U.S. History Quiz, Final Result

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23 out of 40 correct (57.5%).

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  • What was the first railroad, in 1852, to reach the Ohio River from the Eastern Seaboard?
    The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
  • Which of the following statements about the Roaring Twenties is inaccurate?
    A huge influx of postwar immigration from Europe helped influence the culture of cities like New York and Chicago in the 1920s.
  • Which answer best describes the Newburgh Conspiracy and George Washington's role in it?
    It was a movement within the Continental Army, after the war, to rise against the Continental Congress and replace it with one better able to pay the soldiers. Washington gave a speech opposing this movement strongly, and it collapsed.
  • Which of the following people was not an early advocate for the social justice movement in the late 19th century?
    William Graham Sumner
  • 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 was not a measure implemented by South Carolina to prevent future slave rebellions after the Stono Rebellion?
    Because Spanish Florida was the attempted destination of the escaped slaves, Britain made concessions to Spain in return for better enforcement of the colonial border.
  • What would the Comprehensive Child Development Bill of 1972 have provided federal funding for, had it not been vetoed by Richard Nixon?
    A national day care system
  • Which of the following Native American nations was not a part of the "Five Civilized Tribes"?
    The Osage
  • What was the nature of the law that was upheld in Munn v. Illinois?
    The Court upheld a law setting maximum rates that private companies could charge for the storage and transport of agricultural products, mainly aimed at grain elevators and railroads.
  • A series of bank runs during the 1930s culminated in the Emergency Banking Act of 1933, in the opening days of Roosevelt's term, after this many states suspended banking operations.
    36
  • Which of the following was not a position advocated for by Stalwart Republicans?
    Civil service reform
  • In what year was the United States Constitution written?
    1787
  • Which answer best describes the economic policies of Janet Yellen in her first years as Chair of the Federal Reserve?
    Yellen kept interest rates low and phased out quantitative easing, and waited for further signs of recovery from the 2008 financial crisis.
  • What was the purpose of the Continental Association, created in 1774?
    It was an association tasked with managing and enforcing the colonial boycott of British goods, which began late in 1774.
  • What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 do?
    It increased the fine for harboring a fugitive slave to $1,000, and required only a sworn affidavit for recovering an escaped slave (or a free black that a bounty hunter had accused of such).
  • Which of the following states was not a part of the Northwest Territory, created by the Northwest Ordinance?
    Missouri
  • Which of the following statements is not accurate about James K. Polk's election as President in 1844?
    He had made a reputation as a notable Democratic opponent of Andrew Jackson in the 1830s.

These questions were answered correctly:

  • All of the following musicians are not generally associated with jazz except which one?
    Chuck Berry
  • Which of the following is a U.S. state or territory that Christopher Columbus set foot on during his life?
    Puerto Rico
  • 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
  • What did the epithet of "Slave Power" refer to in the antebellum era?
    It was a term used by Free Soilers, and then Republicans, to refer to the upper-class of the South which dominated that region's politics and advocated for the expansion of slavery.
  • Which of the following groups was never a part of the Iroquois Confederation?
    Wyandot
  • Which of the following is not a notable case of attorney Clarence Darrow?
    He defended future heavyweight champion Jess Willard on murder charges, resulting from the death of his opponent in a boxing match.
  • 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.
  • Which British philosopher helped draft the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina? He was also an inspiration for later founding documents of the United States.
    John Locke
  • Which of the following was not a legacy of American Enlightenment thought in the 1700s?
    An increased respect for a government by consent of the governed and the social contract, influenced by Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan and Jacques Rousseau.
  • The United Nations Charter was drafted in 1945 in which city?
    San Francisco
  • What was the period of Parliamentarian rule in England, between 1648-1660, called?
    The Interregnum
  • Which of the following episodes in Europe most heavily contributed to the immigration of Jewish people to the United States, in the late 19th century?
    The assassination of Tsar Alexander II and a resulting wave of anti-Jewish violence in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland (all part of the Russian Empire at that time).
  • Which answer best describes what the Coffin Handbills were?
    They were a series of attacks by supporters of John Quincy Adams in 1828, that accused Andrew Jackson of numerous murders and bloodthirsty military actions during his rise from obscurity to national prominence.
  • Which of the following was a long-term consequence of the Panic of 1819?
    The crisis caused many to lose confidence in the national bank and the American System's economic policies. This created an opening that Jacksonian Democrats would exploit.
  • A member of which of these groups was unlikely to vote for the Democratic Party during the Gilded Age?
    Union veterans
  • Which of the following groups or organizations was not closely associated with the Redeemer movement that forced Republicans and blacks out of the Southern political process.
    The National Rifle Association
  • What were the starting and ending points of Sherman's March to the Sea, in November-December 1865?
    Atlanta and Savannah
  • Which speaker preceded Abraham Lincoln before he made the Gettysburg Address?
    Edward Everett
  • To what extent did the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 change the previous Agricultural Adjustment Act?
    Due to a Supreme Court challenge of the initial law, the second law replaced the method of funding the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Other aspects remained largely the same.
  • What is the significance of Levittown, New York?
    It was a planned suburb built in the late 1940s that became a model for thousands of similar communities in the U.S.
  • Which incident most directly led to the creation of the Apollo Program's mission of putting a man on the moon?
    The launching of Yuri Gagarin into orbit by the Soviet Union, in 1961.
  • During its peak, areas with substantial incidents of lynching were correlated with each of the following factors except which one?
    The African American population was relatively small and isolated.
  • Which of the following works was a key part of Walt Whitman's creative output?
    Leaves of Grass

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