#1
Who was the 16th President of the United States?
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
Ulysses S. Grant
#2
What event prompted the beginning of the American Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Attack on Fort Sumter
The Missouri Compromise
#3
What was the primary cause of the California Gold Rush in the mid-19th century?
Discovery of gold in the Sierra Nevada mountains
Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
Creation of gold-backed currency
Expansion of agricultural land
#4
Who led the Mormon pioneers to settle in what is now Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847?
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
John Taylor
James Strang
#5
Which event marked the official end of the American Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Emancipation Proclamation
Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Court House
The Attack on Fort Sumter
#6
Who authored the novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which played a significant role in fueling anti-slavery sentiments?
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Susan B. Anthony
#7
Which of the following acts passed in 1854 led to significant tensions over the expansion of slavery in the United States?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Homestead Act
Indian Removal Act
Fugitive Slave Act
#8
Which political party, founded in the mid-19th century, was dedicated to the abolition of slavery?
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Whig Party
Liberty Party
#9
Who served as the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
James Longstreet
#10
Who was the first woman to publicly advocate for women's rights and suffrage in the United States during the mid-19th century?
Lucretia Mott
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
#11
Who was the abolitionist who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in 1859?
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
Nat Turner
William Lloyd Garrison
#12
Which Supreme Court case of the mid-19th century ruled that enslaved Africans and their descendants were not protected by the Constitution and could never be citizens of the United States?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
McCulloch v. Maryland