U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 1
15 out of 40 correct (37.5%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Economic History: 31.2% (5 out of 16)
- Political History: 44.0% (11 out of 25)
- Cultural History: 33.3% (4 out of 12)
- Black History: 16.7% (1 out of 6)
- Military History: 33.3% (2 out of 6)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Harlem Renaissance
- Cotillion ball
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- John Adams
- James Madison
- Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
- Thomas Jefferson
- Yellow journalism
- Spanish–American War
- How the Other Half Lives
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Embargo Act of 1807
- World War II
- Stabilization Act of 1942
- New Deal
- 1933 Banking Act
- Great Migration (African American)
- Crédit Mobilier of America scandal
- Alaska Purchase
- Langston Hughes
- Jazz
- Cherokee
- Earl Warren
- American Civil War
- First Battle of Bull Run
- Robert E. Lee
- Bison hunting
- Gibbons v. Ogden
- Minutemen
- Judith Sargent Murray
- Jacques Marquette
- Pánfilo de Narváez
- Pequot people
- Selma to Montgomery marches
- Ayn Rand
These questions were missed:
- Out of 600 men on Pánfilo de Narváez's 1527 expedition to Florida, how many survived?4
- Which of the following is not a feature of the writings and philosophy of Ayn Rand?A rejection of force and the support of anarchism in politics.
- Which of the following was not a reason for Russia to sell Alaska?Russia was in the middle of a war with the Ottoman Empire and wanted to transfer troops out of Alaska.
- How were bison most commonly hunted in pre-contact and prehistoric times?The Plains Indians generally set traps and used costumes or fires to herd the bison into them, or over the sides of cliffs.
- Which of the following Confederate generals did not play an important role in the First Battle of Bull Run?Robert E. Lee
- Which of the following statements/essays on women's rights was written by Judith Sargent Murray?On the Equality of the Sexes
- In which modern-day U.S. state were the Pequot people most numerous?Connecticut
- 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.
- Langston Hughes wrote all of the following poems except which one?A Raisin in the Sun
- What was the primary objective of the Selma to Montgomery marches?The passage of a Voting Rights Act
- The Crédit Mobilier scandal involved all of the following elements except which one?The acquiescence of Ulysses S. Grant in the scheme, including payments to him, which erupted into scandal during the 1872 election.
- 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.
- All of the following musicians are not generally associated with jazz except which one?Chuck Berry
- What did Jacob Riis seek to expose with his photojournalism in How the Other Half Lives?The conditions in the slums and tenements of New York, many of which were populated by recently arrived immigrants.
- Who is notable for having developed a written syllabary for the Cherokee language?Sequoyah
- Which of the following was not a precedent for the creation of rapid deployment militia (minutemen) in New England?Militia had skirmished against the British in Boston during the turmoil over the Stamp Act in 1765.
- Which of the following societal trends was not a factor in the Harlem Renaissance?The state of New York and the federal government created extensive programs in the 1920s to fund artists of all backgrounds.
- Which civil rights organization did Martin Luther King Jr. help establish? He was the first President of this organization.The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
- What was the importance of the Stabilization Act of 1942?It controlled prices and wages to prevent inflation during the war.
- Which of the following states was Jaques Marquette most instrumental in the early exploration of?Louisiana
- What did the Banking Act of 1933 most closely deal with?It established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and required the separation of commercial and investment banking ("Glass-Steagall").
- Which of the following things was not an important rite of passage for many middle and upper-class women in the late 19th century?College
- Which event was most greatly sensationalized by publishers during the heyday of yellow journalism?The Spanish-American War
- Which of the following statements about Earl Warren is inaccurate?He had long been on the conservative end of the Republican Party, and he surprised many with the direction of his decisions as the Supreme Court Chief Justice.
- Which acts/policy of John Adams were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison) opposed to?The Alien and Sedition Acts
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following groups was not generally considered to be a "hyphenated American" group in the early 1900s?Scottish-American
- Approximately how many people died in Ireland during the Great Famine of the 1840s?1 million
- What was the official name for the Midnight Judges Act, passed during the final days of the John Adams Administration?The Judiciary Act of 1801
- 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.
- What were the starting and ending points of Sherman's March to the Sea, in November-December 1865?Atlanta and Savannah
- 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.
- The ostensible cause of Andrew Johnson's impeachment was his dismissal of which Cabinet member?Edwin Stanton
- Which of the following political phrases is most associated with Huey Long?Every Man a King
- What was Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery during the 1860 election?He opposed the expansion of slavery to any new state or territory, but did not call for the abolition of slavery within the South.
- In the context of Reconstruction, which answer best describes who the Redeemers were?White supremacist southerners who sought to return control of state governments and federal representatives to themselves, and to limit the civil rights of former slaves and other free blacks.
- At the height of the postwar Baby Boom, in the late 1950s, the fertility rate per woman reached which point (vs. 1.9 in 2014)?3.7
- Which state was admitted to the United States as a result of the Compromise of 1850?California
- 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 of the following is not a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald?The Sun Also Rises
- Which answer best describes the early life of Theodore Roosevelt?Roosevelt grew up in an upper-class family in New York City, and traveled abroad frequently as a youth.
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