Pre-Civil War Quiz

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Pre-Civil War (culture, society and politics) 1850-1865

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Question 1

The newly formed Republican Party's stance on slavery was:

A	Slaves should be given rights although they are considered property
B	Slavery should not expand into newer territories
C	They believed in the effectiveness of popular sovereignty
D	they wanted to completely abolish slavery in the states

Question 2

All of the following contributed to the Women's Rights Movement EXCEPT

A	The Seneca Falls Convention
B	Letter on the Condition of Women and the Equality of the Sexes
C	The effects of the cult of domesticity
D	The Peggy Eaton affair

Question 3

The quote "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" was the slogan used to describe what conflict?

A	Compromising slave trade between Nebraska and Kansas
B	The Missouri Compromise
C	Deciding the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania
D	The acquisition of Oregon

Question 4

What was a major effect of the Panic of 1857?

A	Decreased interest in westward expansion
B	Increased economical ego in the Southern States
C	Nationwide depression
D	Increased economical ego in the Northern States

Question 5

Of the following, who is known for advocating public education?

A	Washington Irving
B	Charles Finney
C	Horace Mann
D	Dorothea Dix

Question 6

The term "burned over district" came from:

A	The development of revivalism
B	The land that was in conflict between the U.S and Britain.
C	The aftermath of the Chicago Fire
D	The tensions between the North and South

Question 7

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

A	Joseph Smith- Brook Farm
B	Dorothea Dix- asylum improvement
C	Henry David Thoreau- civil disobedience
D	Charles Finney- Revivalism

Question 8

Which of the following men became a well-known transcendentalist arguing for self-reliance and independent thinking?

A	Joseph Smith
B	Ralph Waldo Emerson
C	Henry David Thoreau
D	Charles Finney

Question 9

What was a major issue in the decision of Dred Scott v. Sandford?

A	Slaves were no longer considered property
B	Slaves now had the right to leave their masters, leaving the South in economic turmoil
C	The Fugitive Slave Law was unable to be enforced in the U.S
D	There would be no restriction in the spread of slavery in the west

Question 10

Which of the following groups was known as a social experiment/ utopia in the mid-1800s?

A	Millennialists
B	Shakers
C	Baptists
D	Transcendentalists

Question 11

The Hudson River School was influential during the Romantic Period for their contribution of what?

A	A new style of Western Music and a new developed style of romanticism
B	The integration Greek and Roman architecture to large city buildings
C	Their ability to produce influential authors and poets of American lifestyle and history
D	paintings depicting American landscapes

Question 12

All of the following were included in the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:

A	Ban the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia
B	Enforcing a Fugitive Slave Law
C	Admit Texas as a free state
D	Giving the states the power of popular sovereignty

Question 13

The Wilmot Proviso attempted to address slavery in what way?

A	By banning slavery from all the states altogether.
B	To continue the balance of slavery by adding a free state for every slave state.
C	Prohibiting former Mexican territory states to have slavery
D	To allow states to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery or not

Question 14

Which literary work sparked Northern contention against the South over slavery?

A	The Freeport Doctrine
B	The Manifest Destiny
C	Uncle Tom's Cabin
D	The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass

Question 15

How did the American Antislavery Society want to address the issue of slavery?

A	Sending slaves back to Africa
B	Containing slavery only in the states where it was currently instituted
C	Immediate liberation of slaves in the South
D	Gradual emancipation

Question 16

The first declaration of women's rights was held where?

A	The Hartford Convention
B	The American Colonization Society
C	The Women's Rights Convention
D	The Seneca Falls Convention

Question 17

What was an effect on American society during the Second Great Awakening?

A	More activism in political and government affairs
B	More skepticism in religion
C	More distrust against the government
D	More activism in improving public welfare and services

Question 18

What was the last measure made in Congress to avoid civil war?

A	Lincoln-Douglass Debates
B	The Passing of the 14th amendment
C	Wilmot Proviso
D	The Crittenden Compromise

Question 19

What was a consequence of the Mexican-American War?

A	U.S territories became rebellious and wanted to become their own independent countries.
B	Spanish and American conflicts tensed even more Hint: Remember that Spain and Mexico were two separate governments at this point.
C	The U.S received Florida and Oregon
D	The U.S took possession of the California and Texas territories

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