Trivia Facts Quiz: Test Your General Knowledge!

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1.

"Clotel" was the first published fiction by an African American, who wrote it?
- A.
  
  Edgar Allen Poe
- B.
  
  William Wells Brown
- C.
  
  Ralph Waldo Emerson
- D.
  
  Emily Dickinson
2.

What was a sum of money paid in exchange for the right to vote called?
- A.
  
  Poll tax
- B.
  
  Voters tax
- C.
  
  Land tax
- D.
  
  Position tax
3.

Whose poems were "easy to understand and full of optimism"?
- A.
  
  Walt Whitman
- B.
  
  Henry David Thoreau
- C.
  
  Edgar Allen Poe
- D.
  
  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4.

She discovered a comet in 1847 and taught herself astronomy?
- A.
  
  Emily Dickinson
- B.
  
  Maria Mitchell
- C.
  
  Mrs. Rondeau
- D.
  
  Maria Henry
5.

Dr. Crawford Long and Dr. William Morton develop a substance that produced numbness during surgery?
- A.
  
  Anesthetic
- B.
  
  Numbness
- C.
  
  Motrin
6.

This artist created the Hudson River School?
- A.
  
  Joseph Henry
- B.
  
  Sidney Mount
- C.
  
  Hudson
- D.
  
  Thomas Cole
7.

Who was the first great American fictional hero?
- A.
  
  Natty Bumpo
- B.
  
  Rip Van Winkle
- C.
  
  Sleepy Hollow
- D.
  
  Herman Melville
8.

Who spearheaded the campaign for common (public) schools?
- A.
  
  Horace Mann
- B.
  
  Thomas Gallaudet
- C.
  
  Samuel Gridley
- D.
  
  Prudence Crandall
9.

Which state created the first Board of Education?
- A.
  
  Massachusetts
- B.
  
  Maine
- C.
  
  Vermont
- D.
  
  Missouri
10.

Children from well-to-do families in the early 1800s generally?
- A.
  
  Attended public schools
- B.
  
  Attended private schools
- C.
  
  Were sent to military schools
- D.
  
  Did not need to be educated
11.

Common schools were supported by?
- A.
  
  Wealthy families
- B.
  
  Taxes
- C.
  
  Immigrants
- D.
  
  Donations
12.

The first college opened exclusively for African Americans was?
- A.
  
  Lincoln University
- B.
  
  Amherst College
- C.
  
  Oberlin College
- D.
  
  Gallaudet University
13.

McGuffey's Readers taught reading skills and?
- A.
  
  Arithmetic
- B.
  
  Health
- C.
  
  Morals
- D.
  
  Geography
14.

Support for public schools was strengthened because of the large number of?
- A.
  
  Immigrants to the U.S.
- B.
  
  Illiterate federal workers
- C.
  
  Gangs among children
- D.
  
  Teachers moving to the U.S.
15.

Henry David Thoreau refused to?
- A.
  
  Pay a poll tax
- B.
  
  Serve in the army
- C.
  
  Say the Pledge of Allegiance
- D.
  
  Publish his work
16.

Who wrote the "sketch book" ?
- A.
  
  Edgar Allen Poe
- B.
  
  Washington Irving
- C.
  
  Walt Whitman
- D.
  
  Emily Dickinson
17.

Who ran the Perkins Institution for the blind for 44 years?
- A.
  
  Samuel Gridley Howe
- B.
  
  Thomas Gallaudet
- C.
  
  Cathrine Beecher
- D.
  
  Prudence Crandall