U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 5
30 out of 40 correct (75.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877): 25.0% (1 out of 4)
- The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945): 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- The Pre-Contact Era (through 1513): 50.0% (1 out of 2)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
These questions were missed:
- Which of the following statements about the introduction of barbed wire to the west is inaccurate?Barbed wire made it economical for cattle ranching to spread to areas that were densely populated, allowing the practice to take a firm hold in the Midwest.
- The Mississippian cultures shared all of the following characteristics except which one?A highly developed system of writing that later fell into disuse.
- Which of the following was not a factor in the end of large-scale cattle drives in the United States?Increased trade with the Americas led to the expansive importation of cheap cattle from Argentina.
- Benjamin Banneker, a free black, is known for his help in surveying and planning which city?Washington D.C.
- Which of the following railroad tycoons was the only one to build a transcontinental line without federal land grants?James J. Hill
- In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston uses which of the following as her setting?Florida in the early 20th century, with much of the story taking place in the early all-black town of Eatonville.
- What percentage of public libraries in the United States are estimated to have been founded by women's clubs around the turn of the 20th century?75-80 percent
- What was Prince Hall best known for during the Revolutionary period?He was a prominent African-American freemason who created a black mason hall and is a father of Black Freemasonry.
- 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
- Which of the following political offices did Jefferson Davis hold before he became President of the Confederate States of America?He was a Senator from Mississippi.
These questions were answered correctly:
- What was the last major battle of the Pacific Theatre in World War II?Okinawa
- In what year was the United States Constitution written?1787
- What was another name for the 21st Rule in the House of Representatives, which applied to slavery?The Gag Rule
- Which of the following did the Social Purity Movement attempt to combat?Prostitution, also known as "the social evil".
- Who was the founder of the American Federation of Labor?Samuel Gompers
- What relationship did the Worcester v. Georgia case lay out between Indian nations, state governments, and the federal government?The federal government had the sole authority to deal with Indian nations.
- What was the main argument against slavery made in The Impending Crisis of the South by Hinton Rowan Helper?Slavery was an inefficient practice and a barrier to industrialization and economic progress in the South, benefitting a tiny minority at the expense of the many.
- The Lecompton Constitution, if approved, would have allowed slavery in which U.S. state?Kansas
- Which of the following was a controversy related to the Free Exercise clause in the First Amendment?Whether Congress had the power to restrict polygamy, a religious practice, among Mormons in U.S. states and territories.
- 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.
- What was a fear or concern that guided the introduction of the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention?Larger states would control the workings of the new federal government if proportional representation was used in the legislature.
- Which early political party was most likely to use the term "strict constructionism" in relation to the Constitution?The Democratic-Republican Party
- Which of the following was not a position advocated for by Stalwart Republicans?Civil service reform
- Which event most directly led to the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?The Springfield Race Riot of 1908.
- Which of the following women was the first to be elected to Congress, in either house?Jeanette Rankin
- The United Nations Charter was drafted in 1945 in which city?San Francisco
- The Wright Brothers' business in which area helped them develop the mechanical skills to create an airplane.Bicycle manufacture and repair
- What was Phillis Wheatley best known for?She was a notable African-American poet in the 1770s, read in both the colonies and in Britain.
- Which of the following is a distinctive feature of ragtime music?Syncopated beats, usually played on piano.
- Under what circumstances was the Province of New Jersey founded?New Jersey was initially part of New Amsterdam, but was taken by the English along with New York and parceled out as a separate colony.
- How many children did George Washington have?None
- 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 an important long-term consequence of the Panic of 1907?Many bankers and businessmen advocated for the creation of the Federal Reserve System to prevent a similar financial panic in the future.
- The Freedmen's Bureau was in operation from 1865 until what year?1872
- 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.
- What was the purpose of the Committee of Detail at the Constitutional Convention?It wrote the first draft of the United States Constitution, based on agreements that had been reached during the first few weeks of the Convention.
- Jonathan Edwards was a key preacher in which religious movement?The First Great Awakening
- What was a lasting geographical consequence of the Quaternary Glaciation?The resulting glaciers formed the Great Lakes in the middle of North America.
- In what colony was the libel trial of John Peter Zenger held?New York
- Which politician, who later opposed secession, was one of the only prominent Southerners to oppose the repeal of the Missouri Compromise during the Kansas-Nebraska debates in 1854?Sam Houston
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