U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
27 out of 40 correct (67.5%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Ethnic History: 0.0% (0 out of 3)
- The Colonial Period (1513-1775): 37.5% (3 out of 8)
- Military History: 50.0% (3 out of 6)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Missouri Compromise
- Henry Clay
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- History of the Jews in the United States
- History of the Poles in the United States
- Italian American
- Salutary neglect
- King William's War
- Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
- J. P. Morgan
- Salem witch trials
- Boston Manufacturing Company
- Panama Canal
- Jane Addams
- Settlement movement
- Hull House
- Louisiana (New France)
- Slavery in the United States
- American Civil War
- Loyalist (American Revolution)
These questions were missed:
- Immigrants from which of the following ethnicities did not provide a significant portion of the membership to the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union?Swedish
- Who was the primary author of the Missouri Compromise?Henry Clay
- In what city was Jane Addams's Hull House located?Chicago
- Which of the following companies was J.P. Morgan not influential in providing financing for during his lifetime?Standard Oil
- Which of the following areas did not see an influx of Loyalists after the American Revolution?Louisiana
- How much money, worth nearly $10 billion when adjusted for inflation, did the U.S. spend on building the Panama Canal?$375 million
- Which answer best describes the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?This law allowed some illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship and increased the measures and funding for future immigration enforcement.
- About how many slaves lived in the United States at the start of the Civil War?7 million
- When it was initially created, approximately what territory did the French colony of Louisiana encompass?Most of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River in either direction.
- What is significant about the Boston Manufacturing Company in American industrial history?It built the first integrated spinning and weaving factory in the world to manufacture textiles.
- How many people were killed as a result of the Salem witch trials?20
- What was the policy of "salutary neglect", an unofficial stance taken by Great Britain towards its colonies?Before 1763, Britain enforced its mercantilist trade laws very loosely in order to maintain good relations with its colonies.
- Who was the main European combatant of the colonies during King William's War?France
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which political party did Thomas Jefferson and James Madison organize in the 1790s?The Democratic-Republican Party
- What was the first engagement of the Civil War, commonly accepted as having started the war?The Battle of Fort Sumter
- What was significant about the National Road, on which construction began in 1811?It was the first major initiative taken by the federal government to build a highway.
- In which city did the Haymarket Square bombing occur, in 1885?Chicago
- Which of the following was not a restriction placed on the conduct or privileges of most slaves?Slaves were not permitted to celebrate major holidays such as Christmas.
- Which of the following was not a feature of indentured servitude in the United States?About 80% of all white arrivals in the colonies before the American Revolution were indentured servants.
- Which of the following transcendentalist books or essays was not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?Civil Disobedience
- Which Amendment gave Washington D.C. the right to vote in Presidential elections?The 23rd Amendment
- Which public figure was the subject of Walt Whitman's poem, "O Captain! My Captain!"?Abraham Lincoln
- What was James Buchanan's position in the last months of his term, after the Southern states began to secede?Buchanan stated that secession was illegal, but that going to war to stop it was also illegal.
- The Farmer's Alliance most directly led to the founding of which political party?The People's Party
- Which city saw the worst rioting, in terms of lives lost and property destruction, during the disorders of 1967?Detroit
- Under what circumstances was the importation of slaves into the United States abolished?It was outlawed in 1808 by federal law -- the earliest date allowed by the Constitution.
- Which of the following people was not an early advocate for the social justice movement in the late 19th century?William Graham Sumner
- In which region of the country was opposition to the 16th Amendment, allowing for a federal income tax, the strongest?New England
- 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.
- The American Indian group often known as the Iroquois prefers to use which of the following names?Haudenosaunee
- Which of the following is not a movie that Marilyn Monroe appeared in?Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Which of the following religious groups does not trace its roots, at least somewhat, to the Second Great Awakening?The Quakers
- Which general was ordered to clear the Bonus Army from Washington D.C.?Douglas MacArthur
- What was a key element of the Virginia Plan, as it was initially presented to the Constitutional Convention?The Virginia Plan called for a bicameral legislature with membership apportioned according to population, which would benefit populous states like Virginia.
- The Freedmen's Bureau was in operation from 1865 until what year?1872
- Which of the following statements about lynching is inaccurate?Northern politicians made little attempt to enact federal legislation against lynching.
- Who founded Mount Holyoke, the first of the seven sisters colleges, in 1837?Mary Lyon
- To finance the Civil War, the United States issued Greenbacks as currency. Which of the following was used to back this currency?They were backed by the United States government, but not by any precious metal
- In what important way did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 change previous precedents on slavery in the United States?By allowing for the possibility of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska, it overturned the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
- In the late 1800s, the term "survival of the fittest" was often used to express a particular philosophy about the winners and losers of capitalism and society. Which philosopher is most associated with this term?Herbert Spencer
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