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Early 1800's U.S. History Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are Canals?

a)

A method of putting goods into cans for easy transportation.

b)

A water way that allows easy transportation of goods

c)

A series of battles between Canada and America

d)

A Native American leader that tried to unite all Native Americans

2.

What was the problem with Missouri wanting to be a state?

a)

It is in Spanish territory and that's not allowed.

b)

The National road doesn't go all the way out there

c)

It upsets the balance between Free and Slave states

d)

It shows that Factory jobs in the North are not allowing people to move out west.

3.

What states are added to the US through the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Maine

b)

Texas

c)

Louisiana

d)

Missouri

4.

· Sojourner Truth · William Lloyd Garrison · Frederick Douglass

All of these were prominent names were figures in WHICH social movement?

a)

Abolition

b)

States’ rights

c)

prohibition

d)

prison reform

5.

Which of these was a DIRECT result of the failed slave revolt of Nat Turner in 1831?

a)

Southern legislatures questioned the moral foundation of slavery.

b)

Laws greatly restricting the legal rights of free blacks and slaves were passed.

c)

Congress passed a law that would phase out the importation of African slaves.

d)

President Buchanan was elected for a second term.

6.

What school reformer said, “If we do not prepare children to become good citizens, then our republic must go down to destruction, as others have gone before it”?

a)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

b)

Dorothea Dix

c)

Horace Mann

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

7.

The Declaration of Sentiments passed at the Seneca Falls Convention 1848 signaled

a)

An early effort to abolish slavery

b)

A key early step in the struggle for equal rights for women

c)

That Native Americans would not participate in the Trail of Tears

d)

The end of slavery in the United States

8.

How did the cotton gin affect slavery in GA and other southern states?

a)

Slaves began making clothes in Northern factories

b)

Since farming stopped being an economic option, slaves were not needed

c)

Less cotton = smaller fields = need for fewer workers = less slaves

d)

More cotton = bigger fields = need for more workers = more slaves

9.

Completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 encouraged growth of the Midwest and of New York City because it

a)

Stimulated development of cotton production in Ohio.

b)

Linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Coast

c)

Increased trade with Asia

d)

Helped force the removal of British forts in the Northwest Territory

10.

Which of these BEST describes the belief of "Manifest Destiny"?

a)

the belief that the U.S. should send astronauts to the moon

b)

the belief that the U.S. should occupy all lands between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

c)

the belief that slavery in the U.S. was a state issue

d)

the belief that the U.S. should prevent European military activity in the hemisphere

11.

When the admission of new states threatened the balance of free and slave states in the Union, which Kentucky Senator drew up the "Missouri Compromise" in 1820?

a)

Henry Clay

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

William H. Harrison

12.

She was born as a slave in Maryland; escaped from slavery; made 19 journeys to the South to help others escape; and never lost a slave during her journeys. She is ________________________

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Henrietta Brown

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Angelina Grimke

13.

Which of the following individuals was a former slave who published a newspaper titled “The North Star” which spoke about the evils of slavery?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Harriet Tubman