Trivia Facts Quiz: Test Your General Knowledge!

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    "Clotel" was the first published fiction by an African American, who wrote it?

    • Edgar Allen Poe
    • William Wells Brown
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson
    • Emily Dickinson
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  • 2. 

    What was a sum of money paid in exchange for the right to vote called?

    • Poll tax

    • Voters tax

    • Land tax

    • Position tax

    Correct Answer
    A. Poll tax
  • 3. 

    She discovered a comet in 1847 and taught herself astronomy?

    • Emily Dickinson

    • Maria Mitchell

    • Mrs. Rondeau

    • Maria Henry

    Correct Answer
    A. Maria Mitchell
  • 4. 

    Dr. Crawford Long and Dr. William Morton develop a substance that produced numbness during surgery?

    • Anesthetic

    • Numbness

    • Motrin

    Correct Answer
    A. Anesthetic
  • 5. 

    This artist created the Hudson River School?

    • Joseph Henry

    • Sidney Mount

    • Hudson

    • Thomas Cole

    Correct Answer
    A. Thomas Cole
  • 6. 

    Who spearheaded the campaign for common (public) schools?

    • Horace Mann

    • Thomas Gallaudet

    • Samuel Gridley

    • Prudence Crandall

    Correct Answer
    A. Horace Mann
  • 7. 

    Which state created the first Board of Education?

    • Massachusetts

    • Maine

    • Vermont

    • Missouri

    Correct Answer
    A. Massachusetts
  • 8. 

    Children from well-to-do families in the early 1800s generally?

    • Attended public schools

    • Attended private schools

    • Were sent to military schools

    • Did not need to be educated

    Correct Answer
    A. Attended private schools
  • 9. 

    Common schools were supported by?

    • Wealthy families

    • Taxes

    • Immigrants

    • Donations

    Correct Answer
    A. Taxes
  • 10. 

    The first college opened exclusively for African Americans was?

    • Lincoln University

    • Amherst College

    • Oberlin College

    • Gallaudet University

    Correct Answer
    A. Lincoln University
  • 11. 

    Support for public schools was strengthened because of the large number of?

    • Immigrants to the U.S.

    • Illiterate federal workers

    • Gangs among children

    • Teachers moving to the U.S.

    Correct Answer
    A. Immigrants to the U.S.
  • 12. 

    Henry David Thoreau refused to?

    • Pay a poll tax

    • Serve in the army

    • Say the Pledge of Allegiance

    • Publish his work

    Correct Answer
    A. Pay a poll tax
  • 13. 

    Who wrote the "sketch book" ?

    • Edgar Allen Poe

    • Washington Irving

    • Walt Whitman

    • Emily Dickinson

    Correct Answer
    A. Washington Irving
  • 14. 

    Who ran the Perkins Institution for the blind for 44 years?

    • Samuel Gridley Howe

    • Thomas Gallaudet

    • Cathrine Beecher

    • Prudence Crandall

    Correct Answer
    A. Samuel Gridley Howe
  • 15. 

    Whose poems were "easy to understand and full of optimism"?

    • Walt Whitman

    • Henry David Thoreau

    • Edgar Allen Poe

    • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    Correct Answer
    A. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • 16. 

    Who was the first great American fictional hero?

    • Natty Bumpo

    • Rip Van Winkle

    • Sleepy Hollow

    • Herman Melville

    Correct Answer
    A. Natty Bumpo
  • 17. 

    McGuffey's Readers taught reading skills and?

    • Arithmetic

    • Health

    • Morals

    • Geography

    Correct Answer
    A. Morals

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