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Quiz about American History by Decade The 1830s

American History by Decade: The 1830s Quiz

America was moving westward in the 1830s. How much do you know about this decade in American history?

A multiple-choice quiz by LIBGOV. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
LIBGOV

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
387,271

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: stephedm (10/10), Guest 174 (5/10), carp599 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In 1830, the very first wagons head west on the Oregon Trail. Which of the following states does the Oregon Trail pass through? Hint

North Dakota

Colorado

Wyoming

Kentucky

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who led the slave rebellion that occurred in 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia? Hint

Crispus Attucks

Nat Turner

Frederick Douglass

Eugene Dubois

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Question 3 of 10

3. Abraham Lincoln, Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor, and Jefferson Davis all fought in this conflict that occurred in 1832. What was its name? Hint

Mexican War

King Philip's War

Black Hawk War

World War I

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Question 4 of 10

4. What practice did German immigrants introduce to the United States in the 1830s? Hint

Bobbing for apples

Fireworks on July 4

Trick or treating

Decorating Christmas trees

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the early 1830s, members of five Indian tribes in the southeastern United States were forced to walk the Trail of Tears to an area in what modern U.S. state? Hint

Minnesota

Oklahoma

New Mexico

New York

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Question 6 of 10

6. Andrew Jackson easily won re-election to the presidency in 1832. What man (who ran for president several times but never won) did he defeat? Hint

William Jennings Bryan

Henry Clay

Adlai Stevenson

Joe Biden

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Question 7 of 10

7. Let's hope you "remember" this event that occurred between February 23 and March 6, 1836. Hint

New York draft riots

Donner party gets trapped on the Oregon Trail

Mormon War

Battle of the Alamo

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Question 8 of 10

8. A new American political party held its first national convention in 1836. What was the name of this party, to which four American presidents belonged, which was dissolved in 1854? Hint

Federalist Party

Republican Party

Know Nothing Party

Whig Party

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Question 9 of 10

9. Martin van Buren was elected as president in 1836. What man, who was to be elected president himself in 1840, finished second in the election? Hint

James Buchanan

Willam Henry Harrison

Henry Clay

Rutherford B. Hayes

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Question 10 of 10

10. What financial crisis caused a recession for seven years in the United States, and made Martin van Buren an extremely unpopular president? Hint

Great Depression

Panic of 1837

Crash of 1839

Ill Times of 1838

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 1830, the very first wagons head west on the Oregon Trail. Which of the following states does the Oregon Trail pass through?

Answer: Wyoming

The Oregon Trail became a less popular route west after the first transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869. However, people still used the Oregon Trail up until the 1890s.

2. Who led the slave rebellion that occurred in 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia?

Answer: Nat Turner

The rebellion killed 60 people before Turner was captured. William Styron wrote a book about the rebellion, "The Confessions of Nat Turner" that won the Pulitzer Prize.

3. Abraham Lincoln, Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor, and Jefferson Davis all fought in this conflict that occurred in 1832. What was its name?

Answer: Black Hawk War

The Black Hawk War lasted less than five months, and was a result of Chief Black Hawk leading a group of Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoos into Illinois from Indian Territory in Iowa. This war gave Abraham Lincoln his only military service.

4. What practice did German immigrants introduce to the United States in the 1830s?

Answer: Decorating Christmas trees

Decorating Christmas trees started as a custom among Lutherans in Germany. The practice spread through Europe in the 19th century before coming to America.

5. In the early 1830s, members of five Indian tribes in the southeastern United States were forced to walk the Trail of Tears to an area in what modern U.S. state?

Answer: Oklahoma

Members of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muskogee, and Seminole tribes were forced to move to Oklahoma after the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Almost 50,000 Indians were removed from the southeast with thousands dying along the route.

6. Andrew Jackson easily won re-election to the presidency in 1832. What man (who ran for president several times but never won) did he defeat?

Answer: Henry Clay

Jackson had blamed Clay for his defeat in the election of 1824 when Clay threw his support behind John Quincy Adams. The main issue in the election of 1832 was the Second National Bank of the United States which Jackson opposed but Clay supported.

7. Let's hope you "remember" this event that occurred between February 23 and March 6, 1836.

Answer: Battle of the Alamo

The Texas Revolution began in 1835, and during the Battle of the Alamo, about 250 Texans tried to hold off 1800 Mexican soldiers at the Alamo Mission in San Antonio. Although Texas lost the battle, the bravery of the doomed soldiers inspired Texans to "remember the Alamo."

8. A new American political party held its first national convention in 1836. What was the name of this party, to which four American presidents belonged, which was dissolved in 1854?

Answer: Whig Party

The Whigs were formed from a merger of the National Republican Party and the Anti-Masonic Party. They favored a policy of giving Congress more power than the President and economic protectionism.

9. Martin van Buren was elected as president in 1836. What man, who was to be elected president himself in 1840, finished second in the election?

Answer: Willam Henry Harrison

Martin van Buren was the first president born after the USA had declared independence from Great Britain. Along with Andrew Jackson, he formed the modern Democratic Party.

10. What financial crisis caused a recession for seven years in the United States, and made Martin van Buren an extremely unpopular president?

Answer: Panic of 1837

Several factors combined to produce the Panic of 1837: falling cotton prices, a bubble in real estate which collapsed, and speculative banking practices were all likely partially responsible. Unemployment reached as high as 25% after the economy crashed.

Source: Author LIBGOV

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