History Vocab quiz

Question 1

This amendment to the constitution guaranteed all male citizens the right to vote

Answer 1

15th amendment

Question 2

This president forced the Cherokee onto the trail of tears

Answer 2

Andrew Jackson

Question 3

This was the location of the Robert E. Lees surrender to Us grant.

Answer 3

Appomattox courthouse

Question 4

Before the constitution was written this was the document explaining the relationship of the central government to the states

Answer 4

Articles of confederation

Question 5

This was the unions battle plan to defeat the confederacy by blockading the south, taking the Mississippi, and capturing Richmond

Answer 5

Anaconda plan

Question 6

The religious revival that caused many to become abolitionists

Answer 6

2nd great awakening

Question 7

This was promised to African Americans by the freedman’s bureau but was taken away from them at the end of reconstruction

Answer 7

40 acres and a mule

Question 8

This was the year that union troops were pulled out of the south ending reconstruction

Answer 8

1877

Question 9

This amendment to the constitution made slavery illegal in the united states

Answer 9

The 13th amendment

Question 10

This battle was the bloodiest day of the civil war

Answer 10

Antietam

Question 11

This man became president after Lincoln was assassinated

Answer 11

Andrew Johnson

Question 12

James K. Polk originally wanted the northern boundary of the Oregon territory to extend to this line of latitude

Answer 12

54th parallel

Question 13

The men at the Constitutional Convention solved the question of counting African Americans toward the South’s population with this agreement

Answer 13

3/5th compromise

Question 14

This refers to the fact that the South voted for Democrats for almost 100 years.

Answer 14

Solid south

Question 15

Southerners used this phrase to refer to slavery

Answer 15

Positive good

Question 16

Henry Clay created this agreement between the North and the West to ensure that the North would get a tariff passed in Congress.

Answer 16

American system

Question 17

These laws made it legal for the government to arrest immigrants and anyone speaking out against the leaders of the nation.

Answer 17

Alien and sedition acts

Question 18

This was the famous black regiment in the Civil War that proved their bravery at Ft. Wagner.

Answer 18

54 Massachusettes

Question 19

This term means to add land to the country

Answer 19

Annexation

Question 20

Term meaning before the civil war

Answer 20

Antebellum