Quiz Answers

Question 1

All of the following are reasons people might move move westward in the US EXCEPT for:

Answer 1

Learning farming techniques from indigenous culture

Question 2

Which was a danger along the Oregon Trail?

Answer 2

Suffering from dysentery

Question 3

Which ethnic group helped to build the transcontinental railroad?

Answer 3

Chinese and Irish Immigrants

Question 4

The following people were American Transcendentalism writers except for

Answer 4

Frederick Douglass

Question 5

Which is one of the core beliefs of American Transcendentalism?

Answer 5

Nonconformity

Question 6

The following historical events were influenced by American Transcendentalism and the book “Civil Disobedience” EXCEPT for?

Answer 6

Anti-immigration movement

Question 7

Which word best describes, “a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.”

Answer 7

Abolitionist

Question 8

What is the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention in America?

Answer 8

First major meeting to advocate for women’s rights and voting

Question 9

What was the underground Railroad?

Answer 9

A network of secret routes using to help enslaved people escape to freedom.

Question 10

What did the fugitive slave act establish?

Answer 10

That it was illegal to help anyone who was attempting to escape slavery and forced many formerly enslaved people to move to other countries.