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
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