Political Tensions and Compromises in 19th Century United States Quiz

Test your knowledge on events, figures, and compromises shaping the North-South divide during the 1800s in the United States.

#1

Which event marked the beginning of political tensions between the North and South in the 19th century United States?

The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Dred Scott Decision
#2

Who was the President of the United States during the Compromise of 1850?

James K. Polk
Abraham Lincoln
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
#3

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?

Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Alexander Stephens
#4

Who delivered the famous 'House Divided' speech in 1858, emphasizing the growing divide over the issue of slavery?

Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Calhoun
Andrew Jackson
#5

Who was the president of the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861?

Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
#6

Which political party emerged in the 1850s as a response to the tensions surrounding slavery?

Whig Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Know-Nothing Party
#7

Who authored the book 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which had a significant impact on increasing tensions over slavery?

Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
#8

What was the primary objective of the Wilmot Proviso, proposed in 1846?

To expand slavery into new territories acquired from Mexico
To abolish slavery in all existing states
To prohibit the extension of slavery into new territories acquired from Mexico
To establish a system of compensated emancipation
#9

Which legislation repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed settlers in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide on the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty?

Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Gag Rule
#10

Which political party emerged in the 1850s as a pro-slavery faction, advocating for the expansion of slavery into new territories?

Republican Party
Democratic Party
Free Soil Party
Know-Nothing Party
#11

Which event led to the outbreak of the Civil War, ultimately resolving some of the political tensions of the 19th century?

John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Attack on Fort Sumter
#12

Which Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, were not citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court?

Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
#13

What was the main objective of the Crittenden Compromise proposed in 1860?

To extend the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific Ocean
To allow slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico
To prevent secession by addressing Southern concerns about slavery
To abolish slavery in all states
#14

Which legislative act allowed for the admission of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, maintaining the balance between free and slave states in Congress?

Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Ostend Manifesto
#15

Which Supreme Court case ruled that slaves were not citizens and could not sue in federal courts, while also declaring the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?

Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sandford
McCulloch v. Maryland

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