Trivia Quiz: Can You Answer These Questions On U.S. History?

1. Who invented the Cotton gin?

James Monroe

William B. Travis

Jefferson Davis

Eli Whitney

2. Samuel F.B. Morse invented technological advancement?

Cotton Gin

Telegraph

Train

Telephone

3. The Temperance Movement was a reform that dealt with

Education

Alcohol

Prison

Health Care

4. This Act stopped all trade with Europe

The sedition act

The Alien act

The embargo act

The no trading act

5. What agriculture product made the south rich?

Cotton

Tobacco

Corn

Wheat

6. Manifest Destiny was the belief that

Native Americans did not want land in the west

God wanted the Americans to settle in the west

Mexico was suppose to settle in the west

The west was unfarmable

7. The Oregon Trial was a major route in heading the migration out west

True

False

8. What Act gave Jackson the right to persuade Native Americans into leaving their homelands?

The embargo act

The Native American act

The Pursuasive Act

The Indian Removal act

9. What was "True Womanhood"?

Idea that women should be in the workforce

Idea that women should not be allowed responsibility

Idea that women should be homemakers and take care of the children

Idea that women should only read romanticism novels

10. Who shut down the second national bank?

Andrew Jackson

Thomas Jefferson

James Monroe

John Q. Adams

11. Romanticism and Transcendentalism were part of the Literary Renaissance.

True

False

12. What is the spoils system?

A system of government that allows all parties to express their opinions

A system where people are rewarded for their loyalty to a political party

A system that spoils elections by mudslinging

A system that is put into place to overthrow conflicting nations

13. Women began to seek greater rights during the reform era in the mid 1800's.

True

False

14. What did the Missouri Compromise accomplish?

Maine as a free state

Missouri as a slave state

36 degree 30 line drawn and everything above a free state and everything below a slave state

All of the above

15. The Alien and Sedition acts allowed people the freedom of speech

True

False

16. An Abolitionist was someone who thought

Slavery should gradually end

Slavery should never end

Slavery should end immidiately

Slavery is a necessary evil

17. Federalist believed

In state rights

In a strict interpretation of the constitution

In a strong federal government

For people rights

18. Who was involved in the corrupt bargain?

John Q. Adams and Crawford

John Adams and and Jackson

John Q. Adams and Henry Clay

Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay

19. Pet Banks was made famous by?

Andrew Jackson

Thomas Jefferson

Martin Van Buren

Henry Clay

20. What state wanted to secede from the Tariff of Abominations?

North Carolina

South Carolina

Virginia

Texas

21. Pet Banks got big deposits from where?

Cotton farms

2nd National Banks closing

Northern Industry

Foreign Countries

22. The Second Great Awakening mainly dealt with

Religion

Politics

Taxes

War

23. Who became famous for using the spoils system?

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams

Martin Van Buren

Andrew Jackson

24. Why was the verdict of Worcester v. Georgia irrelevant?

Could not be enforced

Didn't happen in the U.S.

Georgia was trying to secede

Worcester never paid the court costs

25. The three parts of the American System were

A second national bank, building roads and canals, and Farming

Building roads and canals, Farming, and protective tariffs

Farming, protective tariffs, and a second national bank

Protective tariffs, a second national bank, and building roads and canals

26. What were the 3 main types of reforms going on in the Mid 1800's

Education, Prison, Temperance

Temperance, Prison, Health Care

Health Care, Education, Temperance

Education, Prison, Health Care

27. Henry Clay screamed foul during the corrupt bargain

True

False

28. What was being taxed in the Tariff of Abominations?

Manufactored goods

Slaves

Food

Land

29. New immigrants came from which two major countries?

Germany and France

France and Ireland

Italy and France

Germany and Ireland

30. "Pet Banks" were put in place thanks to the spoils system.

True

False

31. War Hawks were members of congress who

Were from the south and west and voted for war.

Were from the north and east and voted for war

Voted against war

Members of congress who were big into agriculture

32. Who helped negotiate the Tariff of Abominations?

John Adams

Henry Clay

James Monroe

Andrew Jackson

33. The Indian Removal act gave Native American tribes money if they moved voluntary

True

False

34. The Trail of Tears was

When Martin Van Buren orderd an army to take Native Americans to the Great Plains

When Henry Clay orderd an army to take Native Americans to the Great Plains

When Worcester orderd an army to take Native Americans to the Great Plains

When Native Americans cried of joy for being able to stay in Georgia

35. The south got the nickname "the cotton dynasty"

True

False

36. The Hartford convention was when anti federalist met and wanted to secede from the U.S.

True

False

37. The Monroe Doctrine stopped Spain from developing where?

Latin America

South America

Europe

Texas

38. What was the outcome of Worcester v. Georgia?

Geogia wins and Native Americans can stay

Georgia loses and Native Americans have to leave

Worcester wins and Native Americans get land rights acknowledged

Georgia wins and Native Americans get land rights acknowledged

39. Which secretary of state became famous for negotiating the Monroe Doctrine?

Henry Clay

John Adams

John Q. Adams

James Monroe

40. Who declared themselves winners from the Tariff of Abominations?

The south

The north

Neither

Both

Trivia Quiz: Can You Answer These Questions On U.S. History?

1. Who invented the Cotton gin?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Samuel F.B. Morse invented technological advancement?

3. The Temperance Movement was a reform that dealt with

4. This Act stopped all trade with Europe

5. What agriculture product made the south rich?

6. Manifest Destiny was the belief that

7. The Oregon Trial was a major route in heading the migration out west

8. What Act gave Jackson the right to persuade Native Americans into leaving their homelands?

9. What was "True Womanhood"?

10. Who shut down the second national bank?

11. Romanticism and Transcendentalism were part of the Literary Renaissance.

12. What is the spoils system?

13. Women began to seek greater rights during the reform era in the mid 1800's.

14. What did the Missouri Compromise accomplish?

15. The Alien and Sedition acts allowed people the freedom of speech

16. An Abolitionist was someone who thought

17. Federalist believed

18. Who was involved in the corrupt bargain?

19. Pet Banks was made famous by?

20. What state wanted to secede from the Tariff of Abominations?

21. Pet Banks got big deposits from where?

22. The Second Great Awakening mainly dealt with

23. Who became famous for using the spoils system?

24. Why was the verdict of Worcester v. Georgia irrelevant?

25. The three parts of the American System were

26. What were the 3 main types of reforms going on in the Mid 1800's

27. Henry Clay screamed foul during the corrupt bargain

28. What was being taxed in the Tariff of Abominations?

29. New immigrants came from which two major countries?

30. "Pet Banks" were put in place thanks to the spoils system.

31. War Hawks were members of congress who

32. Who helped negotiate the Tariff of Abominations?

33. The Indian Removal act gave Native American tribes money if they moved voluntary

34. The Trail of Tears was

35. The south got the nickname "the cotton dynasty"

36. The Hartford convention was when anti federalist met and wanted to secede from the U.S.

37. The Monroe Doctrine stopped Spain from developing where?

38. What was the outcome of Worcester v. Georgia?

39. Which secretary of state became famous for negotiating the Monroe Doctrine?

40. Who declared themselves winners from the Tariff of Abominations?