Pre-Civil War Quiz

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

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Question 1

What was a consequence of the Mexican-American War?

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

Question 2

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

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

Question 3

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

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

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

The Wilmot Proviso attempted to address slavery in what way?

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

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

The term "burned over district" came from:

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

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

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 12

What was a major effect of the Panic of 1857?

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

Question 13

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

A	Baptists
B	Millennialists
C	Shakers
D	Transcendentalists

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

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

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

Question 17

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

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

Question 18

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

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

Question 19

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

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

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