U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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21 out of 40 correct (52.5%).

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  • Approximately when did the Apache peoples migrate to the Southwest?
    Sometime between 1200 and 1500.
  • What describes George Washington's role in the French and Indian War?
    He commanded the Virginia Regiment, the primary fighting unit for that colony.
  • At the end of the Civil War, a little over 90% of black Americans lived in the South. What was this percentage after the Second Great Migration ended, around 1970?
    53 percent
  • Which of the following Confederate states was exempted from the Emancipation Proclamation, since most of it was already under Union control in late 1862?
    Tennessee
  • What was not a reason that the House of Burgesses was established in Virginia?
    The legislature was meant to replace the colonial governor, after a serious of ineffective leaders and near revolts.
  • What political party did Samuel Gompers, the founder of the American Federation of Labor, belong to?
    The Republican Party
  • Which answer best describes the term "forty-eighters"?
    It described Europeans, primarily Germans, who immigrated to the United States after a series of failed revolutions in Europe in 1848.
  • How did the Northwest Ordinance come to effect the debate about slavery in the United States?
    It set the Ohio River as a boundary between free and slave states, and foreshadowed future debates over the expansion of slavery.
  • Which future President was wounded at the Battle of Trenton?
    James Monroe
  • The Clayton Antitrust Act strengthened or created protections against monopolistic practices in all of the following areas except which one?
    Leveraged buyouts of any type, where the purchasing company did not substantial assets or an existing line of business
  • The American Indian group often known as the Iroquois prefers to use which of the following names?
    Haudenosaunee
  • 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
  • Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke for the final year of his Administration. Parts of which Constitutional Amendment address this situation?
    The 25th Amendment
  • How many whites were killed before the arrest and execution of Denmark Vesey, in 1822, for fomenting a slave uprising?
    0
  • What was the ultimate outcome of the "Bleeding Kansas" struggle in the 1850s?
    Kansas was not admitted until the secession of the Southern states began, in spite of submitting three potential state Constitutions to the U.S. Congress.
  • Which of the following was not a large source of labor in the Province of Maryland by the mid-1700s?
    Indian slaves
  • Which of the following is not a major subgroup of the Sioux?
    The Peoria
  • What was a particularly unique belief of the Shakers, a Christian group that came to prominence during the Second Great Awakening?
    The Shakers believed that all forms of sexual intercourse were sinful and enforced the practice of celibacy in their communities.
  • 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

These questions were answered correctly:

  • At what point in the history of the United States was the Federal Reserve System created?
    1913, in response to the Panics of 1907, 1893, and 1873, to establish a lender of last resort.
  • 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 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.
  • 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
  • What was James Buchanan's position in the last months of his term, after the Southern states began to secede?
    Buchanan stated that secession was illegal, but that going to war to stop it was also illegal.
  • How many people died in the September 11 attacks?
    3,000
  • As of 1910, before the Great Migration began, approximately what percentage of American blacks lived in the South?
    90 percent
  • Who did Abraham Lincoln defeat to win reelection as President in 1864?
    George McClellan, a former Union general.
  • What was an important short-term consequence of the Black Codes?
    Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment.
  • The Supreme Court's Lochner v. New York decision began the Lochner era, in which the Supreme Court regularly stuck down which types of laws?
    Laws that regulated the working hours and conditions of employees.
  • Which sect of English Dissenters did most settlers on the Mayflower come from?
    Brownists
  • Which term was used as a nickname for the area of western New York where Mormonism was founded?
    The Burned-Over District
  • Besides his famous "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech, what else was Patrick Henry noted for?
    He was a prominent anti-federalist who opposed the ratification of the United States Constitution.
  • 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.
  • Which answer best explains the Compromise of 1877?
    It was a (reputed) compromise that was reached after the 1876 election, in which Democrats would accept the victory of Rutherford Hayes in return for an end to Reconstruction.
  • In which modern-day U.S. state were the Pequot people most numerous?
    Connecticut
  • What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact attempt to end?
    War
  • Which Amendment lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18?
    The 26th Amendment
  • 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.
  • What right(s) is the 4th Amendment written to protect?
    The right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
  • What was Emily Post best known for?
    She was a notable writer of books on American etiquette.

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