U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
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17 out of 40 correct (42.5%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Economic History: 17.6% (3 out of 17)
- Political History: 44.8% (13 out of 29)
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877-1929): 41.7% (5 out of 12)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 20.0% (1 out of 5)
- Cultural History: 40.0% (4 out of 10)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- World War II
- Pacific War
- Crédit Mobilier of America scandal
- Slavery in the United States
- George III of the United Kingdom
- Reconstruction Era
- Black Codes (United States)
- Andrew Carnegie
- Chester W. Nimitz
- Combined oral contraceptive pill
- Guadalcanal Campaign
- Women's suffrage in the United States
- Steve Jobs
- Bill Gates
- Information Age
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Coal strike of 1902
- First Transcontinental Railroad
- Fourteen Points
- Woodrow Wilson
- Panic of 1819
- 21st Rule
- Lochner v. New York
- Progressive Era
- Atlantic slave trade
- Spanish–American War
- Platt Amendment
- United States Constitution
- Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Fallen woman
- William Lloyd Garrison
- The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper)
- Abolitionism in the United States
- Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Desegregation busing
These questions were missed:
- What was notable about Theodore Roosevelt's involvement in the Coal Strike of 1902?It was the first labor action in which the federal government intervened as a relatively neutral mediator.
- What was another name for the 21st Rule in the House of Representatives, which applied to slavery?The Gag Rule
- Which of the following statements about the First Transcontinental Railroad is accurate?The eastern and western halves met in Utah, where the Golden Spike was driven in 1869.
- Who was the King of Britain during the American Revolution?King George III
- Which of the following people did not become highly wealthy by leading a company that was associated with the Information Age?Tim Berners-Lee
- 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 right(s) is the 9th Amendment written to protect?Just because certain individual rights are protected in the Constitution, it does not mean that other rights are denied.
- The Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education allowed federal courts to require school districts to bus students to achieve racial balance. In what year was the case decided?1971
- Which person, serving as Ulysses Grant's Vice President, had their political career ruined by the Crédit Mobilier scandal?Schuyler Colfax
- What was the purpose of the Platt Amendment?It specified seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops from Cuba, and was used to control that country's politics until the 1930s.
- 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 societal trends did not rapidly follow the approval of The Pill (the birth control pill) in 1960?Every state legalized the use of the pill for married and unmarried women by 1965.
- Which of the following answers best describes the cause of the Panic of 1819?Speculation in public lands by banks and individuals created a real estate bubble, and the Second Bank of the United States overcorrected by instituting tight lending practices.
- 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 best describes the role of Chester Nimitz, a U.S. commander during World War II?He was a Fleet Admiral in the Pacific and devised and executed a large part of the island-hopping strategy there.
- What were the Black Codes, during the Reconstruction Era?They were laws passed by various southern states that restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.
- Which famous abolitionist published The Liberator from 1831 until the end of the Civil War?William Lloyd Garrison
- Which American country imported more slaves than any other during the course of the Atlantic slave trade?Brazil
- A "fallen woman" was a euphemism for what, in the early 1900s?A prostitute
- Which of the following best describes the Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II?It was the invasion of a Pacific island by Marines in 1942, the first in a long series of "island-hopping" maneuvers.
- Which Amendment lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18?The 26th Amendment
- In which of the following industries did Andrew Carnegie make his fortune?Steel
- Which of the following was NOT a common argument against women's suffrage before the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920?Women voters would be more likely to support aggressive wars and foreign policy.
These questions were answered correctly:
- 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 the key outcome of the Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?A bicameral legislature would be created, with states represented in one house based on population (The House of Representatives), and in the other on an equal basis (The Senate).
- Which of the following does the "Corrupt Bargain" refer to, in its early 19th century usage?The alliance between supporters of John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to elect Adams in the 1824 election. Andrew Jackson had won a plurality of electoral votes, but not a majority, and lost the final vote in the House of Representatives.
- Which of the following is a legacy of John Marshall's time on the Supreme Court?Marshall established the Supreme Court as a powerful American institution, the Court having been considered a minor body under the three previous Chief Justices.
- The Order of the Star Spangled Banner was a precursor to which political party?The Know Nothing Party
- Who was the first President of the Tuskegee Institute?Booker T. Washington
- In the context of the African-American community, what does the Great Migration refer to?It was the migration of around 6 million blacks from the South to other regions of the country, during most of the 20th century.
- Which of the following businessmen or scientists did not have a Jewish background?Nikola Tesla
- The Enforcement Acts, passed in 1870-71, targeted members of which secret society?The Ku Klux Klan
- Which of the following statements about Colin Powell is not accurate?He publicly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, and resigned from the Bush Administration shortly afterwards.
- 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.
- On how many occasions did the NATO alliance mobilize a Soviet attack during the Cold War?Zero
- Allowing initiatives and referendums is an example of which governing ideal?Direct democracy
- Which organization, founded in 1890, healed the schism that had emerged in the women's movement over the 15th Amendment? Susan B. Anthony was an early President.The National American Woman Suffrage Association
- In what region of what is now the United States did native tribes most commonly perform rain dances?The Southwest
- Which of the following political phrases is most associated with Huey Long?Every Man a King
- Why did the original English colony in modern-day North Carolina, Roanoke Colony, not succeed?It has never been conclusively proven what happened to the colony.
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