.
- Which Amendment gave Washington D.C. the right to vote in Presidential elections?The 23rd Amendment
- 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
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