U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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  • In which of the following positions did Thomas Jefferson not serve at some point during his life?
    Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, in 1787.
  • Louis Armstrong was a versatile, multi-talented musician during his 40 years or more in the public eye, but he is most associated with playing which instrument?
    The trumpet
  • Which of the following best describes the legal principle of coverture, as used in the United States?
    The principle in effect through the 19th century that a married woman could not own property, and acted solely under the legal authority of her husband.
  • How many states allow some form of initiative or referendum, due largely to reforms from the Progressive Era?
    27 states allow either initiatives or referendums.
  • Janet Reno was the first woman to serve in which Cabinet position?
    Attorney General
  • What was the objective of the Freedmen's Bureau?
    It was an agency that was intended to generally aid freed slaves in the South during the first years after the Civil War.
  • What, approximately, was the annual inflation rate in the United States when Gerald Ford began his Whip Inflation Now campaign?
    12 percent
  • What was the policy of "salutary neglect", an unofficial stance taken by Great Britain towards its colonies?
    Before 1763, Britain enforced its mercantilist trade laws very loosely in order to maintain good relations with its colonies.
  • What was Hiram Rhodes Revels best known for?
    He was the first black man to become a United States Senator.
  • Margaret Mead, an anthropologist, studied the sexual behavior of people in which foreign location? Her work was controversial and seen by many as undermining the values of monogamy.
    Samoa
  • Overall, how did the American public feel about Andrew Johnson's impeachment?
    Johnson was not a popular President, but most people opposed his impeachment.
  • To prevent the succession of this border state and the blocking of federal troops, Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and had several prominent politicians arrested without trial.
    Maryland
  • Which of the following sects won a large number of black converts in the antebellum South?
    The Baptists
  • What was the outcome of King Philip's War for the English and the Wampanoag in New England?
    Several hundred English settlers were killed, while the Wampanoag were almost annihilated. Many Indian survivors were sold into slavery.
  • Who is most credited with developing the telegraph within the United States.
    Samuel Morse
  • Dorothea Dix was a 19th century social reformer who primarily focused on which issue?
    The treatment of the indigent insane
  • George Whitefield was an early example of which type of preacher?
    Evangelical
  • Which of the following was not a consequence of the Embargo Act of 1807?
    Great Britain, hurt economically, changed its policies to respect the rights of neutral American ships.
  • What is the only Amendment to repeal another Amendment to the Constitution?
    The 21st Amendment

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  • 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.
  • 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 answer best describes the political background of Martin Van Buren?
    Van Buren was a Democrat and protégé of Andrew Jackson, and largely continued Jackson's policies during his own time as President.
  • What subject does the 11th Amendment deal with?
    It attempts to clarify under what circumstances a U.S. state can be subject to a lawsuit by the federal government or by citizens of a different state.
  • Which of the following answers best describes the political views of Thomas Jefferson?
    Jefferson believed in state and individual rights and a limited federal government, and was a central figure in the Democratic-Republican Party.
  • What was a key motivation for France in entering the Franco-American alliance during the American Revolution?
    France had lost significant North American territory to Britain after the French and Indian War, and was seeking revenge.
  • The Mississippi River played a key role in which Civil War battle?
    The Siege of Vicksburg
  • What did the Truman Doctrine state, in the context of the Cold War?
    It stated that it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures, with implicit reference to the Soviet Union and communism.
  • In which city did the Haymarket Square bombing occur, in 1885?
    Chicago
  • Of the following politicians, which was the most outspoken defender of slavery?
    John C. Calhoun
  • Which of the following groups was not generally considered to be a "hyphenated American" group in the early 1900s?
    Scottish-American
  • What did the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 most closely deal with?
    It created the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided for new regulations of the stock market.
  • What was the main point of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the late 1790s?
    That states had the right and duty to declare federal laws as unconstitutional if they did not follow the Constitution.
  • 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
  • The People's Party, also known as the Populist Party, drew its strongest support from which constituency?
    Farmers
  • Which answer best describes the Triangular Trade of the 17th-19th centuries?
    It was the three-way trade between the Americas, Great Britain, and Africa that transported many slaves to what is now the United States.
  • Which general ended the war as Commanding General of the United States Army? He began the war in obscurity and was nearly bankrupt.
    Ulysses S. Grant
  • 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 did not occur as part of the New Deal?
    The Judicial Procedures Reform Act was passed, increasing the size of the Supreme Court and allowing Franklin Roosevelt to make new appointments.
  • What labor law was passed, over Harry Truman's veto, in reaction to the wave of strikes that occurred in 1945-46?
    The Taft-Hartley Act
  • 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

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