Pre-Civil War Quiz

Its easy to forget the decades leading up to the Civil War, so we’ve created a Pre Civil War Quiz to help you review some important context.

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

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Question 1

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

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

Question 2

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	Prohibiting former Mexican territory states to have slavery
C	To continue the balance of slavery by adding a free state for every slave state.
D	By banning slavery from all the states altogether.

Question 3

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

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

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

What was a major effect of the Panic of 1857?

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

Question 6

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

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

Question 7

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

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

What was a consequence of the Mexican-American War?

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

Question 10

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

A	Transcendentalists
B	Millennialists
C	Shakers
D	Baptists

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

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 aftermath of the Chicago Fire
D	The development of revivalism

Question 17

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

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

Question 18

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	Giving the states the power of popular sovereignty
D	Admit Texas as a free state

Question 19

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

A	paintings depicting American landscapes
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	A new style of Western Music and a new developed style of romanticism

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