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:
- Economic History: 41.2% (7 out of 17)
- Political History: 46.2% (12 out of 26)
- Black History: 0.0% (0 out of 3)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 41.7% (5 out of 12)
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 40.0% (2 out of 5)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- American Civil War
- Great Railroad Strike of 1877
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- Leif Erikson
- Erie Canal
- Abolitionism in the United States
- William Lloyd Garrison
- The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper)
- Slavery in the United States
- Bacon's Rebellion
- William Berkeley (governor)
- Northwest Ordinance
- Confiscation Acts
- Robert E. Lee
- First Battle of Bull Run
- Katharine Graham
- Currency Act
- Farmers' Alliance
- Abraham Lincoln
- Gettysburg Address
- Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
- Jim Crow laws
- Literacy test
- Williams v. Mississippi
- Mark Twain
- Atlanta compromise
- Booker T. Washington
- Panama Canal
- Squanto
- Social Darwinism
These questions were missed:
- 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.
- Who was the Governor of Virginia during Bacon's Rebellion?William Berkeley
- 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.
- 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 the name of two acts, early in the Civil War, which authorized the confiscation of Confederate property and slaves?The Confiscation Acts
- Which of the following was not an important consequence of the Erie Canal?New Orleans suffered a steep downtown in its fortunes, as Midwesterners turned almost exclusively to the Great Lakes and Erie Canal route for long-distance trade.
- What did the Currency Act do, and why did it become a grievance in the colonies?It restricted the colonies from paying British merchants with paper money backed by the various colonies, causing deflation and economic troubles, because such money almost always depreciated in relation to the British pound.
- Which of the following Confederate generals did not play an important role in the First Battle of Bull Run?Robert E. Lee
- 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 books was not written by Mark Twain?The Turn of the Screw
- 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.
- Which historian is most responsible for popularizing the term "Social Darwinism", decades after that ideology enjoyed its greatest popularity under a various terminology.Richard Hofstadter
- Which speaker preceded Abraham Lincoln before he made the Gettysburg Address?Edward Everett
- Which of the following statements about the Northwest Ordinance is inaccurate?It allowed each state in the Northwest Territory to vote on whether slavery would be permitted.
- Which famous abolitionist published The Liberator from 1831 until the end of the Civil War?William Lloyd Garrison
- What did the Supreme Court rule in the Williams v. Mississippi decision?It took a strict interpretation of the 15th Amendment which allowed states to require poll taxes and literacy tests.
- How much money, worth nearly $10 billion when adjusted for inflation, did the U.S. spend on building the Panama Canal?$375 million
- Which of the following policies was not a goal of the Farmer's Alliance?Increased pensions for veterans of the Civil War.
- Which of the following explorers never landed in any area that is now part of the United States?Leif Erikson
These questions were answered correctly:
- What was a key objective of George Washington when he made his attack that resulted in the Battle of Trenton?Washington hoped that a successful attack and victory against the British would slow their advance and galvanize his own troops and supporters, who were despondent after a series of defeats.
- Which answer best describes the Siege of Vicksburg?The Union Army, under Ulysses Grant, captured the last remaining Confederate foothold on the Mississippi River, in 1863.
- Which Europeans did the Wampanoag tribe have the most early contact with?Puritan settlers to New England
- How many people were killed as a result of the Salem witch trials?20
- What was an important resolution of the First Continental Congress?It devised a plan for a colonial boycott of British goods, if the Intolerable Acts were not repealed.
- The American Indian group often known as the Iroquois prefers to use which of the following names?Haudenosaunee
- Which of the following statements about Susan B. Anthony is not historically accurate?Anthony was an honorary guest when the 19th Amendment was passed by the U.S. House and Senate.
- Which of the following was not a long-term consequence of the Dawes Act?Land allotments became a basis for modest Indian prosperity in the early 1900s.
- Which American Indian tribe was nearly destroyed in King Philip's War, starting in 1676?The Wampanoag
- Which of the following statements about the life of Walter Raleigh is inaccurate?He was the first leader of the Jamestown Colony in what is now Virginia.
- In what city was Jane Addams's Hull House located?Chicago
- Which man was best known for founding Standard Oil and building it into an oil industry giant?John D. Rockefeller
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Which of the following states was Jaques Marquette most instrumental in the early exploration of?Louisiana
- What was the latest struggle in which Fort Detroit played a significant role?The War of 1812
- What right(s) is the 3rd Amendment written to protect?The right to be free from the quartering of soldiers in one's home.
- How many children did George Washington have?None
- What was the most important consequence of the Gibbons v. Ogden decision?It strengthened the ability of the federal government to regulate commerce under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
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