US History Quiz

When was the Mexican war fought?

• 1850-1852

• 1846-1848

• 1861-1865

• 1877-1881

What was the outcome of the Compromise of 1850?

• New Mexico became a free state

• Kansas became a slave state

• Texas became a free state

• California became a free state

Which region was in line with the plantation system during the Antebellum period?

• East

• West

• South

• North

Who were prominent figures in the Abolitionist Movement?

• William Lloyd Garrison, Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis

• Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown

• George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams

What happened during Bleeding Kansas?

• Kansas declared independence from the United States

• Kansas became a territory of Mexico

• Kansas entered the Union as a free state

• Kansas entered the Union as a slave state

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 create?

• Two new territories for Native American reservations

• Two new territories for slave labor

• Two new territories for abolitionism

• Two new territories for popular sovereignty

Why was Dred Scott denied rights according to the Dred Scott decision?

• Because he was a slave

• Because he was not a U.S. citizen

• Because he committed a crime

• Because he was mentally unstable

Who was elected president in 1860 and supported the idea of free soil?

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Buchanan

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

What was the Nullification crisis?

• A conflict between South Carolina and the government over slavery

• A conflict between North and South over tariffs

• A conflict between Native Americans and settlers over land

• A conflict between the United States and Mexico over territory

Who formulated a lenient plan towards Native Americans?

• Abraham Lincoln

• James K. Polk

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Andrew Jackson