Quiz on American History and the Civil War

Which act put a stop to bringing enslaved people to America to be sold?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Transatlantic slave act

• The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves

• The Fugitive Slave Act

Who is a person who believed slavery should be abolished?

• Abolitionist

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

Which abolitionist wrote a book about his life as a slave?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• William Lloyd Garrison

Which abolitionist wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

• William Lloyd Garrison

Who was a former slave that led over 70 slaves to freedom on the underground railroad?

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

• Nat Turner

The 12th president of the US, nicknamed “Old rough and Ready”, was:

• Zachary Taylor

• Millard Fillmore

• James K. Polk

• Franklin Pierce

Who was the 13th president of the US who became president when Taylor died and signed the Compromise 1850?

• Millard Fillmore

• Franklin Pierce

• James Buchanan

• Zachary Taylor

Which president signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Franklin Pierce

• James Buchanan

• Millard Fillmore

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was the last president before the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Buchanan

• Franklin Pierce

• Millard Fillmore

What was the secret routes leading to free Northern states and Canada called?

• The Underground Railroad

• The Freedom Trail

• The Liberty Path

• The Emancipation Route