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