U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
26 out of 40 correct (65.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 30.0% (3 out of 10)
- The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945): 0.0% (0 out of 3)
- Ethnic History: 0.0% (0 out of 1)
- Black History: 42.9% (3 out of 7)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- History of the Poles in the United States
- The Gospel of Wealth
- Andrew Carnegie
- Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Embargo Act of 1807
- Non-Intercourse Act (1809)
- Blackface
- America First Committee
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Booker T. Washington
- Atlanta compromise
- Stalwart (politics)
- Wall Street Crash of 1929
- KDKA (AM)
- Literacy test
- Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Poll tax (United States)
- Reconstruction Era
- World War II
- Yalta Conference
- Sojourner Truth
These questions were missed:
- "The Gospel of Wealth", by Andrew Carnegie, is a foundational article on which topic or movement?Philanthropy
- In which region of the country was opposition to the 16th Amendment, allowing for a federal income tax, the strongest?New England
- How did the Non-Intercourse Act change the Embargo Act of 1807?The Non-Intercourse Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those voyages bound for British or French ports.
- Why did the 15th Amendment fail to mention poll taxes or literacy tests as unconstitutional obstacles to voting?The language was watered down because of concerns that not enough states would ratify the more strongly-worded version of this Amendment.
- How much did the Dow Jones Industrial Average decline over the two-day period of October 28-29, 1929?23 percent
- Polish immigrants made up a significant part of the work force in all of the following industries except which one?Textile manufacturing
- Which of the following was not a position advocated for by Stalwart Republicans?Civil service reform
- Which of the following people was not a supporter of the America First Committee, an organization opposed to U.S. entry into World War II, during the 1940-1941 period?Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
- 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 answer best describes the Atlanta Compromise?It was a speech and agreement announced by Booker T. Washington in 1895, stating that the black community should focus on economic advancement rather than political rights.
- Which of the following is not something that was agreed to at the Yalta Conference in 1945?All parties agreed to establish a war crimes tribunal at Nuremberg after the surrender of Germany.
- Sojourner Truth escaped from slavery to freedom as a young woman. What state was she born in?New York
- Edgar Allen Poe is often considered a pioneer of what genre or literary technique?Detective fiction
- KDKA made radio history with its broadcast of the 1920 election returns on November 2, 1920 from which city?Pittsburgh
These questions were answered correctly:
- What was the main argument against slavery made in The Impending Crisis of the South by Hinton Rowan Helper?Slavery was an inefficient practice and a barrier to industrialization and economic progress in the South, benefitting a tiny minority at the expense of the many.
- Which of the following people had been approached by John Brown about his raid and declined to participate?Frederick Douglass
- 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 was not a key tenet of the transcendentalist movement?Individuals should actively engage in politics to drive a progressive agenda.
- How did Rutherford B. Hayes ultimately respond to the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?After a few weeks, Hayes dispatched federal troops to several cities in order to put down the strikes, so that the nation's rail traffic could begin to move again.
- What was the purpose of the Hampton Roads Conference, in 1865?It was an inconclusive meeting between Abraham Lincoln and members of Jefferson Davis's Cabinet, before the war ended, in which they discussed possible peace terms.
- What was significant about the Tom Thumb?It was the first railroad locomotive to be powered by a steam engine.
- 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
- Approximately how many free blacks lived in the South at the start of the Civil War? There were 4 million slaves at that time.250 thousand
- Which Founding Father and longest-surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence also helped create the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad?Charles Carroll of Carrollton
- Which of the following was a theological issue that Anne Hutchinson and the Puritans disagreed on?Hutchinson supported a "covenant of grace", while the Puritans supported a "covenant of works".
- 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 future President was wounded at the Battle of Trenton?James Monroe
- Which of the following was not part of the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?Slaveowners could bring their slaves into a free state for a reasonable period of time, as long as they did not establish residency.
- Which of the following factors did not contribute to an influx of farmers to the Great Plains, many of whom would later become the backbone of the Farmer's Alliance and populist movement?Prime farmland in California and Oregon was largely occupied by the 1870s, and younger settlers began to move east towards Montana and Colorado.
- Although its first charter was issued in 1629, the first permanent English settlement in the Province of Carolina was not established until what year?1653
- A person from which of the following groups was least likely to be a "war hawk" in the run-up to the War of 1812?New England merchants who feared a loss of trade from reduced shipping.
- What was the immediate short-term effect of the Missouri Compromise?Slavery receded as an important national issue until the late 1840s.
- Which territory was acquired by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase?The Mississippi River and its entire western watershed/drainage basin.
- What did the term "pet banks" refer to during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson?It referred to state banks which Jackson deposited federal funds into after withdrawing them from the Second Bank of the United States.
- Which of the following states does not form part of the Rocky Mountains?Nevada
- 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.
- What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact attempt to end? War
- Which of the following best describes the strategy and allegiance of the Iroquois Confederation in the struggles between the French and British?It was generally allied with the British and fought against the French and their Indian allies.
- What did the Supreme Court's Engel v. Vitale decision do?It ruled that public schools could not require their students to say a prayer.
- In which of the following states did Algonquian peoples not live in around the time of first contact with Europeans?South Carolina
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