U.S. History Quiz, Final Result
The final score on this quiz is a 4
26 out of 40 correct (65.0%).
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Areas for improvement:
- Women's History: 20.0% (1 out of 5)
- Economic History: 40.0% (4 out of 10)
- The Revolution and Constitution (1775-1789): 33.3% (1 out of 3)
- The U.S. Constitution: 50.0% (2 out of 4)
At least one question missed covering the following topics:
- Constitutional Convention (United States)
- New Jersey Plan
- Margaret Sanger
- Irish diaspora
- Coffin ship
- Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Victoria Woodhull
- First-wave feminism
- John Tyler
- Roaring Twenties
- Stalwart (politics)
- Social purity movement
- Denmark Vesey
- Slavery in the United States
- Thomas Jefferson
- United States presidential election, 1800
- Jeffersonian democracy
- Grace Hopper
- Loyalist (American Revolution)
- Republican Party (United States)
- American Federation of Labor
- Samuel Gompers
These questions were missed:
- In which region of the country was opposition to the 16th Amendment, allowing for a federal income tax, the strongest?New England
- The 1800 Census counted 5,308,483 people living in the United States. Thomas Jefferson won the 1800 Presidential Election. How many popular votes did he receive?41,330
- 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 of the following was not a position advocated for by Stalwart Republicans?Civil service reform
- 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 of the following did the Social Purity Movement attempt to combat?Prostitution, also known as "the social evil".
- Which of the following is not a notable contribution of Grace Hopper to computing technology?She was a key early employee of IBM and helped with the development of mainframe computing.
- What is notable about Victoria Woodhull?She was the first woman candidate for President of the United States.
- What political party did Samuel Gompers, the founder of the American Federation of Labor, belong to?The Republican Party
- What was the term "coffin ship" created to describe in the 1800s?Ships which sailed to the United States from Ireland with immigrants and did not provide adequate food or living space -- leading to mortality rates of around 30%.
- Which of the following organizations is a legacy of Margaret Sanger's activism?Planned Parenthood
- Which of the following areas did not see an influx of Loyalists after the American Revolution?Louisiana
- How many whites were killed before the arrest and execution of Denmark Vesey, in 1822, for fomenting a slave uprising?0
- In 1841, shortly after he replaced William Henry Harrison, John Taylor's entire Cabinet resigned except for one person. Who was it?Daniel Webster
These questions were answered correctly:
- Which of the following events most directly led to prejudice against Poles in the United States, at least for a time?The Assassination of William McKinley
- Who was Jamestown, Virginia named after?King James I of England
- What was the purpose of the Hampton Roads Conference, in 1865?It was an inconclusive meeting between Abraham Lincoln and members of Jefferson Davis's Cabinet, before the war ended, in which they discussed possible peace terms.
- Which of the following groups was never a part of the Iroquois Confederation?Wyandot
- Edgar Allen Poe is often considered a pioneer of what genre or literary technique?Detective fiction
- 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
- Among black slaves, which of the following religious stories was most often turned to for inspiration?Moses and the Exodus from Egypt
- What was another name for the 21st Rule in the House of Representatives, which applied to slavery?The Gag Rule
- Which of the following individuals was a strong opponent of eugenics during the height of its popularity in the early 1900s?William Jennings Bryan
- The War Production Board was in charge of all of the following during World War II except what?Production of films and speeches aimed at improving civilian morale.
- Which of the following groups was not generally considered to be a "hyphenated American" group in the early 1900s?Scottish-American
- What were the circumstances behind the Tulsa Race Riot in 1921?A black man was accused of rape against a white woman, leading to the burning down by whites of an entire black neighborhood, killing an unknown number of people and destroying 35 city blocks.
- A "fallen woman" was a euphemism for what, in the early 1900s?A prostitute
- The United Nations Charter was drafted in 1945 in which city?San Francisco
- Which colony did the people on the Mayflower form?Plymouth Colony
- Which of the following musicians is closely associated with the bebop style of jazz?Charlie Parker
- How many times was Martin Luther King Jr. jailed during his life?29
- Which city saw the worst rioting, in terms of lives lost and property destruction, during the disorders of 1967?Detroit
- Which of the following songs was not sung by Michael Jackson?True Blue
- Which of the following people was not closely associated with the 1960s counterculture?Jack Kerouac
- Which of the following is not something that Dwight Eisenhower warned about in his Farewell Address?The danger of political polarization to paralyze the country at a future point.
- When the North American continent was first settled, what was the climate like?The world was in the midst of an Ice Age, and much of North America was cold, or covered by glaciers.
- Who initially demanded the passage of the Bill of Rights, during the period that the Constitution was ratified?The Bill of Rights was a concession to Anti-Federalists who feared that the powers of the Constitution were too open-ended.
- Benjamin Banneker, a free black, is known for his help in surveying and planning which city?Washington D.C.
- Which of the following was not a consequence of Prohibition under the 18th Amendment?The number of Americans who drank actually increased.
- 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.
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