U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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  • What was the importance of the Liberty Ship in World War II?
    It was a simple, standardized transport ship that was easy to construct. Enough could be produced to easily make up for losses from submarine warfare.
  • In what colony was the libel trial of John Peter Zenger held?
    New York
  • Which of the following language groups were the Powhatan a part of?
    Algonquian
  • Which of the following New Deal acts first created a forty-hour workweek with overtime pay, and a minimum wage?
    The Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)
  • Which of the following people had been approached by John Brown about his raid and declined to participate?
    Frederick Douglass
  • What did the Wade-Davis Bill propose for Reconstruction?
    No Southern state could be readmitted until a majority of its voters took the Ironclad Oath, stating they had never supported the Confederacy.
  • Which of the following was not an aspect of the "Cult of Domesticity", a term used to describe social norms for women in the mid-1800s?
    A good woman would do whatever it took to maintain the financial solvency of a home, even it meant working as a teacher or a local seamstress.
  • What was the main result of the Annapolis Convention?
    The delegates scheduled a second convention in Philadelphia for the following year, which would discuss broader constitutional questions.
  • Which of the following was not a part of the Treaty of Paris in 1783?
    The United States would obtain all land between the Mississippi and the Atlantic Ocean that was south of Canada, including eastern Louisiana and Florida.
  • 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
  • All of the following actresses were associated with the flapper lifestyle except for which one?
    Katharine Hepburn
  • 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 of the following is not a notable contribution of Grace Hopper to computing technology?
    She was a key early employee of IBM and helped with the development of mainframe computing.
  • Which of the following best describes the life of Booker T. Washington?
    He was a black community and educational leader, and founded the Tuskegee Institute.
  • Which issue did the Baker v. Carr decision address?
    The drawing of Congressional districts
  • What was Sarah Josepha Hale best known for in the antebellum era?
    She was the editor of Godey's Lady's Book, a popular women's magazine, and an advocate for the creation of Thanksgiving.
  • The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill, in 1937, would have increased the size of the Supreme Court to how many justices? It was widely seen as an attempt by Franklin Roosevelt to pack the court.
    Fifteen
  • The 1800 Census counted 5,308,483 people living in the United States. Thomas Jefferson won the 1800 Presidential Election. How many popular votes did he receive?
    41,330

These questions were answered correctly:

  • What was the nature of the Whiskey Ring fraud in the mid 1870s?
    Government agents, inspectors, and whiskey distillers colluded to divert millions of dollars of federal liquor taxes into private hands. The scandal included members of Grant's Administration and further damaged his reputation.
  • What was an important long-term consequence of the First Great Awakening?
    A more spontaneous, emotional style of preaching and church service became common, at the expense of those sects which had a more structured and formal worship style.
  • What was Emily Post best known for?
    She was a notable writer of books on American etiquette.
  • The Order of the Star Spangled Banner was a precursor to which political party?
    The Know Nothing Party
  • Which of the following was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?
    The residents of Kansas were permitted to vote on whether to allow slavery.
  • What did the Supreme Court's Gideon v. Wainwright decision do?
    It required the states to provide counsel to defendants who cannot pay their own attorneys.
  • Which of the following woman was a lifelong friend of Susan B. Anthony and her partner in a number of campaigns and organizations.
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • 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.
  • What was another name for the 21st Rule in the House of Representatives, which applied to slavery?
    The Gag Rule
  • What was John Smith's role in the founding of Virginia?
    He led the colony during its most tenuous early days, enforcing discipline and establishing the location, before leaving in 1609.
  • What was a key distinction of a Crown colony in British North America?
    Crown colonies were ruled by a governor who was directly appointed by the monarch.
  • What was Abraham Lincoln's political experience before he was President?
    He served for one term in the House of Representatives, over a decade before he was elected President. He also served a few years in the Illinois General Assembly.
  • The Federal Trade Commission was created as a progressive reform under which President?
    Woodrow Wilson
  • 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 Martin Luther King Jr.'s position on the Vietnam War?
    King was an early and outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War.
  • Which of the following was not a difficulty that Lincoln faced during the Civil War?
    Dealing with the consequences of a naval blockade from Great Britain, due to that country's support of the Confederacy.
  • Which of the following was a key motivation in the founding of Maryland?
    It was established by the English Lord Baltimore, a Catholic, as a haven for Catholics during the European wars of religion, such as the Thirty Years War.
  • Which of the following statements about hobos is not accurate?
    Unlike tramps, hobos rarely tried to find work unless compelled by force or arrest.
  • Which journalist was briefly charged with conspiracy and espionage for releasing the Pentagon Papers, which revealed falsehoods that had been used to draw the U.S. into the Vietnam War?
    Daniel Ellsberg
  • 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.
  • What was an important short-term consequence of the Black Codes?
    Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment.
  • Which future Supreme Court justice agued for Brown in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case?
    Thurgood Marshall

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