U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 5
31 out of 40 correct (77.5%).
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Areas for improvement:
- The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945): 50.0% (1 out of 2)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following is not a quote of Abraham Lincoln?"There are only two sides to this question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war;"
- Which of the following statements about the introduction of barbed wire to the west is inaccurate?Barbed wire made it economical for cattle ranching to spread to areas that were densely populated, allowing the practice to take a firm hold in the Midwest.
- Before his capture of an arsenal in Virginia, how else did John Brown fight for the abolition of slavery?He had fought in some engagements in Kansas, and had killed five pro-slavery men in a massacre.
- 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 lasting geographical consequence of the Quaternary Glaciation?The resulting glaciers formed the Great Lakes in the middle of North America.
- Which of the following was not a part of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, outlining his vision of the post-World War I world?The limitation of the German Army to 100,000 men after the war, and the imposition of substantial reparations to be paid by Germany to the victories allies.
- In what year was the United States Constitution written?1787
- During the 19th century, which of the following statements about slavery is most accurate?Hundreds of thousands of slaves were sold and transported overland from the Upper South to the Deep South.
- 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
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following was not a reason for the CIA-orchestrated Iranian coup d'état in 1953?Iran's President, Mohammad Mosaddegh, had taken power in a coup d'etat of his own and had massacred over 10,000 Iranaians.
- What was Anne Bradstreet known for in the English colonial period?She was a well-respected poet who became the first female writer of British North America to be published.
- Which of the following acts did not occur during the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson?The Sheppard-Towner Act, establishing federal funding for maternity and child care.
- Ida B. Wells was best known as an advocate against what practice?Lynching
- What was the political motivation, mixed with mental instability, that led Leon Czolgosz to assassinate William McKinley?Anarchism
- Which of the following was not an immediate consequence of the First Battle of Bull Run?The Confederate Army continued to move north, invading Maryland and causing panic in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania.
- Which of the following is not a major subgroup of the Sioux?The Peoria
- Who was Jamestown, Virginia named after?King James I of England
- 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.
- Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke for the final year of his Administration. Parts of which Constitutional Amendment address this situation?The 25th Amendment
- Which company introduced Barbie to the American market in 1959?Mattel
- In what city was Jane Addams's Hull House located?Chicago
- Which of the following movements from the early 20th century did not, at least somewhat, trace its roots to the ideals of Social Darwinism?The social justice movement
- 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.
- The Electoral College deadlock between Thomas Jefferson and which other person led to the passage of the 12th Amendment?Aaron Burr
- From which country did most of the September 11 attack perpetrators come from?Saudi Arabia
- What did the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, do when it was passed in 1935?It protected the right of workers to join a union, engage in collective bargaining, and to go on strike.
- How did Zachary Taylor become the Whig nominee for President?Taylor had never held office or even voted in an election, but he was a popular General after the Mexican-American War.
- During its peak, areas with substantial incidents of lynching were correlated with each of the following factors except which one?The African American population was relatively small and isolated.
- All of the following writers are associated with the Harlem Renaissance except which one?Alice Walker
- 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 people wrote The Feminine Mystique? This book is commonly credited as a milestone in the feminist movement.Betty Friedan
- Which answer best describes the Battle of Shiloh?The Union Army was encamped in southern Tennessee, in 1862, and preparing to move into Mississippi. The Confederates preemptively attacked. The Union won.
- What is another term associated with the Living Constitution?Loose constructionism
- What was the purpose of the "lily-white" movement in the late 1900s?It was a faction within the Republican Party that wanted to compete with Democrats in the South, around the turn of the 20th century, by driving black leaders out of the party.
- Which of the following politicians was a strong supporter of the "Ten percent" plan?Abraham Lincoln
- What was the term carpetbagger used to describe in the years after the Civil War?It was an epithet for northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction to run for elected office, often being assured of victory due to Republican control of the area.
- What issue did Pinckney's Treaty address, in 1795?It was a treaty with Spain that clarified the borders of Florida.
- 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.
- James Buchanan avoided political controversy in the heated years before his election as President by taking on what role?He was the United States Minister to the United Kingdom during the Pierce Administration.
- Which of the following regulatory agencies was created under Lyndon Johnson's Administration?The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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