US History Quizziz Questions
The battle that started the Civil War...
Fort Sumter
The most important battle of the war, and the battle that led to the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Gettysburg, Antietam
The Monroe Doctrine did what?
banned further European colonization in the Americas
The Kansas-Nebraska Act promoted popular sovereignty, which meant what?
that people would decide if they wanted to have a freed or slave state
The failure of the Compromise of 1850 eventually led to what?
the Civil War
This act ended Reconstruction and led to northern troops withdrawing from the South?
the Compromise of 1877
This amendment granted full citizenship to all U.S. citizens. It was designed to address the aftermath of slavery.
14th
The 15th Amendment allowed what group to finally vote?
just African American males
What advantage did the North over the South?
military leadership
Unlike the 13th Amendment, the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery...
only in the Confederate states of America
The Compromise of 1850 & the Missouri Compromise were suppose to address this problem in the 1800's
slavery
The Nullification Crisis that occured under President Jackson was over what?
tarriffs
Andrew Jackson won the 1828 presidential election because of all of the following except for what? A) his love and affinity for Native Americans B) he was the champion of the "common man" or average guy C) more men were eligible to vote in 1828 D) many felt the "corrupt bargain" wrongfully cost him the 1824 election and wanted to make sure that their "guy" won this time
A) his love and affinity for Native Americans
Some of the actions taken in the 1800s such as making Texas and Oregon a part of the United States or President Polk's pushing the Mexican American can be traced to Manifest Destiny that meant that...
Americans were destined to control all of North America
This battle during the Civil War cleared the way for Sherman's army to reach the Andersonville Confederate prison in south Georgia and eventually, Savannah.
Atlanta
Which of the following things led to John Adams' defeat in the Election of 11800 except for what? A) Adams and his party passing the Sedition acts B) Adams and his party supporting constitutional rights C) Adams and his party passing the Alien Acts D) Adams keeping America out of a war with France despite French provocations
B) Adams and his party supporting constitutional rights
This president expanded presidential power by purchasing the Louisiana Purchase.
Jefferson
This person was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
The overall commander of the Confederate army?
Lee
This president benefited from the War of 1812 bringing the country together....
Madison
This battle gave the Union control over the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
This president created the first presidential cabinet and warned against political parties and foreign entanglement.
Washington
Slave rebellions like the ones that Gabriel Posser, Nat Turner and Denmark Vessey led (or tried to lead) caused what to occur?
a tightening of slave laws
Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison were famous.....
abolitionist
The temperance movement was about this issue...
alcoholism
When a state "nullifies" a law, what is it doing?
disregarding or ignoring a federal law
Lincoln committed this "alleged" unconstitutional act during the war?
suspended habeas corpus which allowed his critics to be jailed without due process
The Dred Scott decision revealed that...
the government would not give any right to slaves
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address stated that...
the union was fighting for a higher moral purpose than just restoring the Union and the Union was fighting for democracy
John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid showed that some anti-slavery supporters would...
use violence to end slavery